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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 Processor" (see [[recursive acronym]]). | '''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 Processor" (see [[recursive acronym]]). | ||
| − | PHP is widely used because it is efficient and free | + | PHP is widely used because it is efficient and free. It can be embedded directly into a web page's server-side [[HTML]] code. |
PHP is often used together with [[Apache]] on [[Linux]] and on other platforms such as Microsoft [[IIS]] on [[Windows]]. | PHP is often used together with [[Apache]] on [[Linux]] and on other platforms such as Microsoft [[IIS]] on [[Windows]]. | ||
Revision as of 13:38, May 22, 2007
PHP is a server-side scripting language for creating interactive web pages. The acronym PHP derives from Personal Home Page, but now it is defined as "PHP: Hypertext Processor" (see recursive acronym).
PHP is widely used because it is efficient and free. It can be embedded directly into a web page's server-side HTML code.
PHP is often used together with Apache on Linux and on other platforms such as Microsoft IIS on Windows.
- The PHP syntax is very similar to Perl and C. [1]
PHP is an interpreted language (like Perl) and not a compiled one (like Java or C).
Books
- How to Do Everything with PHP & MySQL, Vikram Vaswani (McGraw-Hill, 2005)
External links
- PHP Tutorial - W3 Schools