PHP‘s creator Rasmus Lerdorf did not intend to create an entirely new programming language. Over 20 years ago, the Danish software engineer was looking for a better way to fix what he described as a ...

One thing you can say for PHP is that it’s persistent. Like many long-standing programming languages, it’s often maligned by developers who would like to see a shift to newer candidates, yet it also ...

The team behind scripting language PHP has announced PHP version 8.0, a major release that may require developers to review code for any breaking changes. This ...

First, a bit of background: I am 32 and have been tinkering with computers since age 6. I have reasonable understanding of various techy things, so configuring and maintaining a web server stack on ...

Facebook has released a programming language called Hack, which marries the ease of PHP with the rigorous safety controls of older languages such as C++. PHP programmers should easily understand Hack, ...

The PHP developer community is currently discussing a comprehensive license change. The aim is to replace the PHP and Zend licenses used to date with the standardized Modified BSD License. The ...