question about PHP use

Hi, I've been looking at using PHP but am unsure if it will do what I want. What first attracted me to PHP is the claim that I can embed PHP code within my html file and have it build dynamic content. Perhaps someone on the list can confirm that ic can do as follows: I have a web page that contains various graphics and text. At the bottom of the page, I have a table of one row by two columns. Using PHP and MySQL (I already know that PHP can access MySQL databases), I want to read data from a table and dynamically grow my table (add several rows, each with two columns). So I am guessing that I will be inserting PHP code and HTML code intertwined? IS PHP my ticket for accomplishing the above? Thanks, Don