# Php **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [November 6, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/34772 "2003-11-06T05:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cardjorg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@cardjorg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cardjorg)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/34772/1 "2003-11-06T05:35:32Z")
Hi, Can anyone be so kind and tellme what php is,how does it work and some good links to learn it thankyou :} :thumb: ---
**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:** [November 6, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/34772/2 "2003-11-06T05:48:38Z")
[http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/21/index2a.html](http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/21/index2a.html) really good link, also look in the thread at the top of the server-side forum that says usefull links and resources ---
**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:** [November 6, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/34772/3 "2003-11-06T05:53:10Z")
that was fast!! thanks for the link and I guess I should be more carefull reading the threds ,cuz i did a whole search looking for my question but never looked at the firstone…hehe Thankyou ---
**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:** [November 6, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/34772/4 "2003-11-06T06:28:44Z")
Okay… PHP… Pre Hypertext Processing Unlike HTMl which is handled by your browser, PHP and ASP (another language in the many) are Server-Side languages. Being a server side language… You can have many pages be dynamic… Such as databses and the such… Where information can change by the use of forms or buttons clicked. A good place to start can be [http://www.php.net/](http://www.php.net/) The introduction manual isn’t too awfully bad… Not very picture oriented… But the language itself isn’t very photogenic either so what do you expect… hehe… Then just do a search on google for any more possible links that you may need. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/34772/5 "2003-11-06T07:32:49Z")
> \*Originally posted by buddhamarz \* > \*\*Okay… PHP… Pre Hypertext Processing \*\* > _PHP Manual:_\*\* PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. This confuses many people because the first word of the acronym is the acronym. This type of acronym is called a recursive acronym. The curious can visit Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing for more information on recursive acronyms.\*\* 😉 ---
**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:** [November 6, 2003, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/34772/6 "2003-11-06T07:51:36Z")
FYI: It was named PHP because before it means Personal Home Page! When PHP gained popularity and was widely used by developers, it was renamed to Hypertext Preprocessor! 🙂 Also for the best tutorials and info about PHP go to the official website at [www.php.net](http://www.php.net)! ---
**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:** [November 6, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/34772/7 "2003-11-06T16:58:32Z")
> \*Originally posted by comicGeek \* > \*\*FYI: It was named PHP because before it means Personal Home Page! When PHP gained popularity and was widely used by developers, it was renamed to Hypertext Preprocessor! 🙂 Also for the best tutorials and info about PHP go to the official website at [www.php.net](http://www.php.net)! \*\* Yeah, I knew that… I 've got the O’Reilly book on PHP… on the introduction, Rasmus Lerdorf explains how it was named and its histoy and stuff, it’s pretty cool 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 7, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/34772/8 "2003-11-07T03:32:58Z")
😃 ---
**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:** [November 7, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/34772/9 "2003-11-07T03:44:01Z")
Thankyou all:) …but still have a question how is php used the most , I mean whats the most relevant things yoiu cando that other weblenguages cant do… (-: 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 7, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/34772/10 "2003-11-07T04:40:43Z")
These forums use PHP, and it’s a good example of PHP usage i’d say 🙂 When you post anything, whatever you input is sent to a page where PHP processes your posts and stores it in a database. When you view this thread, PHP processes your request and pulls the desired posts out of the database and prints it out 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 7, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php/34772/11 "2003-11-07T04:48:06Z")
Thankyou ahamed !!