What does php stand for?

PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor . This confuses many people because the first word of the acronym is the acronym. This type of acronym is called a recursive acronym. The curious can visit Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing for more information on recursive acronyms. http://foldoc.org/

it stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor.

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML PHP is a server-side scripting language for creating dynamic Web pages. You create pages with PHP and HTML. When a visitor opens the page, the server processes the PHP commands and then sends the results to the visitor's browser, just as with ASP or ColdFusion. Unlike ASP or ColdFusion, however, PHP is Open Source and cross-platform. PHP runs on Windows NT and many Unix versions, and it can be built as an Apache module and as a binary that can run as a CGI. When built as an Apache module, PHP is especially lightweight and speedy. Without any process creation overhead, it can return results quickly, but it doesn't require the tuning of mod_perl to keep your server's memory image small.

PHP is a recursive acronym, which stands for "PHP Hypertext Preprocessor". 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

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