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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:25 am
by patrickz
Perhaps a stupid question, but can anyone tell me what the abbreviation php stands for?

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:36 am
by JayBird
it is a recursive acronym, it stands for PHP Hypertext Pre-Processor.

It did actually stand for Perosnal Home Pages when it was first released, but was renamed.

Mark

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:41 am
by patrickz
Thank you.

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:43 am
by JayBird
check out this page for more details

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/4848