Group Work | Week 1

PHP Research

Php stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor

PHP is a scripting language which is used to put up websites, the most common use of it being data retrieval from SQL databases. It may also be used to create graphics such as charts, someone using PHP may create image links or power a thumbnail image gallery. PHP's other duties may include accepting passwords, managing forum posts and authenticating users.

PHP may even be used to create a website that allows users to generate content without html.

PHP is a program that gets installed on top of your web server software. It works with versions of Apache, Microsoft IIS and other server software packages. PHP is used by inserting it into the html code that makes up your websites when someone visits a website containing PHP the site executes it. That is why you need to install a local server to test this technology as the server processes this code, not the browser.

PHP History

Originally the letters stood for Personal Home Page. The first work was done by Rasmus Lerdorf and dates back to about 1994. Lerdorf originally used it for his personal page - specifically to track visitors. Soon a lot of additional functions were added. It took a few years, though, for it to become a language and not just a set of tools.

Isreal's Andi Gutman and Zeev Suraski did an overhaul in 1997 in order to make PHP compatible with eCommerce websites, this version (PHP 3.0) has more of the features we see today. The same two created version 4.0 later in 2004, then version 5.0, there has not yet been a version 6.0 but there have been significant improvements to 5.0 since its introduction.




Information Sourced from:

https://www.softwareengineerinsider.com/programming-languages/php.html
https://www.wired.com/2010/02/PHP_Tutorial_for_Beginners/

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