What is PHP?

Implementation language C (primarily; some components C++) OS Unix-like, Windows License PHP License (most of Zend engine under Zend Engine License) Filename extensions .php, .phtml, .php3, .php4, .php5, .php7, .phps, .php-s Website secure.php.net Major implementations Zend Engine, HHVM, Phalanger, Quercus Influenced by Perl, C, C++, Java Influenced Falcon, Hack PHP Programming at Wikibooks PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (or simply PHP) is a server-side scripting language designed for Web development, but also used as a general-purpose programming language. It was originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994, the PHP reference implementation is now produced by The PHP Group. PHP originally stood for Personal Home Page, but it now stands for the recursive acronym PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. PHP code may be embedded into HTML code, or it can be used in combination with various web template systems, web content management systems, and web frameworks. PHP code is usually processed by a PHP interpreter implemented as a module in the web server or as a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) executable. The web server combines the results of the interpreted and executed PHP code, which may be any type of data, including images, with the generated web page. PHP code may also be executed with a command-line interface (CLI) and can be used to implement standalone graphical applications.

• PHP is an acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor"
• PHP is a widely-used, open source scripting language
• PHP scripts are executed on the server
• PHP is free to download and use

PHP is an amazing and popular language! It is powerful enough to be at the core of the biggest blogging system on the web (WordPress)!<br> It is deep enough to run the largest social network (Facebook)!<br> It is also easy enough to be a beginner's first server side language!