Benefits Of LAMP As A Web Development Platform

Posted by mokshattri on October 15th, 2019

Mainly with the constant advancements in technology choosing the right option for building powerful and dynamic web applications is surely a tedious task. As we know, Linux, Apache web server, MYSQL database, Perl, Python or PHP possess a powerful platform comprising their own features. LAMP technology is mainly one such technology which has gained popularity over the recent years. So, with its power-packed potential resources, it’s surely the most popular choice of web development among web developers.

What is LAMP?

Linux based web mainly servers comprises an arrangement of four software components that form a software stack. So, these components are arranged in layers to build a powerful web application platform. This grouping always empowers the websites and web applications to run on the top of this hidden stack. LAMP software is an open-source platform that uses Linux as its operating system, Apache as a web server, PHP as the object-oriented scripting language and MySQL as the relational database management system. Most of the Linux distributions fabricate by the LAMP developer components in default.

Linux

Linux sets the foundation of the stack model and doesn’t require any specific distribution to put up a LAMP stack on a server. The commonly used distributions include Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian as they offer a wide range of online guides to support users.

Apache

The next layer is occupied by the most popular open-source web server on the internet. It has a modular design that includes support to bind up with the web programming languages and modules for a wide range of extensions.

MySQL

You should note that MariaDB is replacing MySQL in many LAMP deployments as there are cases where you will be using software that explicitly requires MySQL.

PHP

PHP sits on the top of the stack and it effectively simplifies the creation of dynamic web pages.

Working of LAMP Stack

Apache web server is responsible for handling the web page requests coming in from the browsers. If it is a PHP file request, the webserver passes the request to PHP which loads the file and executes the code within the file. PHP communicates with the MySQL to fetch or store if the code makes any reference to the data stored in the database. PHP can effectively create HTML required by the web browser to render the web page using the code in the file and data from the database. As soon as PHP completes running the code in the file, it passes the resultant data to the Apache webserver to send back to the browser. 

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