The meaning of this question is not entirely clear. If it refers to relational databases using SQL (Structured Query Language), virtually all programming languages including Python and PHP support various methodologies for reading and writing records stored by the database engine (which might be Postgress, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server or another relational database).
Likewise, even a flat file stored on a local file system is technically a database, and virtually all general purpose compilers and interpreters support reading and writing of such files, including PHP and Python (as do Perl, TCL, AWK, C/C++, Fortran, Ruby, COBOL, ADA and most others). [JMH]
Yes, there are several programming languages similar to PHP that are commonly used for web development, including Python, Ruby, and JavaScript (especially with frameworks like Node.js). These languages also support server-side scripting and can interact with databases to build dynamic websites. Each language has its own strengths, community support, and use cases, making them viable alternatives to PHP depending on the project requirements.
You must learn Python.
ODBC / System DSN
Yes. PHP supports an API called ODBC that allows it to interact with Microsoft Access databases.
Ruby, Python, Perl
PHP, or hypertext perprocessor, is a scripting language used in web development. A web hosting plan may support the use of PHP, or even other similar languages like Python or Perl.
Yes as long as you change the variable of them
HTML5, JavaScript, CSS
LAMP stands for Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP. In simpler terms it contains everything to build a php application on a linux platform.
PHP is used to create dynamic websites, this is a step up from HTML as it allows you to do much more than creating static websites. Using a language such as PHP also gives you access to using databases with your website such as MySQL.
python 2 is better than php coding btw
Impossible, php is not designed for such things, maybe with php-gtk (but i don't think so), learn C/C++ or vb.net (i don't advise you to) or learn a scripting language like python or if you want it easy learn autoit3