It sounds ironical, but Microsoft really provides a great tool for web development supporting PHP.
Welcome WebMatrix!
At first look it is yet another tool to support the native Microsoft .NET technology. In fact I don't remember that Microsoft ever supported non their stuff.
But the world is changing and now WebMatrix is not only tool for .NET developing. With WebMatrix you can write a pure PHP web application! It is amazing! Isn't it?
In this post will show you how to start a new PHP web application with WebMatrix.
When you first time run WebMatrix you get a splash screen with four option of starting using WebMatrix.