php: hypertext preprocessor

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
PHP

   <World-Wide Web, programming> (PHP) An {Open Source},
   {server-side}, {cross-platform}, {scripting language} used to
   create dynamic {web pages}.

   PHP can be embedded in {HTML} using special tags like:

    <?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'; ?>

   This is stored in a file with a ".php" extension.  The {web
   server} passes the file to the PHP interpreter which executes
   the code in the <?php ... ?> tags.  This generates ordinary
   HTML to send to the {web browser}.

   PHP is a {recursive acronym}.

   Latest version: 5.2.3 2007-05-31, as of 2007-08-10.

   PHP Home (http://php.net/).

   Cheat sheet
   (http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/cheat-sheets/php-cheat-sheet/).

   (2007-08-10)