There are a myriad of options available when it comes to development of websites in recent times. New programming languages are coming up and so developers are left with an immense number of options that they can actually choose from.

In the midst of this fierce competition, PHP continues to be a favourite option for developers for the purpose of development of websites.

It is a server side scripting language and it is quite versatile as well as simple to use. It offers a large number of benefits and that precisely is the reason as to why it is embraced by developers.