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Dexvertbot: Change telparia.com samples link to template

2023-12-28T02:50:28Z

Change telparia.com samples link to template

Sembiance: Added sample files

2022-07-22T01:25:13Z

Added sample files

Dan Tobias at 19:33, 2 July 2022

2022-07-02T19:33:56Z

Dan Tobias at 19:32, 2 July 2022

2022-07-02T19:32:22Z

Tekkno: Added a link about PH7

2018-06-01T12:50:08Z

Added a link about PH7

Mu at 20:14, 10 July 2017

2017-07-10T20:14:20Z

Mu: reorganize prose to put criticism under a different section

2017-07-10T20:14:02Z

reorganize prose to put criticism under a different section

Jsummers: PRONOM

2016-10-28T14:54:40Z

PRONOM

Jsummers: Category:Web

2016-08-14T14:14:51Z

Category:Web

Dan Tobias: /* Other links */

2015-04-01T12:03:28Z

‎Other links

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 == Sample files ==
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/text/php/
+* {{DexvertSamples|text/php}}
 == Other links ==

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 * [https://github.com/ab9rf/phaestus Project to create Haskell library to parse PHP code]
 * [http://de77.com/ph7-lighweight-php-interpreter Ph7 is a lightweight interpreter of PHP]
 == Other links ==

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 Sometimes the nonstandard extension [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41689479/what-is-the-file-extension-phps-and-what-is-it-used-for '''.phps'''] is used when the developer wants the PHP file to be served as source code rather than code executed on the server, for example to share a PHP script.
-It is one of the possibilities for the P in LAMP (a set of technologies used in many web back-ends, including Linux, Apache, and MySQL, notable for being free, open-source software in contrast to proprietary technologies such as those from Microsoft) along with [[Perl]] and [[Python]].
+It is one of the possibilities for the P in LAMP (a set of technologies used in many web back-ends, including Linux, Apache, and MySQL, notable for being free, open-source software in contrast to proprietary technologies such as those from Microsoft) along with [[Perl]] and [[Python]]. Its ubiquitousness on the web led to the Wikidata people giving it a rare two-digit ID.
 == Usage and reception ==

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 |extensions={{ext|php}}, {{ext|phps}}
 |pronom={{PRONOM|x-fmt/169}}
 |released=1995
 }}

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 == Software projects ==
 * [https://github.com/ab9rf/phaestus Project to create Haskell library to parse PHP code]
 == Other links ==

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 PHP files are often found as text files with the extension '''.php'''. The syntax rules allow [[HTML]] code to be intermixed with the PHP code; some PHP files are mostly static HTML with a few PHP commands embedded, while others are mostly PHP program code with a little bit of HTML. There might be bits of [[JavaScript]] or [[SQL]] too; you might have to understand several different programming and markup languages to fully understand a piece of code.
-Sometimes the nonstandard extension [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41689479/what-is-the-file-extension-phps-and-what-is-it-used-for '''.phps'''] is used when the developer wants the PHP file to be served as source code rather than code executed on the server.
+Sometimes the nonstandard extension [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41689479/what-is-the-file-extension-phps-and-what-is-it-used-for '''.phps'''] is used when the developer wants the PHP file to be served as source code rather than code executed on the server, for example to share a PHP script.
 It is one of the possibilities for the P in LAMP (a set of technologies used in many web back-ends, including Linux, Apache, and MySQL, notable for being free, open-source software in contrast to proprietary technologies such as those from Microsoft) along with [[Perl]] and [[Python]].

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 |formattype=Languages
 |subcat=Programming Languages
-|extensions={{ext|php}}
+|extensions={{ext|php}}, {{ext|phps}}
 |pronom={{PRONOM|x-fmt/169}}
 |released=1995
 }}
-'''PHP''' is a widely-used general-purpose open source scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
+'''PHP''' is a widely-used general-purpose open source scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. While PHP originally stood for Personal Home Page, it is now said to stand for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, a recursive acronym.
-While PHP originally stood for Personal Home Page, it is now said to stand for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, a recursive acronym.
+PHP files are often found as text files with the extension '''.php'''. The syntax rules allow [[HTML]] code to be intermixed with the PHP code; some PHP files are mostly static HTML with a few PHP commands embedded, while others are mostly PHP program code with a little bit of HTML. There might be bits of [[JavaScript]] or [[SQL]] too; you might have to understand several different programming and markup languages to fully understand a piece of code.
 It is one of the possibilities for the P in LAMP (a set of technologies used in many web back-ends, including Linux, Apache, and MySQL, notable for being free, open-source software in contrast to proprietary technologies such as those from Microsoft) along with [[Perl]] and [[Python]].
-PHP has come under much criticism for its lack of consistent structure; it was not developed under any kind of master plan to create a sensible structure, so it is a mass of features grafted on over the years with many quirks and "gotcha"s for developers using it. It was also designed to be accessible to nonprogrammers (its original function was for the development of personal home pages, after all), meaning that syntax elements were chosen to be understandable to people who don't understand programming languages, rather than to facilitate more complex uses by power users who do know how to program. This results in all sorts of oddball cases and exceptions where constructs behave as the language developer thought naive users might expect them to rather than with the overall consistency expected by professional programmers.
+== Usage and reception ==
-PHP files are often found as text files with the extension .php. The syntax rules allow [[HTML]] code to be intermixed with the PHP code; some PHP files are mostly static HTML with a few PHP commands embedded, while others are mostly PHP program code with a little bit of HTML. There might be bits of [[JavaScript]] or [[SQL]] too; you might have to understand several different programming and markup languages to fully understand a piece of code.
+PHP may be the most widely hated programming language in proportion to its popularity. Critics point out in particular its development origins without any kind of master plan, with a mass of features grafted on over the years with many quirks and "gotcha"s for developers using it. It was also designed to be accessible to nonprogrammers (its original function was for the development of personal home pages, after all), meaning that syntax elements were chosen to be understandable to people who don't understand programming languages, rather than to facilitate more complex uses by power users who do know how to program. This results in all sorts of oddball cases and exceptions where constructs behave as the language developer thought naive users might expect them to rather than with the overall consistency expected by professional programmers.
 == Specs ==

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	* [http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/PHP_Essentials PHP Essentials (online book)]		* [http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/PHP_Essentials PHP Essentials (online book)]
	* [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rasmus_Lerdorf Quotes from the creator of PHP]		* [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rasmus_Lerdorf Quotes from the creator of PHP]
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		+	[[Category:Web]]

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	* [http://codecondo.com/tools-for-analyzing-and-parsing-your-php-code/ Top 7 Tools for Analyzing and Parsing Your PHP Code]		* [http://codecondo.com/tools-for-analyzing-and-parsing-your-php-code/ Top 7 Tools for Analyzing and Parsing Your PHP Code]
	* [http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/PHP_Essentials PHP Essentials (online book)]		* [http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/PHP_Essentials PHP Essentials (online book)]
		+	* [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rasmus_Lerdorf Quotes from the creator of PHP]