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'''PHP''' is a server-side scripting language for creating interactive [[web page]]s. The acronym ''PHP'' derives from Personal Home Page, but is now defined as "PHP: Hypertext Pre-Processor" (it means "something to handle data before it becomes HTML"<ref>[http://www.htmlite.com/php001.php HTMLite PHP Tutorial]</ref> ). Unlike [[HTML]], JavaScript and others, PHP is a Server-Side scripting language. It most always is processed into HTML for use in a web page.

'''PHP''' is a server-side [[Programming language|scripting language]] for creating interactive [[web page]]s. The acronym ''PHP'' derives from Personal Home Page, but is now defined as "PHP: Hypertext Pre-Processor" (it means "something to handle data before it becomes HTML"<ref>[http://www.htmlite.com/php001.php HTMLite PHP Tutorial]</ref> ). Unlike [[HTML]], [[JavaScript]] and others, PHP is a Server-Side scripting language. It most always is processed into HTML for use in a web page.

PHP is one of the most popular scripting languages in the Open Source world, which is often used together with [[Apache]] on [[Linux]] or on other paid platforms such as Microsoft [[IIS]] on [[Windows]].

PHP is one of the most popular scripting languages in the Open Source world, which is often used together with [[Apache]] on [[Linux]] or on other paid platforms such as Microsoft [[IIS]] on [[Windows]].

The PHP syntax is very similar to Perl and C.<ref name="w3">[http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp PHP Tutorial from W3Schools]</ref>

The PHP syntax is very similar to [[Perl]] and C.<ref name="w3">[http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp PHP Tutorial from W3Schools]</ref>

PHP is an ''interpreted language'' (like Perl) and not a ''compiled'' one (like [[Java]] or [[C]]).  

PHP is an ''interpreted language'' (like Perl) and not a ''compiled'' one (like [[Java]] or [[C]]).