PHP‘s creator Rasmus Lerdorf did not intend to create an entirely new programming language. Over 20 years ago, the Danish software engineer was looking for a better way to fix what he described ...

the first P stands for PHP — is an open source programming language for web development and creating interactive web pages. It also works well with databases, and has been used by Facebook and ...

One thing you can say for PHP is that it’s persistent. Like many long-standing programming languages, it’s often maligned by developers who would like to see a shift to newer candidates ...

From time to time, you will find a security advisory about some major web application on security mailing lists. Most of the time, the problem is fixed easily. The errors often occur because the ...

Building on a declarative model of programming, PHP extends the familiar HTML syntax ... designed architectures for multi-terabyte online image stores, implemented B2B information hubs, and ...

Many programmers suggest it's the easiest language to get started with. PHP: This language for programming web sites is incredibly common — some estimates say it powers one-third of the web.

We sit down with Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of the programming language PHP, to find out why he hates coding, loves Etsy and is the only Latino Eskimo in California. “I find programming boring and ...