PHP is basically a programming language used for website development. PHP is needed to create interactive and dynamic websites. PHP is often used with APACHE on several operating systems mainly LINUX. APACHE is a popular web server that is used to serve dynamic and static web pages. LINUX is basically an efficient operating system that offers database services for numerous companies.
Sometimes, PHP web hosting agencies charge high amount of money after you sign up with them. These web hosting companies sometimes apply few marketing tricks and offer extremely low fee. A good PHP web hosting company may not be so well known. However, you can always do a little research to find the names of great PHP web hosting companies for your website.
PHP is also available for IIS and can run alongside the ASP module on windows hosting servers.
PHP is really a basic feature offered by many hosts today. The main thing you want to understand is that some hosts disable many features that make PHP really work.
Just remember combining PHP with MySQL, JavaScript and XML makes for a very interactive experience for the user.
Again for MySQL many hosts will disable a lot of the functions that MySQL offers as well.
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-Thomas
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A Beginner's Guide to PHP Web Hosting 
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