PHP
In 1994, Rasmus Lerdorf, a Danish-Canadian programmer, wrote several Common Gate Interface (CGI) programs in C. CGI is an interface specification that will let web servers execute programs that can generate dynamic web content. Lerdorf created this for his private web page and extended and added functionality to handle web forms and database communication. He named the project Personal Home Page/Forms Interpreter, abbreviated to PHP/FI.
Lerdorf has later admitted that he never intended to create a new programming language, but the project got a life of its own, and a development team was formed, and in 1997 PHP/FI 2 was released.
The language is primarily used on web servers to create dynamic web content.
Here are some quick facts on it:
- Name: PHP
- Designed by: Rasmus Lerdorf
- First public release: 1995
- Paradigm: Imperative, functional, object-oriented, procedural
- Typing: Dynamic
- Most frequently used file extension(s):
.php
