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key: pl/php
kind: plang
name: "PHP"
url: https://plangs.page/php
---

# PHP

> Scripting language primarily used for web development.

Widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language especially suited for web development and embedded in HTML.

## Facts

- Appeared: 1995
- Homepage: https://www.php.net/
- GitHub: https://github.com/php/php-src
- Languish ranking: #11

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative)
- [Multi](https://plangs.page/paradigm/multi)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/paradigm/oop)
- [Procedural](https://plangs.page/paradigm/procedural)
- [Reflective](https://plangs.page/paradigm/reflective)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/paradigm/scripting)

### Platforms

- [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple)
- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)

### Type Systems

- [Dynamic](https://plangs.page/type-system/dynamic)
- [Gradual](https://plangs.page/type-system/gradual)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/type-system/object)
- [Weak](https://plangs.page/type-system/weak)

### Target Of

- [Blade](https://plangs.page/blade)
- [Haxe](https://plangs.page/haxe)
- [Protocol Buffer](https://plangs.page/protocol-buffer)
- [Smarty](https://plangs.page/smarty)

### Dialects

- [Hack](https://plangs.page/hack)

### Implemented By

- [Hack](https://plangs.page/hack)

### Influenced By

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)
- [Hack](https://plangs.page/hack)
- [Java](https://plangs.page/java)
- [Perl](https://plangs.page/perl)

### Influenced

- [Hack](https://plangs.page/hack)
- [Smarty](https://plangs.page/smarty)

### Written With

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)

### Tags

- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/tag/scripting)
- [Server](https://plangs.page/tag/server)
- [WebDev](https://plangs.page/tag/webdev)