In those days the word Php reaching to the peak levels if compare with other platforms. Php becomes a big competitors for all, even for a Microsoft's Asp and so on.., Hence it is an alternative for all the platforms and its syntax is much similar to 'C' and Perl.
So, what is Php? Some people called Php as Personal Home Page, but technical word for Php is Hypertext Pre Processor. Php is a server side scripting language just like Asp. Obviously the scripts are