PHP

• Official Php site – PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
• Predefined variables – Since PHP 4.1.0, the preferred method for retrieving external variables is with the superglobals mentioned below. Before this time, people relied on either register_globals or the long predefined PHP arrays ($HTTP_*_VARS). As of PHP 5.0.0, the long PHP predefined variable arrays may be disabled with the register_long_arrays directive.
• CakePhp – Cake is a rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC.
• PEAR – PEAR is a community-driven project governed by its developers. PEAR’s governing bodies are subdivided into the PEAR Group, Collectives, and a President.
• Smarty template engine – One of Smartys primary design goals is to facilitate the separation of application code from presentation. Typically, the application code contains the business logic of your application, written and maintained in PHP code.