PHP, which stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor", is an html-embedded scripting language. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with some unique features thrown in. The goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly. See the PHP manual for further details
PHP technology provides an alternative Web scripting language. Anyone familiar with VBScript or JavaScript will find this similar.
The following examples list all employees in a department:
| Oracle | Source | Execute |
| postgreSQL | Source | Execute |
For both versions, the user must have been granted SELECT access on the relevant tables.
pHp supports other types of DBMSs such as MySQL, etc. Currenlty, postgres is not currently installed on the database server.