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brentnhunter
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:44 am Reply with quote

Does anyone know what php stands for?
 
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nagu
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:32 am Reply with quote

the full form of php is
PHP is Hypertext Preprocessor
just like GNU Thats what i believe!
 
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 8:46 am Reply with quote

Huh? what does the first P stand for?

I'm not sure what you mean it's just like GNU, that is a different acronym. Smile
 
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 8:54 am Reply with quote

see YOU have PHP
the full form is
Quote:
PHP:Hypertext Preproccesor


ie first P in PHP stands for
Quote:
PHP:
itself, second H in PHP stands for
Quote:
Hypertext
and third P in PHP stands for
Quote:
Preprocessor

i think this explains my belief. Its a short of recursion. Hope this helps you.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:09 am Reply with quote

(*chuckle*) I still don't understand what the first P stands for.

P = ?
H = Hypertext
P = Preprocessor
 
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:13 am Reply with quote

first P stands for PHP and the First P in this PHP stands again for PHP and so on thats why i said its a kind of recursion. its like watching the same TV inside the TV
 
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:25 am Reply with quote

Why do I think you're pulling my leg?
 
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:29 am Reply with quote

That i cant help Smile)
 
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:34 am Reply with quote

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If you name "HP" where do you think of ?
 
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southern
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:39 pm Reply with quote

People Hacking People is what it stands for, right DJMaze? Wink

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PHrEEkie
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:25 pm Reply with quote

PHP was originally developed in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf, and it stood for 'Personal Home Pages'. PHP at this time was nothing like we know it now. It was basically a bunch of modified Perl scripts and functions designed to allow Lerdorf to gather information about people who came to his website looking at his resume. A year later, in '95, Lerdorf released a public version of it for others to use and develop. The first significant addition to PHP was the ability to process HTML Form data, and mSQL support was also quickly added for a way to store the info retreived by HTML Forms.

In mid 1997, a group of developers took over PHP and re-wrote almost the entire engine into what became known as "PHP 3". As of PHP v3, they dropped the acronym of 'Personal Home Pages' and instead adopted 'PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor' (meaning: dynamically manipulating Hypertext BEFORE it is output to the browser). This brought 'interactive' type web develop to the consumer level (read: you and me Wink ).

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:15 pm Reply with quote

Yeah, it is a recursive acronym. This may help you understand it better. [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ]

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