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PHP¹

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of pseudohypoparathyroidism

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Primary Health Properties It has fielded seven proposals from PHP and a U.S. consortium of KKR (KKR.N), opens new tab and Stonepeak Partners in recent weeks.

PHP²

Where it comes from

Originally an initialism of personal home page, used to describe a set of tools written by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995. With the advent of PHP 3 which was no longer a limited language it was renamed to a recursive backronym: PHP: hypertext preprocessor.

proper noun

  1. A scripting language widely used to write Web applications. Developers at an open source company in Spain are leading an effort to boost PHP application development for Android-based phones.

noun PHPs

  1. informal A PHP script. At first, I had the PHPs on the university host requesting the data from MySQL on my ISP's host.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nuke, weights, bhp, httpd, gtk, asp, pso, pesos, javascript, scripting language, perl, applescript, scriptlet, bash, scriptable, scripter

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"PHP." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/php. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

PHP. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/php

Chicago

"PHP." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/php.

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@misc{php_2026,
  title = {PHP},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/php},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}