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PHP, Server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language.

PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language. It is a tool that lets you create dynamic web pages. PHP-enabled web pages are treated just like regular HTML pages and you can create and edit them the same way you normally create regular HTML pages.

Some of the key features of PHP 5 include: The Zend Engine II with a new object model and dozens of new features. XML support has been completely redone in PHP 5, all extensions are now focused around the excellent libxml2 library. A new SimpleXML extension for easily accessing and manipulating XML as PHP objects. A brand new built-in SOAP extension for interoperability with Web Services. A new MySQL extension named MySQLi for developers using MySQL 4.1 and later. This new extension includes an object-oriented interface in addition to a traditional interface; as well as support for many of MySQL's new features, such as prepared statements. SQLite has been bundled with PHP. Streams have been greatly improved, including the ability to access low-level socket operations on streams. And lots more.