Computing Dictionary
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor World-Wide Web, programming
(PHP) An Open Source, server-side, cross-platform, scripting language used to create dynamic web pages.
PHP can be embedded in HTML using special tags like:
Hello World
'; ?>
This is stored in a file with a ".php" extension. The
web server passes the file to the PHP interpreter which executes the code in the tags. This generates ordinary HTML to send to the
web browser.
PHP is a
recursive acronym.
Latest version: 5.2.3 2007-05-31, as of 2007-08-10.
PHP Home.
Cheat sheet.
(2007-08-10)
