Can anyone tell me the benefits of PHP?

[wimarsha]

I just want to know the benefits of PHP. I know the benefits but i want to know more about PHP so i need your views on benefits of PHP. facebookster.com/blog Most of the facebook apps are developed on PHP so what else we can do with it?

[Jorge Solis]

The basics benefits of PHP

- Easy to learn, small learning curve
- Easy to deploy, usually the cheapest hosting offers PHP support
- No compilation, no server container, just upload your script
- Wide support over the web, since PHP is one of the most popular scripting languages

Jorge