If I understand correctly it is because php is primarily a web programming language and Apache is a popular HTTP server.
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In normal circumstances only apache server supports php scripts. There can be some tweaking done in tomcat to support php
Yes, Apache Tomcat supports the installation and usage of PHP (of any version below 5, not including 5). See the related links for an official Tomcat-PHP installation guide.
Web server passes the requested document to PHP interpreter, which validates and processes PHP code in it, then the server reads the response from PHP interpreter and returns the resulting response to client.For an instance, Apache HTTPD uses instructions such as AddType, to know how to process various documents, basing on their extensions (the following example is common and may require changes depending on Apache HTTPD and PHP configuration):AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .p8p .txtThis directive instructs Apache HTTPD to let PHP process files which are suffixed with .php, .p8p or .txt, thus files such as index.php, Homepage.p8p and Settings.txt will be processed by PHP.
WAMP is an abbreviation of "Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP", so it uses MySQL database server.
Install Apache server.The best solution is to install the latest version of WAMP server (Windows Apache MySQL PHP). You can then open the WAMP folder on your hard drive and locate the WWW folder. Inside of the WWW folder you can store your PHP files.To preview the files open a browser and enter 'http://localhost' to test if the server is working, after testing add the name of a PHP file to the URL, 'http://localhost/myFile.php'.