What is PHP? Benefits, Uses & How PHP Works

  • Himanshu Nigam
  • April 8, 2025

Hello Doston! Aaj hum is article mein PHP in Hindi – PHP kya hai aur iske fayde ke baare mein padhenge. Ye article bahut hi aasaan bhasha mein likha gaya hai. Aap ise pura padhiye, ye aapko asaani se samajh mein aa jaayega. Toh chaliye shuru karte hain:

What is PHP?

1- PHP ka poora naam Hypertext Preprocessor hai. Lekin isse log Personal Home Page bhi kehte hain.

2- PHP ek open source aur server-side scripting language hai jise HTML ke saath use kiya ja sakta hai.

3- Iska vikas 1994 mein Rasmus Lerdorf ne kiya tha aur 1995 mein launch kiya gaya tha.

4- Is bhasha ka use website aur application banane ke liye kiya jaata hai. Saath hi, iska upyog dynamic pages banane mein bhi hota hai.

5- PHP se hum dynamic web pages bana sakte hain, jise hum database aur e-commerce websites mein istemal karte hain.

6- PHP file ke extensions hote hain: .php, .php3, .phtml

7- PHP completely free (muft) hai, isse aap download karke bina kisi license ke use kar sakte hain.

8- Ye ek simple aur easy to learn language hai, aur dusri scripting languages ke mukable mein kaafi fast bhi hai. PHP ko object-oriented bhi kaha jaata hai aur HTML ke andar embed kiya ja sakta hai.

9- PHP har platform par chalti hai jaise: Windows, Linux, Unix, etc. Aur ye lagbhag sabhi web servers ke saath compatible hai jaise: Apache, Microsoft IIS, Netscape, etc.

Features of PHP in Hindi

  1. PHP ki speed dusri languages ke comparison mein zyada hoti hai.

  2. Ye language apni memory ka upyog karti hai jisse server par load nahi padta.

  3. Iski performance achhi hoti hai.

  4. Iska syntax simple hota hai jo seekhne mein easy hota hai.

  5. PHP code ko HTML tags mein embed kiya ja sakta hai.

  6. Ye har OS ko support karti hai – Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix.

  7. Ye language har tarah ke web server ko support karti hai.

  8. PHP ek secure language hai jo virus attacks se bachav karti hai.

  9. Seekhne se pehle HTML, CSS, JavaScript ki basic knowledge honi chahiye.

  10. PHP source code ko maintain karta hai, jo designing mein help karta hai.

  11. Iski developer community badi hai jo documentation, tutorials, FAQs update karti hai.

  12. PHP mainly dynamic websites banane ke liye use hoti hai.

  13. Ye MySQL, SQLite, ODBC jaise databases ko support karti hai.

  14. Ye ek open-source language hai.

  15. User apni jarurat ke mutabik code change kar sakta hai.

 

 Applications of PHP 

  1. Web pages aur applications banane mein use hota hai.

  2. Websites ka data manage karne ke liye upyog hota hai.

  3. Enterprise applications banane ke liye use hoti hai.

  4. Online communities banane mein madad karti hai.

  5. PDF files banane ke liye PDFlib tool ka use hota hai.

  6. Dynamic PDF files banayi ja sakti hain.

  7. PHP se images ko PDF mein convert kiya ja sakta hai.

  8. GIF, JPEG, PNG images ko create aur size customize kar sakte hain.

  9. Templates banane mein use hoti hai.

  10. WordPress plugins design karne mein madad karti hai.

  11. PHP ko freelancing projects ke liye bhi use kiya jata hai.

  12. Emails create karne mein bhi iska use hota hai.

Features of PHP in Hindi

  1. Badi applications banana mushkil hota hai.

  2. Highly modular nahi hoti, manage karna tough hota hai.

  3. Online applications ki performance low ho sakti hai.

  4. Apps ko modify karna mushkil hota hai.

  5. Debugging tool nahi hota.

  6. Maintain karna tough hota hai.

  7. Extra code ke liye built-in functions chahiye.

  8. Open source hone ke kaaran fully secure nahi hoti.

PHP Data Types

PHP me alag-alag tarah ke data ko variable me store kiya ja sakta hai. Iske total 8 data types hote hain jo 3 categories me divided hote hain:

Scalar Types:

  • Boolean – True ya False

  • Integer – Whole numbers (positive/negative)

  • String – Letters, numbers, special characters

  • Null – Jiska koi value nahi hota

Compound Types:

  • Array – Same type ka data ek variable me store karta hai
  • Object – Values aur functions dono store karta hai

Special Types:

  • Resource – External resource ko variable me store karta hai

  • NULL – Special data type jiska value NULL hota hai

How PHP Works

PHP code ko HTML ke saath likha jata hai, jise server par execute kiya jata hai.

PHP ek software ki tarah work karta hai jo source code ko web server me execute karta hai.

User ke browser se request jaane ke baad server us document ko PHP processor ko send karta hai.

PHP processor do tarike se kaam karta hai:

    • Copy Mode – HTML code ko copy karta hai

    • Interpret Mode – PHP code ko execute karta hai aur final output banata hai

FAQs (Exam ke Liye Important Questions)

1- PHP kya hai?

PHP ek scripting language hai jo websites banane ke liye use hoti hai.

2- PHP ka extension kya hota hai?

PHP files ka extension .php hota hai.