Conexim offers support for both PHP and MySQL as part of the LAMP platform (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl / Python), the fast-growing open source enterprise software stack. More and more companies are using LAMP as an alternative to expensive proprietary software stacks because of its lower cost and freedom from platform lock-in.

PHP

PHP ("Hypertext Preprocessor") is a widely-used Open Source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web applications and website development, and can be embedded into HTML. Most of its syntax draws upon C, Java, and Perl, being very easy to learn. The main goal of the PHP language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated web pages quickly, but due to its powerful flexibility, you can do much more with it.

What distinguishes PHP from something like client-side JavaScript is that the code is executed on the server. If you were to have a script similar to the above on your server, the client would receive the results of running that script, with no way of determining what the underlying code may be. You can even configure your web server to process all your HTML files with PHP, and then there's really no way that users can tell what you have up your sleeve.

The best things in using PHP are that it is extremely simple for a newcomer, but offers many advanced features for a professional programmer. Don't be afraid reading the long list of PHP's features. You can jump in, in a short time, and start writing simple scripts in a few hours.

MySQL

MySQL database is the world's most popular open source database because of its fast performance, high reliability, ease of use.

MySQL is a key part of LAMP, and it is being used by the world's largest and fastest-growing organisations to save time and money while powering their high-volume web sites and critical business systems.

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