RE: [PHP] What does PHP stand for?
| From: | J Smith | Date: | Tue, 28 Aug 2001 14:47:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] What does PHP stand for? | ||
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It's actually a recursive acronym, like GNU:
From the manual:
"PHP, which stands for 'PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor', is an HTML-embedded
scripting language."
J
Jon wrote:
> Hmm although the answer was "Personal Home Page Tools" and is now
> "Hypertext Preprocessor" when people ask me, I say "Pre-Hypertext
> Processor"
>
> Its the same meaning, and puts the letters in the correct order, so as not
> to confuse people.