What does PHP stand for?
Strangely enough this is a common question. We all throw around PHP, and other sets of initials as if they were their own words. There is some evidence in the annals of IT that these initials were used for “Personal Home Page,” however this really doesn’t help use the label and define the Hypertext Pre-Processing language used for development.
For me, Pre Hypertext Processing is the meaning of PHP.
PHP is a server side scripting language like ASP.
PHP allows dynamic activities to be embedded into web pages. On the web-server php pages can access databases, directories, etc. But to the web browser only a web page is presented. With care, a PHP page can create tools to do many clever things. But more on that later.
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