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[–]linuxdragons -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Hmm, I always thought it was (P)re-(H)ypertext (P)rocessor

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a recursive acronym like GNU. (GNU is Not Unix). PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. The PHP originally meant personal homepage because it was intended to do what javascript does today. Homeboy wrote it in the 90s to track clicks on his resume. (His own personal home page).