The latest stats for July: 6,954,476 domains and 983,273 IP addresses are now running PHP (source: Netcraft). Zend (http://www.zend.com) is offering support and serious add-on products to help PHP continue to penetrate the enterprise. Their recently added sections include a "Why PHP" area (http://www.zend.com/why-php.php) which is well worth reading.

As an aside, BadBlue recently entered the ranks of Netcraft's web server survey (try to say that five times quickly)... you can see for yourself at http://www.netcraft.com/Survey/servers.html .

BadBlue is a great way to drive your PHP application... whether you've just started learning PHP, or need to deploy your application, BadBlue is easy, fast and free:

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What companies are running PHP? Here's a reprint of our list from last month:

MCI/Worldcom, Dialpad, Google, Mitsubishi, Redhat, MP3.com, Lycos, Ericsson, Volvo, NASA, the W3C, SourceForge, Honda, Xoom, WinAmp, Sony Music, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, the US Army, UPI, the New York Yankees, Southwestern Bell, the San Diego Zoo, the Oakland Raiders, Audi, Subaru, VA Linux, Winamp, Duke University, Quicken, The Village Voice, Undernet, Access Micro... the list goes on.