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PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
PHP lets you handle dynamic web content by using a server side HTML-embedded
scripting language resembling C. Web developers embed PHP code within HTML code,
allowing programmers to integrate dynamic logic directly into an HTML script rather
than write a program that generates HTML.
PHP provides CGI capability and supports a wide range of databases. Unlike client-side
JavaScript, PHP code is executed on the server. PHP is also used to implement WebMail
on Mac OS X Server. For more information about this module, see www.php.net.
mod_perl
This module integrates the complete Perl interpreter into the web server, letting
existing Perl CGI scripts run without modification. This integration means that the
scripts run faster and consume fewer system resources. For more information about
this module, see perl.apache.org.