PHP: most popular server-side Web scripting technology

From:	 Fiona Hughes <fiona@b2pr.com>
To:	 fiona@b2pr.com
Subject: PHP: most popular server-side Web scripting technology
Date:	 Mon, 3 Jun 2002 23:19:39 -0700


PHP Overtakes Microsoft's ASP as Web's #1 Server-side Scripting Language

Enterprises Embrace Open-Source Technology for Dynamic Web Sites As 
Major Business Benefits Drive PHP's Explosive Growth

Ramat Gan, Israel, June 4, 2002 - Zend Technologies Ltd., the 
creators of PHP 4, and the Zend Engine, on which all PHP sites are 
run, today announced that as of April 2002, PHP, the open-source 
software phenomenon, has surpassed Microsoft's ASP as the most 
popular server-side Web scripting technology on the Internet.

According to a Netcraft survey published in April 2002, PHP is now 
being used by over 24% of the sites on the Internet.  Of the 37.6 
million web sites reported worldwide 
(http://www.netcraft.com/Survey/index-200204.html), PHP is running on 
over 9 million sites and continues to grow at an explosive rate. Over 
the past two years PHP has averaged a 6.5% monthly growth rate.

PHP, a recursive acronym for "Hypertext Preprocessor", is an 
open-source server-side scripting language designed for creating 
robust and reliable dynamic Web pages for e-commerce and other 
mission critical Web applications.

Inherent Advantages

PHP's early growth can be attributed to its open-source roots as a 
free Web scripting technology that came bundled with the popular LAMP 
(Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) open-source quartet. Its new rapidly 
growing enterprise adoption for vital Web applications is now a 
direct result of PHP's three key advantages over competing 
technologies:
1. Designed for the Web - PHP has built-in features to handle heavily 
trafficked sites and to simplify common Web programming tasks.
2. Ease of Use - Companies gain enhanced productivity of development 
teams and significantly reduced time-to-market of mission critical 
web applications.
3. Open Source - Collaborative development leads to rapid technology 
advancement, superior code quality, a massive library of prewritten 
code, and comprehensive developer support and documentation.

Surge in Enterprise PHP Adoption

Since the latest major release of PHP (PHP 4) in June of 2000, a 
rapidly growing number of enterprises worldwide have discovered the 
technological and business advantages of PHP. Prominent corporations 
using PHP today include Cisco, Worldcom, NTT DoCoMo, CMG, Vodafone, 
Motorola, Siemens, Ericsson, CBS, Unilever, Philips, BMC, NTT, Air 
Canada, JAL, Lufthansa, OnVista, Lycos Europe and Deutsche Bank.

Joshua Starr, Sr. Developer and Directory Architect at Worldcom said, 
"PHP  allows us to create and maintain our next-generation LDAP 
Directory infrastructure very efficiently. Our ability to develop and 
deploy PHP applications rapidly in a diverse environment is the key 
to our success."

"Lycos Europe's service offerings such as Lycos Signup and Lycos 
Tripod are fully written in PHP. We chose PHP because of it's 
reliability, superior run-time performance, efficient database 
access, native Apache integration and because it was very easy to 
learn and use." said Heiko Holzheuer, Sr. Software Engineer.

"We're extremely proud of PHP's meteoric rise to mainstream web 
development and our role in ensuring its commercial viability and 
mission critical impact in the enterprise. PHP has changed the 
Internet landscape by making cost-effective, rapid development of 
robust, high performance web applications and dynamic web sites a 
reality for small and large corporations worldwide." said Doron 
Gerstel, Zend co-founder and CEO. "We've seen demand for our PHP 
development, deployment and optimization products surge, especially 
with enterprise customers, as companies realize PHP's performance 
benefits and substantial impact on there IT bottom-line."

About Zend Technologies Ltd.
Zend Technologies, a leading Web infrastructure software company, is 
the internationally recognized authority in PHP. Zend's founders are 
the creators of PHP 4 and the Zend Engine, on which PHP sites are 
run. The company builds the premiere PHP development, deployment and 
optimization software for the rapidly growing market of PHP 
developers. The company also continues to be an active leader in the 
PHP and open source communities, and plays a central role in the 
explosive growth of PHP, which is now being used in over 9 million 
Web sites worldwide. Founded in 1999, Zend Technologies is a 
privately held, venture-backed firm, with management, marketing and 
R&D headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel.
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Fiona Hughes
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