Re: [PHP] Re: FAQ
> If I am talking to non geeky types, and they bother to ask, I > go with "Professional Hypertext Processor". Now that's a good one I will keep in mind! -- Herzlich Werner Stuerenburg _ ISIS Verlag, Teut 3, D-32683 Barntrup-Alverdissen Tel 0(049) 5224-997 407 · Fax 0(049) 5224-997 409 http://pferdezeitung.de -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Re: FAQ
If I am talking to other geeky types I explain the full history of "Personal Home Page" outgrowing it's name to become "PHP: Hypertext Processor" , recursive like "GNU" ete. etc. If I am talking to non geeky types, and they bother to ask, I go with "Professional Hypertext Processor". Brian At 22:54 1/08/2001 -0700, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. > > > > Which does not explain the php > >Sure it does - look in the titlebar of your browser when you go to >http://php.net > >-Rasmus > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Brian White Step Two Designs Pty Ltd - SGML, XML & HTML Consultancy Phone: +612-93197901 Web: http://www.steptwo.com.au/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Re: FAQ
> > PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. > > Which does not explain the php Sure it does - look in the titlebar of your browser when you go to http://php.net -Rasmus -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Re: FAQ
You wrote: > I have a php book that says it stands for Personal Home Page, not sure if > that is correct or not... It's not. PHP stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor." It's a recursive acronym. -- -Ryan :: ICQ - 595003 :: GigaBoard - http://www.gigaboard.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Re: FAQ
Sascha Schumann schrieb am Mittwoch, 1. August 2001, 19:52:08: >> just like Apache comes from "a patchy" server. > That is a myth and it is not really right :) Anyway - it is a nice one, isn't it? BTW, it is found on http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-04/behlendorf_02.html I spent some time reading lots of interviews with him... Also, there is a nice game with MySQL and MySQL-Max - I do like that kind of pun. -- Herzlich Werner Stuerenburg _ ISIS Verlag, Teut 3, D-32683 Barntrup-Alverdissen Tel 0(049) 5224-997 407 · Fax 0(049) 5224-997 409 http://pferdezeitung.de -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ
On Wednesday, August 01, 2001 at 11:53 AM, Clayton Dukes said: > I have a question: > Does anyone know what PHP stands for? > It's not in any of the FAQ's I've looked at. "PHP" is short for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" ...neat, huh? a recursive definition! - Brian --- Brian S. Dunworth Sr. Software Development Engineer Oracle Database Administrator The Printing House, Ltd. (850) 875-1500 x225 --- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Re: FAQ
> just like Apache comes from "a patchy" server. That is a myth and it is not really right :) You might want to search for an interview with Brian Behlendorf in which he explains how the name was originally conceived. - Sascha Experience IRCG http://schumann.cx/http://schumann.cx/ircg -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Re: FAQ
Johnson, Kirk schrieb am Mittwoch, 1. August 2001, 17:55:03: >> Does anyone know what PHP stands for? PHP =>> People Hate Perl. > No, that's just a joke, no flames please :) > PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. Which does not explain the php - stands for Personal Home Page, IIRC - there is an interview with Rasmus where he tells the whole story. Doesn't sound that good these days, but this is where it comes from: he invented it for personal use on his own homepage, to find out who looks at his resume. And I think it is really cute and significant for the whole open source movement - just like Apache comes from "a patchy" server. He continues that people approached him to get the code, whence they found bugs he didn't run across and had ideays he'd never have. So here it goes... -- Herzlich Werner Stuerenburg _ ISIS Verlag, Teut 3, D-32683 Barntrup-Alverdissen Tel 0(049) 5224-997 407 · Fax 0(049) 5224-997 409 http://pferdezeitung.de -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ
> > > PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. > > > > Isn't it Personal Home Pages? > > > I believe that was the original name. But now the first P represents an > acronym itself, as Kirk pointed out, PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. > > So as I understand it, it's Personal Home Page Hypertext Preprocessor. > Rather a mouthful. > > Matt Um, I think it's more of a recursive acronym. GNU = GNU's Not Unix PINE = PINE Is No longer Elm MINT = MINT Is Not TOS (for fellow Atari ST fans) EMACS = EMACS Makes A Computer Slow (for fellow vi fans) PHP = PHP Hypertext Preprocessor Damn, where's Rasmus when you need him? He *wrote* it Cheers Jon -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Re: FAQ
