My view on php why it rocks as a web developer
Basically all you need is 3 basic files
connect.php
indextop.php
indexbottom.php
The you use some nice code in your .htaccess file using the rewrite rule so that you can include php in your html and make the server run html as php

you also use some nice variables for
seo friendly titles and page descrioptions
So in index.html you would have this
Code:
<?
$title="title of page";
$desc="desc of page";"
include_once "indextop.php";?>
index content bBLAH BLAH
<?include_once "indexbottom.php";?>
indextop.php will already call the connect.php file which connects to all your datatbase and has all the functions that you need in any page. Use $title and $desc to populate your meta title and desc tags in indextop fro each page making each page unique no dupe titles and descs needed for clean
SEO. You following?
so now all you do is create new pages for what is needed for your site all clean and site wide editable editing one or two files instead of ALL pages you hold on your site.
Thats some basic cool PHP pros from me if you want to learn more get in tocuh.
Every site I make I make from the ground up like this unless I use wordpress.
peace!