# Php

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/2107>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [May 31, 2002, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/2107 "2002-05-31T10:25:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/2107/1 "2002-05-31T10:25:00Z")

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What is PHP?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/2107/2 "2002-05-31T12:34:26Z")

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Do a search on Google before asking.  
It’s a scripting language, open source (free), can be combined with a mySql database, and is used with Flash to create dynamic websites…what do you need to know?