PHP was first created as a programming platform that gave C like syntax for dynamic web pages in the programming format of Microsoft's Active Server Pages. PHP grew from a niche programming platform to a world wide popular method of programŽming for dynamic sites.

PHP has always been hailed as the 'P' of the LAMP stack. Along with the others-Linux, Apache and MySQL, it provides a low cost programming alternaŽtive to other Web platforms. However, recently during the development of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft and Zend (the creators of PHP) have worked closely together to make PHP work better on Internet Information Server 7. This has actually led to a scenario where using PHP on IIS7 actually gives PHP developŽers a whole bunch of functionality out of the box, that they do not get with their older counterparts. Since PHP itself is an Open Source application, it works not just well but even better no on windows successfully.