On the IToolbox Blog today, there's a new post that asks the question "Why PHP?" targeted at an Oracle audience.

Oracle, the database, already supports PL/SQL. It also supports Java internally. Using ODBC, JDBC or OCI, it supports most other languages. So why make a big deal out of PHP support? What's so great about PHP? What is ZEND?

Let me admit right here, I am looking at this as a complete PHP neophyte. My first choice for any task in the database is to use PL/SQL. At times, I want to do something that either isn't possible or is just a bit more intuitive using Java, so I do that. I haven't used an external routine since version 8. For the life of me, I can't figure out why we need another programmatic interface to the database.

He really does start from the beginning, exploring what PHP is and why Oracle is putting so much emphasis behind it (see here). He finishes it out with a look from the opposite side - "Why should PHP developers choose Oracle?"