LAMP LAMP is an acronym used to describe a web architecture in open source world. It describes web application built on Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. In general it describes open source operating system, open source web server, open source database server and open source programming language. Advantages of LAMP Based on requirement we can suggest a suitable open source tool, customize and deploy the project for you . This can in effect bring project costs further down. Scalability: LAMP architecture is horizontally scalable. Each layer in the stack can grow on its own and is loosely coupled with the other. The shared-nothing architecture of PHP where each request is completely distinct and separate from any other request leads to infinite horizontal scalability in the language itself. PHP encourages you to push scalability issues to the layers that require it. It is also easy to maintain and thus to expand. Uses and Applications of LAMP stack Custom developed application A typical web application consists of above components in various combinations. PHP PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. PHP is a general-purpose scripting language originally designed for web development to produce