Re: What means PHP ? ;-)
| From: | Jason Cox | Date: | Tue, 12 Sep 2000 22:00:21 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: What means PHP ? ;-) | ||
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> Yes PHP standing for officially "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor"
> is stupid as hell. Whats the PHP stand for in PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor?
>
> When people ask me whats PHP stand for I tell them this:
>
> PHP = Hypertext Preprocessor and if further exsplaination is
> requested or offered I exsplain that PHP use to mean Personal Home Page
> but thats was changed when when PHP became so much more.
>
> Thats my story and I'am sticking with it. :)
Actually, I think it's supposed to be recursive like GNU. GNU stands for "GNU's
Not Unix." Nerd humor. I'm glad that they changed it from Personal Home Page
because that sounds like someone made it in their basement and doesn't sound
very professional.
Jason