LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) platform is an effective alternative to commercial software for building and running dynamic and high performance web systems. PHP has become one of the major players on the web development market in the last few years.

• Low execution, maintenance and debugging costs
• 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 development time
• PHP is open source and therefore does not rely on the manufacturer to release the next version
• PHP uses fewer resources on the server