Highlights of PHP

From the web server perspective:

• Cross platform support, Linux, Windows etc.
• Free licensing, not owned by Microsoft or IBM
• Easy to install, readily available

From the client perspective:

• Invisible to the client, no special libraries needed, all server-based

From the programmer's perspective:

• Benefit from day one with easy forms/queries/random numbers and includes!
• Simple interface for passing parameters, cookies and files
• Excellent interface to SQL for data management
• Available applications: Blog, Guestbook, Storefront
• Huge standard libraries
• Runs quickly, no significant delays such as garbage collections

Negatives:

• Everything on the server turns PHP as it works so well!
• Web-based support, maybe not so good for large companies but great for individuals