PHP
Americanabbreviation
Etymology
Origin of PHP
Coined in 1995 by PHP’s creator, Danish-Canadian programmer Rasmus Lerdorf (1958–), originally standing for “Personal Home Page,” but later recast as standing for “PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor”
Example Sentences
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Among higher-yielding currencies, the team tactically favors INR in 1Q 2026, is neutral toward PHP, and think it’s better to hedge IDR exposure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
It’s also known as a partial-hospitalization program or PHP.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2022
The prime candidate is a newly discovered vulnerability in PHP - a computer scripting language used for website development - that was being circulated in some hacker circles shortly before Danwin was attacked.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2018
Curiosity supports Pyton, Lua, and drag-and-drop Google Blockly coding, along with PHP for some reason.
From The Verge • Nov. 15, 2017
He had designed simple, static Web pages before, but for the church he used a popular, freely available scripting language called PHP to add a few interactive elements.
From Slate • May 24, 2012
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