In the world we live in, the presence of the Internet in our environment and our daily lives is increasing. This leads to an increase in the number of web projects that are carried out and makes this area a field that deserves the attention of entrepreneurs and new programmers.
PHP is one of the many technologies that can be used to tackle a web development. PHP came about by chance, like many other significant discoveries throughout history, when Rasmus Lerdorf was looking for a “homemade” solution to the overload problem that the web server had where he hosted his page and curriculum. His intention was not to use it beyond the personal and private. This is how he created PHP (Personal Home Page ) in 1994.
From there, others were interested in the small program, and in 1995 Rasmus released the source code and created a mailing list to exchange ideas, improvements, corrections … Since then, the language has grown and developed as project Open- source. What was later born as a mailing list today is a great community worldwide.
In 1996, only one year after its release to the public, it was already used on 15,000 websites. In 1998 this presence on the web amounted to almost 60,000 domains, which accounted for about 1% of the total at that time. Currently, PHP is present, approximately, in 24% of the existing pages, a figure undoubtedly to be taken into account.
It’s not just about quantity; it’s about quality and importance. Many of the sites that we know and use every day or with some assiduity are developed in PHP. Who has not consulted (or many) the Wikipedia, has created his blog in Word Press or does not live a little bit hanging on Facebook