PHP

Hypertext Preprocessor

First appeared: 1995Designed by: Rasmus Lerdorf

A server-side scripting language that powers a significant portion of the web, including WordPress and Laravel.

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Multi-paradigmOOPProcedural

<?php
echo "Hello, World!";

Created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994 as a set of CGI scripts. PHP 3 (1998) was rewritten by Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans. PHP 8 (2020) added JIT.

Type system: Dynamic

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