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Doc Bug #29031 PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
Submitted: 2004-07-06 16:32 UTC Modified: 2004-07-06 20:52 UTC
From: php at andrewringler dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
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 [2004-07-06 16:32 UTC] php at andrewringler dot com 
Description:
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In your FAQ you state that PHP stands for:

PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor


The author of PHP in one of his documents states however:

?The name of this first package was Personal Home Page Tools, which later became Personal Home Page Construction Kit.?


Apparently that acronym wasn?t GNU enough?

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 [2004-07-06 18:50 UTC] tomsommer@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php
 [2004-07-06 20:52 UTC] philip@php.net 
If you want the history of the name go here:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/history.php
 
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