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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 now it is defined as "PHP: Hypertext Pre-Processor" (it means "something to handle data before it becomes HTML" <ref> [http://www.htmlite.com/php001.php] </ref> ). Unlike [[HTML]], JavaScript and others, PHP is a Server-Side scripting language. It usually includes accompanying HTML for use in a web page. PHP is one of the most popular scripting languages in the Open Source world.
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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 now it is defined as "PHP: Hypertext Pre-Processor" (it means "something to handle data before it becomes HTML" <ref> [http://www.htmlite.com/php001.php] </ref> ). Unlike [[HTML]], JavaScript and others, PHP is a Server-Side scripting language. It most always is processed with HTML for use in a web page.
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PHP is often used together with [[Apache]] on [[Linux]] or on other platforms such as Microsoft [[IIS]] on [[Windows]].
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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. [http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp]
The PHP syntax is very similar to Perl and C. [http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp]