The PHP Hypertext Preprocessor is
a programming language that allows web developers
to create dynamic content that interacts
with databases. PHP is basically used for
developing web based software applications.
PHP PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is an open
source server side programming language
extensively used for web scripts and to
process data passed via the Common Gateway
Interface from HTML forms etc. PHP can be
written as scripts that reside on the server
and may produce HTML output that downloads
to the web browser. Alternatively, PHP can
be embedded within HTML pages that are then
saved with a .php file extension. The PHP
sections of the page are then parsed by
the PHP engine on the server and the PHP
code stripped out before the page is downloaded
to the web browser. The name is a bit of
a programming joke (if there is such a thing)
since it's a recursive acronym i.e. the
P in PHP stands for PHP.
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