Is php a superior method to use when building websites?

PHP is a server-side language that can be embedded directly into HTML code.
PHP code will execute instead of just showing like HTML does.

Originally Posted by eautocad

Is php a superior method to use when building websites?

Than what??

I think it is. There are thousands of softwares build with PHP. Let's take vBulletin for example.

It sure makes a lot of things much easier to manage.

And then I ditto what Chris said.