Is PHP a web Technology or a scripting language?

+1 Q:

Its very basic and silly question....

I believe as it is scripting language, but why other believes it as web technology?

and if its a scripting language then in which web technology does the PHP counts in?

i know it might seem a vague question to some people, but lets face the truth many of us are confused about it.. So geeks please clarify me....

+1 A:

PHP is web-oriented (the only one) scripting language.
That's why many people confuse it with web technology.

Col. Shrapnel 2010-06-02 06:08:03

what do you mean by "the only one" ... PHP can be run via CLI as well.

Typeoneerror 2010-06-02 06:10:29

Only one? How about JSP?

Nicolas Raoul 2010-06-02 06:14:26

Isn't JSP just Java-based web-technology?

Col. Shrapnel 2010-06-02 06:21:03

old-style asp is definitely a scripting language for the web.

Entendu 2010-06-02 06:47:22

Classic ASP is also a scripting one.

zapping 2010-06-02 08:10:07

+1 A:

PHP's a multi purpose scripting language that was originally made for web development. So it's both.

Typeoneerror 2010-06-02 06:08:15

+10 A:

Why can't it be both? If scripting languages are interpreted languages, then PHP is clearly a scripting language.

If a web technology is something used on the net, then PHP is clearly a web technology - it powers many sites on the net.

I see nothing which would prevent PHP from being both a scripting language and a web technology.

a_m0d 2010-06-02 06:08:33

PHP a web Technology

2010-06-02 07:12:34

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