PHP
The Behind-the-Scenes Chef of the Web: PHP Let’s say your website is a restaurant . The customer (user) walks in and orders a dish (clicks a button or requests a page). Now, the magic doesn’t happen at the table—it happens in the kitchen where the chef receives the order, gathers the ingredients, cooks the meal, and serves it back to the customer. PHP is like that chef in the kitchen —it works behind the scenes on the web server to prepare the dish (a custom webpage) before serving it to the user. What Is PHP? PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor (a recursive acronym). It’s a server-side scripting language , which means: It runs on the server (not in the browser). It processes requests, performs logic, pulls information from databases, and then outputs the result as plain HTML , which the browser can read. What Is PHP Used For? Dynamic websites (content that changes based on user input) Login systems and authentication Form processing Database interactio...