RE: [PHP] What means PHP ? ;-)

You ever heard about GINA? it´s an acronym, and it menas GINA Is Not an Acronym... :-) DrMad. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Maxim Maletsky <maxim.maletsky@lincmedia.co.jp> > To: 'Martin' <martin@thomatechnik.de> > Cc: PHP General List. (E-mail) <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 9:36 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP] What means PHP ? ;-) > > > > It's so funny that just 24 ours ago Martin asked that innocent yet so > > amazingly curious question: what is PHP.. > > and we, gurus, haven't stopped to talk about it yet... > > > > kewl, love this mailing list... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Martin [mailto:martin@thomatechnik.de] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 6:28 PM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] What means PHP ? ;-) > > > > > > Hello ! > > > > I tell a lot of people that php is great and good and fast and effizent > > to make a web-site. All that stuff. The next question I always get is: > > "Okay, what does 'PHP' mean exactly ?". Even > > "non-computer-people" know > > that HTML means "HyperText Markup Language". > > But what the hell does PHP mean ? ;-) > > > > > > The manual (http://www.php.net/manual/preface.php) says: > > > > PHP stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" > > > > which seems a bit stupid, since "Hypertext Preprocessor" doesn't start > > with a P ;-) Or is it a kind of a (funny ? nonsense ? intelligent ?) > > rekursion that PHP really stands for "PHP Hypertext Preprocessor" ? > > > > A book I got through my fingers says: > > PHP means "Personal Home Page", which sounds good, too. > > > > A lot of people try to make something like "Pretty Hypertext > > Preprocessor" or something like that. > > > > So.... what should I tell people who ask me ? ;-)) > > > > Martin > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > >