- Open Source, readily available and dual - licensed - if you are doing non-profit work or not licensing, there is no cost.
- Very Easy to understand Syntax, some really cool features
- Interfaces very easily with Apache / MySQL
- Server side (no need to futz with client installs - only with rendering issues if you use CSS).
- Lots of good source code out there to use and/or learn from, as well as many useful libraries for working with PDFs, graphics, etc.
- Platform agnostic, can run on Windows Linux or Mac servers. Also very scalable.
- Lots of hosting services have it ready to use, no special configuration - Pretty easy to access other web-based tools through PHP
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