2006-06-15 02:08:34 · 4 answers · asked by tusharbhatnagar1 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
the simple answer would be Web Programming Language that get processed in Server and served to the Client (browser), and can be use to create a dynamic content website
2006-06-15 02:17:16 · answer #1 · answered by Reaper X 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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: 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.
In Web programming, PHP is a script language and interpreter that is freely available and used primarily on Linux Web servers. PHP (the initials come from the earliest version of the program, which was called "Personal Home Page Tools") is an alternative to Microsoft's Active Server Page (ASP) technology.
2006-06-15 02:16:42 · answer #2 · answered by Lover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PHP means PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP -- yes, the first "P" in the acronym does indeed stand for PHP!)
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor is a scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages. With syntax from C, Java and Perl, PHP code is embedded within HTML pages for server side execution. It is commonly used to extract data out of a database and present it on the Web page. NT/2000 and Unix Web servers support the language and also Linux, and it is widely used with the mSQL database. PHP was originally known as "Personal Home Page."
2006-06-15 03:38:13 · answer #3 · answered by gospieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PHP is a server side language to produce a Dynamic web page.
2006-06-15 02:11:53 · answer #4 · answered by Amin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