PHP Language

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## TL;DR

PHP is a server-side scripting language whose history starts with Rasmus Lerdorf's 1994 Personal Home Page Tools. Modern PHP 8.x added major language features such as union types, attributes, match expressions, enums, fibers, property hooks, and asymmetric visibility.

## Core Explanation

PHP remains closely associated with server-rendered web applications and CMS ecosystems. PHP-FPM is the documented FastCGI Process Manager implementation used in many production deployments. Modern PHP development also commonly relies on Composer, PSR conventions, static analysis, and mature frameworks, though those ecosystem details are beyond this article's core scope.

## Further Reading

- [History of PHP](https://www.php.net/manual/en/history.php.php)
- [PHP 8.0.0 Release Announcement](https://www.php.net/releases/8.0/en.php)
- [PHP 8.1.0 Release Announcement](https://www.php.net/releases/8.1/en.php)
- [PHP 8.4 Release Announcement](https://www.php.net/releases/8.4/en.php)
- [FastCGI Process Manager (FPM)](https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.php)

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