You may already know that PHP is fast, stable, and easy to learn, but you may not know how it got that way. In this interview, Rasmus Lerdorf, the creator of PHP, talks about the unlikely origins of this open-source product. Then core developers Stig Bakken, Andi Guttmans, and Zeev Suraski explain how they came to work on PHP and discuss the evolution of the language. Plus, you'll hear about the planned support for XML and MySQL and what's going on with Zend.

This article discusses features of PHP4, the most advanced version of PHP. Topics include: History Brief, Where Did We Go Wrong?, The Birth of Zend, and Design Changes In PHP 4 and Zend.

PHP can help you look like a web-wunderkid while saving you hours of drudgery. This online article / tutorial presents a little history on PHP, what PHP can do, how to get started with PHP, and more.

With the same features as ASP and JSP, PHP is the fastest growing Apache add-on....as well as .asp and .jsp (and .htm/html for ordinary Web pages), another file extension is becoming increasingly common - .php....As another Netcraft survey shows, there are currently around 700,000 sites using it.

In this article, you will learn about the general development features of Apache, as well as two particular environments that lend themselves to serious applications. The first, PHP, is a strong language for database-related functions. The second, mod_perl, moves Perl scripting into the high-performance arena and extends what you can do with it.

Ask most Web application developers their scripting language of choice, and you'll find that most are divided into two camps - the Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) folks, and the Cold Fusion users. If you do a little more research however, you'll find there are other options out there, and one of these, PHP 3.0, is in much wider use than one would think for an "alternative product".

Talks about limitations with PHP3 and the new and improved features with PHP4. Covers various aspects of the new PHP4 in detail.

PHP is a Web scripting language that is the functional equivalent of Microsoft's VBScript and Active Server Pages except that PHP is more platform-agnostic...PHP3 provides myriad powerful features for your Web applications.

From its humble roots as Personal Home Page Tools, PHP has evolved into robust technology for developing web applications. It talks about PHP's roots, the case for PHP, the future of PHP, and more.