Low execution, maintenance and debugging costs
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Runs on Apache web server, and in turn Apache runs on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and various other Unix platforms, so whatever server investments have been made, can be utilized .
Utilization of various open source applications and pre-packaged PHP modules during application development saves around 30% - 40% of the development time.
PHP is Open Source. Open Source means you never need to rely on the manufacturer to release the next version if something doesn't work or pay for expensive upgrades.
PHP is also endowed with other goodies, like native support for many popular databases, an extensible architecture, and a processor that not only uses fewer resources on the server than many of its competitors, but also displays pages in record time
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