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TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP
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Quilotoa
lemmy.ca
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-04-01
Posted:   Subject: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP
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PetteriPano
lemmy.world

PetteriPano@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-04
#2 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply

The S stands for secure.
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psx_crab
lemmy.zip
psx_crab@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-01-11
#3 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply

Full name is Personal Home Page: Hypertext Preprocessor.

Why does it sounds like videogame title.
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Midnight Wolf
lemmy.world

wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-23
#4 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
psx_crab wrote:
Full name is Personal Home Page: Hypertext Preprocessor. Why does it sounds like videogame title.

personal

looks in

millions of businesses
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Billegh
lemmy.world
bhamlin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#5 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
Midnight Wolf wrote:
personal looks in millions of businesses

Businesses have feelings too, apparently
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whyNotSquirrel
sh.itjust.works

whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
#6 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply

You should look up "Wine" (the window emulator for Linux)
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reev
sh.itjust.works
reev@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-08
#7 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
psx_crab wrote:
Full name is Personal Home Page: Hypertext Preprocessor. Why does it sounds like videogame title.

phphp
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Obi
sopuli.xyz

Obi@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-01
#8 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply

But what does the P in that one stand for?
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0xDREADBEEF
lemmy.dbzer0.com

dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-18
#9 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply

you won't believe what the W stands for in WINE.

There recursive acronyms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym
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tourist
lemmy.world

tourist@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#10 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
Obi wrote:
But what does the P in that one stand for?

Penis
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lemmy.world
davidagain@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-22
#11 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply

GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix.
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Taleya
aussie.zone
Taleya@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-06-21
#12 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply

It's exploits all the way down.
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dudeface
lemmy.world
dudeface@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-06-20
#13 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply

GNU does it a lot, for some reason that lot find it hugely entertaining
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zikzak025
lemmy.world
zikzak025@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-24
#14 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
whyNotSquirrel wrote:
You should look up "Wine" (the window emulator for Linux)

the window emulator

But Wine is not an emulator
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Elvith Ma'for
feddit.org
elvith@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-21
#15 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
zikzak025 wrote:
the window emulator But Wine is not an emulator

Funny how "Wine Is Not an Emulator" spells out Wine, don't you think?
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idealotus
lemmy.world
idealotus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#16 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply

YAML does this too. YAML Ain't Markup Language.
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yopyop
sh.itjust.works
yopyop@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-12
#17 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
idealotus wrote:
YAML does this too. YAML Ain't Markup Language.

Same for the mp3 encoder :

Following the great history of GNU naming, LAME originally stood for LAME Ain't an Mp3 Encoder.

https://lame.sourceforge.io/about.php
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myyass
lemmy.world
myyass@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-02
#18 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply

I thought it stood for PCP.
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zikzak025
lemmy.world
zikzak025@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-24
#19 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
Elvith Ma'for wrote:
Funny how "Wine Is Not an Emulator" spells out Wine, don't you think?

Or maybe it could be Wine Is aN Emulator...

Really makes you think...

^^^/s
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crunchy
lemmy.dbzer0.com
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-05-28
#20 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
idealotus wrote:
YAML does this too. YAML Ain't Markup Language.

Huh. For some reason i thought it was Yet Another Markup Language. But yours is more on brand.
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blackberry28
sh.itjust.works
blackberry28@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-07-29
#21 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
crunchy wrote:
Huh. For some reason i thought it was Yet Another Markup Language. But yours is more on brand.

That was the original meaning. It got changed at some point.
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π•Έπ–”π–˜π–˜
infosec.pub

01189998819991197253@infosec.pub
Joined: 2023-06-04
#22 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
tourist wrote:
Penis

I see that, too, are a card carrying member of the PEN15 club.
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dmalteseknight
programming.dev

dmalteseknight@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-17
#23 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
dudeface wrote:
GNU does it a lot, for some reason that lot find it hugely entertaining

Do they still do it? Thought it was the meme/fad of the 80s/90s.
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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞
lemmy.world

daychilde@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#24 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
Midnight Wolf wrote:
personal looks in millions of businesses

Yes, things change, hence the hindsight redefinition of what PHP stands for.
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/home/pineapplelover
lemmy.dbzer0.com
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-30
#25 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
idealotus wrote:
YAML does this too. YAML Ain't Markup Language.

WINE Is Not an Emulator
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MouldyCat
feddit.uk

MouldyCat@feddit.uk
Joined: 2024-11-25
#26 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP Quote Reply
blackberry28 wrote:
That was the original meaning. It got changed at some point.

oh interesting, as that's what PHP did too. Originally it was just a set of shell scripts for creating "Personal Home Pages" and it gradually grew into the beautiful swan it is today <3
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