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'''PHP''' is a popular [[open-source]] [[programming language]] used primarily for developing [[server-side scripting|server-side]] [[application software|applications]] and dynamic web content, and more recently, other software. The name is a [[recursive acronym]] for "'''P'''HP: [[hypertext|'''H'''ypertext]] [[preprocessor|'''P'''reprocessor]]". This is actually a [[retronym]]; see [[#History|history of PHP]].

Famous examples of PHP applications include [[phpBBhphBB]] and [[MediaWiki]], the software behind [[Wikipedia]]. The PHP model can be seen as an alternative to [[Microsoft]]'s [[ASP.NET]]/[[C_sharp|C#]]/[[Visual Basic .NET|VB.NET]] system, [[Macromedia]]'s [[Macromedia_ColdFusion|ColdFusion]] system, [[Sun Microsystems]]' [[JavaServer Pages|JSP]]/[[Java programming language|Java]] system, and to the [[Common Gateway Interface|CGI]]/[[Perl]] system.

==Overview==