History and Background
The history and background of programming languages and software products can help you find and interpret old code snippets or administrative guidelines found on the Internet. This section discusses the history and background of the PHP engine and programming model; the Oracle Database 10g features and opportunities; and the Zend Technologies role, tools, and support for the PHP and Oracle combination.
What Is PHP?
Today PHP is a recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. In 1 995, it stood for Personal Home Page and was the name of a bunch of utilities that evolved from some Perl scripts. It was originally developed to display the résumé of the original author, Rasmus Lerdorf. The first major release was PHP 3 ...
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