PHP code is usually processed on a web server by a PHP interpreter implemented as a module, a daemon or as a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) executable.
PHP originally stood for Personal Home Page, but it now stands for the recursive initialism PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.
The PHP reference implementation is now produced by The PHP Group. It was originally created by Danish-Canadian programmer Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994. PHP is a general-purpose scripting language geared towards web development. Perl, HTML, C, C++, Java, Tcl, JavaScript, Hack Zend Engine, HHVM, PeachPie, Quercus, Parrot PHP License (most of Zend engine under Zend Engine License) Unix-like, Windows, macOS, IBM i, OpenVMS
