PHP: Offering Thriving Career Opportunities for Job Seekers

PHP is one of the widely used scripting languages on the web today. It is considered as the most powerful scripting language using which, one can create dynamic web pages. PHP is an acronym for 'PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor'. Numerous businesses are using this programming language for developing dynamic websites. This language is basically an open source language that uses '.php extension'.

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A PHP developer or programmer in India, earns an average salary of INR 241,769 per annum, as per the reports of Payscale. However, a career in PHP is quite challenging. There is a lot to learn in this field in order to make a perfect build for your future. According to Stake Overflow Developer Survey, it has been revealed that the programming field is growing on a rapid pace. In developing countries like India, there are a large number of programmers with an average age of around 25 years. If reports to be believed, it has been also disclosed that more women are making their career in this industry and closing the gender gap.

As compared to the number of developers in the United States, developers in India are 3 times more likely to be female in the next couple of years. PHP is amongst the top 5 most used programming languages along with Javascript, SQL, Java and C#. There are a number of reasons why so many businesses are considering opting for this language as compared to other programming languages.

Some of these reasons include:

•     PHP is a free of cost language
•     It takes very less time to load
•     It is easy to use as it comprises easy to read and understand syntax
•     This language can be used with almost any type of website
•     This programming language is fully secure
•     Programmers can easily use this scripting language for the websites that have heavy traffic
•     It is compatible with nearly every operating system including LINUX, Windows, Mac OS, etc.
•     It also supports all the major web servers and leading databases

All these reasons make this programming language a most preferred one amongst various other programming languages available across the web. Adaptation of this scripting languages by a large number of firms have created a huge scope for ample PHP developer jobs in the market. Therefore, candidates who want to start their career as a PHP developer must obtain the required educational qualifications (bachelor's degree in computer science or related area), skills (technical and non-technical) and knowledge of the recent updates in this field. Joining a training program can prove to be advantageous as it will develop the necessary skills in you and will help you in preparing for the interviews.

Furthermore, candidates can also develop their knowledge through contributing in some designing projects that are under process, through internships as well as through participating in various open source projects. On the whole, a career in PHP can be greatly rewarding if you are able to understand and gain expertise over the PHP language.  

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