The PHP scripting language is 10 years old!
I can’t believe PHP is 10 years old!?
When I first started developing web applications in 1994, there was
really only one choice.? Perl.?
Early in 1995, my friend, who was also my
systems administrator at the time, introduced me to PHP.? It was a small CGI that parsed script tags embedded
WITHIN the HTML!? No more building entire HTML documents from
within Perl printf functions!? Oh Joy.
When Rasmus started developing an Apache plug-in (PHP/FI), I was
certainly hooked.? I developed my first e-commerce site in 1995
using PHP/FI & mSQL and it was a huge success.?? Since
then, my companies have developed dozens of projects and applications
from small to large using the LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP)
platform.? This platform has matured to the point where it is
ubquitous to world wide web.? Even this very site is powered by
LAMP.
Some Trivia…? During the early years of the Internet boom (1994-1996), my company HolliCom
Internet Services hosted the main PHP mailing list and some of
the? PHP website for Rasmus.?
Rasmus was always extremely gracious with
his support and I will always feel a debt of gratitude to him for enabling me to make a living all these years.? 10 of them!
So, happy birthday to PHP! Here’s to many more!
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