nixCraft, 1 month ago PHP was originally an abbreviation of Personal Home Page 🤔 did you know that?
PHP was originally an abbreviation of Personal Home Page 🤔 did you know that?
jens, 1 month ago @nixCraft yes. I'm an old, who wrote Perl CGI scripts before PHP.
@nixCraft yes. I'm an old, who wrote Perl CGI scripts before PHP.
J12t, 1 month ago @jens @nixCraft you stopped? :-)
@jens @nixCraft you stopped? :-)
jens, 1 month ago @J12t @nixCraft With Perl and PHP? Oh yes.
@J12t @nixCraft With Perl and PHP? Oh yes.
nightlynx, 1 month ago @nixCraft Yes, it was. PHP 2.0 and before started looking like server side includes (SSI) but with some more functions.
@nixCraft Yes, it was. PHP 2.0 and before started looking like server side includes (SSI) but with some more functions.
lewiscowles1986, 1 month ago @nixCraft I don't think this is true, but I started using PHP in 3, remember 4 being released, then 5, 7 and now 8 Rasmus also was one of a few folks, who like me hacked his Linksys media transmitter WMA11B I think it was https://downloads.linksys.com/downloads/datasheet/wma11b_uk_ds_5,0.pdf That hacker-mindset was fantastic. Whenever I see the java-isation of PHP; it makes me sad for where it came from.
@nixCraft I don't think this is true, but I started using PHP in 3, remember 4 being released, then 5, 7 and now 8
Rasmus also was one of a few folks, who like me hacked his Linksys media transmitter WMA11B I think it was https://downloads.linksys.com/downloads/datasheet/wma11b_uk_ds_5,0.pdf
That hacker-mindset was fantastic. Whenever I see the java-isation of PHP; it makes me sad for where it came from.
dseguy, 1 month ago @nixCraft Indeed. It also means a lot of other things, funny or downright serious. https://www.exakat.io/en/what-does-php-mean/
@nixCraft Indeed. It also means a lot of other things, funny or downright serious.
https://www.exakat.io/en/what-does-php-mean/
rustybikes, 1 month ago @nixCraft TIL
@nixCraft TIL
librenews, 1 month ago @nixCraft Think of all the work that's gone into complicated ways to make dynamic web pages. All you needed was: <?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'; ?>
@nixCraft Think of all the work that's gone into complicated ways to make dynamic web pages. All you needed was:
<?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'; ?>
bazkie, 1 month ago @nixCraft I did! I'm old. I thought it was "Personal Home Page Tools" though, but maybe I'm mistaken?
@nixCraft I did! I'm old.
I thought it was "Personal Home Page Tools" though, but maybe I'm mistaken?
derickr, 1 month ago @bazkie @nixCraft Correct. And nowadays, it's also no longer the recursive algorithm.
@bazkie @nixCraft Correct. And nowadays, it's also no longer the recursive algorithm.
bazkie, 1 month ago @derickr @nixCraft wait, you mean they have changed the meaning again?
@derickr @nixCraft wait, you mean they have changed the meaning again?
derickr, 1 month ago @bazkie @nixCraft We did probably a decade ago. Mostly gradually I suppose.
@bazkie @nixCraft We did probably a decade ago. Mostly gradually I suppose.
pinchito, 1 month ago @nixCraft I remember Pretty Home Page 😅
@nixCraft I remember Pretty Home Page 😅
marcthenarc, 1 month ago @nixCraft Yes
@nixCraft Yes
BM_Bourguignon, 1 month ago @nixCraft I did, yeah.
@nixCraft I did, yeah.
tbroyer, 1 month ago @nixCraft Of course! (I started with PHP/FI)
@nixCraft Of course! (I started with PHP/FI)
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