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What Is The Full Form of PHP

PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development that allows web developers to create dynamically generated web pages quickly. It was created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994 and its syntax is borrowed from C, C++, and Java. PHP code is processed by a PHP interpreter on the server and can be mixed with HTML. PHP files typically have a .php, .php3, or .phtml extension and can be used to create login pages, forms, forums, websites and more.

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What Is The Full Form of PHP

PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development that allows web developers to create dynamically generated web pages quickly. It was created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994 and its syntax is borrowed from C, C++, and Java. PHP code is processed by a PHP interpreter on the server and can be mixed with HTML. PHP files typically have a .php, .php3, or .phtml extension and can be used to create login pages, forms, forums, websites and more.

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What is the full form of PHP


PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (earlier called, Personal Home Page)
PHP is an HTML-embedded, server-side scripting language designed for web
development. It is also used as a general purpose programming language. It
was created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994 and appeared in the market in 1995.
Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, C++, and Java.
PHP codes are simply mixed with HTML codes and can be used in
combination with various web frameworks. Its scripts are executed on the
server. PHP code is processed by a PHP interpreter. The main goal of PHP is
to allow web developer to create dynamically generated pages quickly.
A PHP file consists of texts, HTML tags and scripts with a file extension of
.php, .php3, or .phtml. You can create a login page, design a form, create
forums, dynamic and static websites and many more with PHP.

Key features of PHP

PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor.

PHP is a server-side scripting language like ASP.

PHP supports various databases like MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, Solid,


PostgreSQL, Informix etc.

PHP is an open source software and it is free to download and use.

Advantages of PHP
1) Free of Cost: PHP is open source and all its components are free to use
and distribute.
2) Platform independent: PHP is platform independent and can be run on
all major operating systems.
3) Compatible with almost all servers: PHP is compatible with almost all
servers used today.

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4) Secure: PHP has multiple layers of security to prevent threats and other
malicious attacks.
5) Easy to learn: PHP has a very easy and understandable syntax. Its codes
are based on C, C++ and embedded with HTML so it is very easy to learn for
a programmer.

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