php

(Personal Home Page) Hypertext Preprocessor. A server-side scripting language easilly competent to ASP or JSP. Avalaible on nearly every platform and server, PHP has been embraced by veteran programmers and (unfortunately) newbies alike as the programming language of choice for ad-hoc web processing.

Draws it's syntax structure mainly from c++ and perl, but has roots in java and sed as well.

Often heralded as "better than perl" by newbie code monkeys who've neither used perl nor have any idea that perl's scope of usability far exceeds that of PHP's, (which is reallistically limited to that of processing HTML and interfacing with databases). Ironically, the legions of newbies who are self-proclaimed "php mastaz" have no idea that PHP is frequently trampled in benchmark tests for Common Gateway Interface (CGI) and Database Interface (DBI) by languages like C, C++, Perl, Sed/Awk, and Python.

However, PHP is still the fastest ad-hoc server processing language out (and of course smashes A$P)

"The true power of PHP lies in integration with Perl and C, not in competition"

by Sgt.Bitterpants November 18, 2003

PHP

In reference to the programming language it should stand for Pretty Heinous Programming as the language is so antiquated and such a piece of shit that it barely works without creating a security vulnerability large enough to destroy the universe.

Man that is some seriously PHP on that site! Who the hell wrote this, a 5 year old kid? Oh... no just another PHP programmer...

Why have built in escaped variables and standardized functions on all platforms? Let's just use PHP and do what the fuck ever!

by TheGodDamnBatman September 6, 2013

php

PHP is a server-side scripting language similar to Microsoft's Active Server Pages technology. It is easy to use, but exceptionally powerful and perhaps most importantly it was developed for the web. It outclasses older technology such as perl simply through it's ease of use and effectiveness.

<?php
if($php > $perl) {
echo "php is the greatest, obviously ;)\n";
} else {
echo "php... is *still* the greatest!\n";
}
?>

by Mordan DS September 25, 2003

Php

Php or Pot Head Problem is a term used to describe problems only a stoner could have.

"Dude, I can't burn!"
"Why not, you dry?"
"No, my bowls downstairs!"
"Php bro."

by GRANDpa.blo January 27, 2012

php

A server-side scripting language that kicks the living shit out of PERL and A$P.

<?php
$arr = array(
"1" => "PERL sucks",
"2" => "ASP sucks"
);

print_r($arr);
?>

by Jim November 13, 2003

php

Web programming language to make websites dynamic.

<?php // Begins php
print "string"; // Displays string
echo "sring"; // Displays string
$a="Left"; Defines variable a
if ($a==="Left") print "A equals Left"; /* If variable a equals Left then display A equals Left */
?>

by John Doe March 29, 2004

php

a viscous gaseous secretion marked by it's distinctive sound.

Angelina: I just got a brazilian. Do you want to go down on me after the movie?

Bob: No doubt!

Angelina: ***php***...oops, I think I shit myself. (blushes)

Bob: (calculating)'bout how much, give or take a spoonful?

by Quotidian March 17, 2008