LAMP is a shorthand term for a web application platform consisting of Linux, Apache, MySQL and one of Perl or PHP. Together, these open source tools provide a world-class platform for deploying web applications.

Running on the Linux operating system, the Apache web server, the MySQL database and the programming languages, PHP or Perl deliver all of the components needed to build secure scalable dynamic websites. LAMP has been touted as “the killer app” of the open source world.

With many LAMP sites running Ebusiness logic and Ecommerce site and requiring 24x7 uptime, ensuring the highest levels of data and application availability is critical. For organizations that have taken advantage of LAMP, these levels of availability are ensured by providing constant monitoring of the end-to-end application stack and immediate recovery of any failed solution components. Some also supports the movement of LAMP components among servers to remove the need for downtime associated with planned system maintenance.

The paper gives an overview of LINUX, APACHE, MYSQL, and mainly on PHP and its advantage over other active generation tools for interactive web design and its interface with the advanced database like MYSQL and finally the conclusion is provided.

It’s the development platform that determines the efficiency of an application. The choice of a wrong platform means the resultant application won’t match the specifications of the client in their entirety.

Businesses, these days, are not looking for just any application. They want an application that can improve their business processes and fast track their business growth. For this to happen, they need an application that can be easily integrated into their existing IT infrastructure and one that can be trusted to deliver a high performance.

With an aim to developing the best web applications, developers have increasingly started using LAMP. LAMP is a software bundle or stack that stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP, Perl or Python. I

It’s interesting to note that they were developed individually and at no point during the development of the software did the developers think about creating them for combined use. But, it was found that taken together, they offer an unbeatable stack of solutions driven technologies that support application servers.