PHP is the abbreviation for a programming language, originally called Personal Home Page Tools. In detail, it is a scripting language with a style similar to C syntax. PHP is an open-source software, mostly for creating dynamic Web sites and Web applications to use.
PHP was developed in 1995 by Rasmus Lerdorf and was originally intended only to requests to include on websites. Over time, larger and more comprehensive functionality was needed, so Lerdorf the project in the programming language “C” expanded considerably, which means PHP was finally able to communicate with databases and to develop simple dynamic Web applications allowed. Even at this early stage, decided to be an inventor to disclose the code open and make as for other programmers. As a result, the programming language developed into a globally popular project, which is used by many users continued to develop. Meanwhile, the parties are already working on version 6.0.
The details of the programming language PHP is running on the server and from there, “parsed”. This means that the content is on the website usually represented as a normal HTML code. PHP can also be other file types that represent as images and PDF files. These server-side programming has the advantage, among other things, that the original PHP programming, that the source code for the user of the website is not visible and therefore protected from misuse and theft. However, this also every action the user only when a new call to the page is detected. Similar to HTML, there are now editors for PHP, which make it easy to work without deep knowledge of the language.