This question is answered here : http://php.net/manual/en/preface.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/introduction.php FAQ's are nice but the manual is even better :) Although this FAQ may help, it's titled "What is PHP?" and contains links too. http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/2881/ Regards, Philip On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Matt Greer wrote: > on 8/1/01 11:01 AM, Angerer, Chad at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. > > > > Isn't it Personal Home Pages? > > > I believe that was the original name. But now the first P represents an > acronym itself, as Kirk pointed out, PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. > > So as I understand it, it's Personal Home Page Hypertext Preprocessor. > Rather a mouthful. > > Matt > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Re: FAQ
on 8/1/01 11:01 AM, Angerer, Chad at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. > > Isn't it Personal Home Pages? > I believe that was the original name. But now the first P represents an acronym itself, as Kirk pointed out, PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. So as I understand it, it's Personal Home Page Hypertext Preprocessor. Rather a mouthful. Matt -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ
I have a php book that says it stands for Personal Home Page, not sure if that is correct or not... dan -Original Message- From: Clayton Dukes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:53 AM To: scott [gts]; php Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: FAQ I have a question: Does anyone know what PHP stands for? It's not in any of the FAQ's I've looked at. -Clayton - Original Message - From: "scott [gts]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "php" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:40 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ > and adding a little explanation of the > http://php.net/function syntax for searching > the php.net site would be a big help too. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Johnson, Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:32 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ > > > > > > > I know of 3 php faqs (I know there are tons), maybe we should > > > make a faq on how to > > > find faqs? :) > > > > > > http://alt-php-faq.org/ > > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.php > > > http://php.faqts.com > > > > Rasmus, do you think there would be any value in adding these 3 links to the > > "PHP General Mailing List" trailer that is added to each post? > > > > Just a thought. > > > > Kirk > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ
Isn't it Personal Home Pages? Chad -Original Message- From: Johnson, Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:55 AM To: php Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ > Does anyone know what PHP stands for? PHP => People Hate Perl. No, that's just a joke, no flames please :) PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. Kirk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ
> Does anyone know what PHP stands for? PHP => People Hate Perl. No, that's just a joke, no flames please :) PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. Kirk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Re: FAQ
I have a question: Does anyone know what PHP stands for? It's not in any of the FAQ's I've looked at. -Clayton - Original Message - From: "scott [gts]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "php" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:40 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ > and adding a little explanation of the > http://php.net/function syntax for searching > the php.net site would be a big help too. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Johnson, Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:32 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ > > > > > > > I know of 3 php faqs (I know there are tons), maybe we should > > > make a faq on how to > > > find faqs? :) > > > > > > http://alt-php-faq.org/ > > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.php > > > http://php.faqts.com > > > > Rasmus, do you think there would be any value in adding these 3 links to the > > "PHP General Mailing List" trailer that is added to each post? > > > > Just a thought. > > > > Kirk > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ
and adding a little explanation of the http://php.net/function syntax for searching the php.net site would be a big help too. > -Original Message- > From: Johnson, Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ > > > > I know of 3 php faqs (I know there are tons), maybe we should > > make a faq on how to > > find faqs? :) > > > > http://alt-php-faq.org/ > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.php > > http://php.faqts.com > > Rasmus, do you think there would be any value in adding these 3 links to the > "PHP General Mailing List" trailer that is added to each post? > > Just a thought. > > Kirk > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] Re: FAQ
> I know of 3 php faqs (I know there are tons), maybe we should > make a faq on how to > find faqs? :) > > http://alt-php-faq.org/ > http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.php > http://php.faqts.com Rasmus, do you think there would be any value in adding these 3 links to the "PHP General Mailing List" trailer that is added to each post? Just a thought. Kirk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
