PHP
AKA inc
Summary
PHP is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. It runs primarily on the server side to create dynamic web pages.
Paradigms
Domains
web development, server-side applications
Key Features
first-class functions, closures, reflection, string interpolation, modules, variadic functions, named arguments, destructuring
Typing
gradual system, structural typing, weak typing, partial inference, runtime checking, aggressive type coercion, optional type annotations
Compilation
interpreted, interpreted with JIT compilation
Influenced By
C, Perl, Java, C++, JavaScript, Tcl, HTML
Ratings
File extensions
php, aw, ctp, fcgi, inc, php3, php4, php5, phps, phpt
External Links
| Status | active |
| Type | programming |
| Created | 1995 |
| Designed by |
Rasmus Lerdorf Zeev Suraski Andi Gutmans |
| Developed by |
The PHP Group Zeev Suraski Rasmus Lerdorf Zend Technologies Andi Gutmans PHP Group |
| PyPL Index | #7 |
| TIOBE Index | #15 |
| GitHub rank | #9 |