Visions uses PHP and MySQL for it’s software and database. This allows Visions to run on any web-server running Apache or IIS (Microsoft Windows). Both PHP and MySQL are free, open source languages without any continuing licensing fees. Apache is also free and does not have continuing licensing fees.

PHP stands for the PHP Hypertext Preprocessor and it is what is called a “server side scripting language”. Server Side means that a user sends a request from the PHP page in their browser. Then the request is send to the server and the server then compiles the code at the server side, converts it to html and returns the request to the client or user. PHP is one of the most powerful server side scripting language. PHP is freeware, Open Source, Platform Independent.PHP is free to use as you have to pay nothing. It is open source language  to so that you can use the PHP Script  and make it even better, and one of the most important is that it is platform Independent.

MySQL is used by Google, Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo and recently on FIFA World Cup 2011 (soccer) which received a huge audience around the World. The on-line industry has readily accepted the capability of the MySQL database server.