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'''PHP''' (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor)<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.php.net/manual/en/introduction.php|title=PHP:Introduction - Manual|accessdate=2006-11-15}}</ref> is a [[reflection (computer science)|reflective]] [[programming language]] originally designed for producing [[dynamic Web page]]s. PHP is used mainly in [[server-side scripting|server-side]] [[application software]], but can be used from a [[command line interface]] or in standalone [[GUI|graphical applications]].

PHP competes with [[Visual Basic]] and [[C++]] as the third most popular programming language behind [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and [[C (programming language)|C]], based on world wide availability of practitioners, courses and vendors.<ref>http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm</ref> Available under the [[PHP License]], PHP is an [[open source]] language and is considered to be [[free software]] by the [[Free Software Foundation]].