PHP
Scripting language focused on web development
Also known as PHP programming language · PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
- Developer
- Rasmus Lerdorf(since 1994)
- , Andi Gutmans(since 1997)
- , PHP Group
- +2 more
- Founded
- June 8, 1995
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Sources- 1.“Google Groups”groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi/PyJ25gZ6z7A/M9FkTUVDfcwJRetrieved 2018-12-11
- 2.“PHP: History of PHP - Manual”php.net/manual/en/history.php.phpRetrieved 2016-08-25
- June 8, 1995
- Latest version
- 8.5.11
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Sources- 1.“Release 8.5.11”github.com/php/php-src/releases/tag/php-8.5.11Retrieved 2026-09-25
- , 5.3.29
- , 5.4.45
- +57 more
- 8.5.11
- Written in
- C
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Open Hub“The php Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page”openhub.net/p/php/analyses/latest/languages_summaryRetrieved 2018-09-20
- 2.github.com/EvanLi/Github-Ranking/blob/master/Data/github-ranking-2025-07-06.csv
- C
- License
- PHP License
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- , 3-clause BSD License(since 2026)
- PHP License
- Operating system
- Website
Overview
All data
576 statements · 78% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- File extension
- php
- phar
- phtml
- php4
- php3
- php5
- phps
- php7
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- pht
- Influenced by
- C++
- Perl
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Sources- 1.“PHP: Preface - Manual”php.net/manual/en/preface.phpRetrieved 2016-08-25
- C
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Sources- 1.“PHP: Preface - Manual”php.net/manual/en/preface.phpRetrieved 2016-08-25
- Java
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Sources- 1.“PHP: Preface - Manual”php.net/manual/en/preface.phpRetrieved 2016-08-25
- Tcl
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Sources- 1.“Rasmus Lerdorf | PHP on Hormones”itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3298.htmlRetrieved 2016-03-19
- HTML
- JavaScript
- Creator
- Rasmus Lerdorf
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Sources- 1.“PHP: History of PHP - Manual”php.net/manual/en/history.php.phpRetrieved 2016-08-25
- Rasmus Lerdorf
- Software quality assurance
- continuous integration described at url: github.com · archive url: travis-ci.org
- Media type
- application/x-httpd-php nature of statement: non-standard
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Sources- 1.“php - Httpd Wiki”wiki.apache.org/httpd/phpRetrieved 2018-06-15
- 2.“Using CGI Programs”cups.org/doc/cgi.htmlRetrieved 2018-06-16
- 3.github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.3.2/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c#L56Retrieved 2019-03-02
- application/x-httpd-php-source nature of statement: non-standard
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Sources- 1.github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.3.2/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c#L57Retrieved 2019-03-02
- application/x-php nature of statement: non-standard, unofficial
- text/x-php nature of statement: non-standard, unofficial
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Sources- 1.trac.edgewall.org/wiki/1.2/TracSyntaxColoringRetrieved 2023-11-12
- 2.github.com/file/file/blob/FILE5_45/magic/Magdir/commands#L130-L151Retrieved 2023-11-12
- application/x-httpd-php nature of statement: non-standard
- Typing discipline
- weak typing
- dynamic typing
- gradual typing(since 2016)
- Social media followers
- 104,996(February 4, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1537028058
- 3,483(April 11, 2024) mastodon address: php@fosstodon.org
- 3,435(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: php@fosstodon.org
- 3,367(February 12, 2024) mastodon address: php@fosstodon.org
- 91,849(January 8, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1537028058
- 81,559(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1537028058
- 46,742(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1537028058
- Different from
- PHP applies to name of subject: PHP · criterion used: short name, acronym, initialism, or abbreviation not unique
- Has version, edition or translation
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On other databases
64 identifiers linking PHP across the web's reference databases
- AlternativeTo IDphp
- Arch Linux packagephp
- ArchWiki articlePHP
- BabelNet ID01753580n
- Baidu Tieba namephp
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID135584386
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDphp-informatik
- Chocolatey Community package IDphp
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures IDCVE-2023-0662
- De Agostini IDPHP,+linguaggio
- Debian stable packagephp
- Dewey Decimal Classification005.133
- Docker Hub repositorylibrary/php
- ELMCIP ID10257
- ESCO skill ID4350c38d-0fe9-4ca7-bab9-40ed7f72b04f
- FactGrid item IDQ1351441
- Fandom article IDcomputer:PHP
- Fedora packagephp
- FOLDOC IDPHP:+Hypertext+Preprocessor
- Free Software Directory entryPHP
- Freebase ID/m/060kv
- FreeBSD portlang/php
- Gentoo packagedev-lang/php
- Gentoo Wiki articlePHP
- GitHub accountphp
- GitHub topicphp
- GitLab.com topic IDphp
- GND ID4546126-0
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDPHP
- Homebrew formula namephp
- Internet Game Database game engine IDphp
- J9U entity ID987007530371705171
- KBpedia IDPHP-ProgrammingLanguage
- Lemmy community IDphp@programming.dev
- Lex IDPHP
- Library of Congress Authorities IDsh99002710
- Mastodon addressphp@fosstodon.org
- MobyGames attribute ID1212
- Mozilla Developer Network articleGlossary/PHP
- Namuwiki IDPHP
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX548742
- NE.se IDphp
- NetBSD package IDlang/php
- NicoNicoPedia word article IDphp
- NL CR AUT IDph117976
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning975968
- Open Hub IDphp
- Open Library subject IDphp_(computer_program_language)
- OpenBSD portlang/php
- OSDN projectfreshmeat_php
- PSH ID12480
- Quora topic IDPHP-programming-language-1
- Repology project namephp
- Semantic Scholar topic ID166907
- SubredditPHP
- SVKKL authority ID0308633-PHP-programovaci-jazyk
- Treccani's Lessico del XXI Secolo IDphp
- Uniform Resource Identifier Schemephp
- Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["FileFormat", "PHP-1"]
- X (Twitter) usernameofficial_php
- Yale LUX IDconcept/b4425898-cf3b-431e-a14f-d7f7a54a7c75
- YSA IDY113237
- YSO ID16268
- Zhihu topic ID19552910