What is PHP?

PHP is a popular open-source, reflective, programming language used mainly for developing server-side applications and dynamic web content, and more recently, other software. The name is a recursive acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor".

Famous examples of PHP applications include phpBB and MediaWiki, the software behind Wikipedia. The PHP model can be seen as an alternative to Microsoft's ASP.NET/C#/VB.NET system, Macromedia's ColdFusion system, Sun Microsystems' JSP/Java system, and to the CGI/Perl system.

To learn PHP please visit either the www.php.net or the www.w3schools.com websites and try to do the tutorials provided on the websites.

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