What is PHP?

PHP was first created as a simple scripting platform called "Personal Home Page". Nowadays PHP (the short for Hypertext Preprocessor) is an alternative to Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) technology.


PHP is an open-source server-side language that is used for creating dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML. PHP is usually used in conjunction with a MySQL Database on Linux/UNIX web servers. It is probably the most popular scripting language.

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language and interpreter that is freely available. A full explanation of all the PHP tags, complete user manual and lots of tutorials can be found on the PHP's official page.


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