PHP celebrates 10th birthday

Posted on Saturday, June 11 2005 @ 4:20 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

It has been 10 years since Rasmus released the first version of PHP. To PHP developers want to thank everyone that has helped to shape PHP into what it is today; from the people developing the core and extensions, documentors, script developers, bug reporters, beta testers, PHP application developers and even just people that are using PHP.

PHP is an open-source programming language used by many dynamic websites. Take a look here if you are interested in the history of PHP. The first version of PHP was released on June 8, 2005 by Rasmus Lerdorf.

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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