PHP == Hypertext Preprocessor

Open-source, server-side scripting language

Used to generate dynamic web-pages

PHP scripts reside between reserved PHP tags

This allows the programmer to embed PHP scripts within HTML pages

PHP is server side scripting system

PHP stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor"

Syntax based on Perl, Java, and C

Very good for creating dynamic content

Powerful, but somewhat risky!

If you want to focus on one system for dynamic content, this is a good one to choose