jens, 1 month ago

@nixCraft yes. I'm an old, who wrote Perl CGI scripts before PHP.

J12t, 1 month ago

@jens @nixCraft you stopped? :-)

jens, 1 month ago

@J12t @nixCraft With Perl and PHP? Oh yes.

nightlynx, 1 month ago

@nixCraft Yes, it was. PHP 2.0 and before started looking like server side includes (SSI) but with some more functions.

lewiscowles1986, 1 month ago

@nixCraft
I don't think this is true, but I started using PHP in 3, remember 4 being released, then 5, 7 and now 8

Rasmus also was one of a few folks, who like me hacked his Linksys media transmitter WMA11B I think it was
https://downloads.linksys.com/downloads/datasheet/wma11b_uk_ds_5,0.pdf

That hacker-mindset was fantastic. Whenever I see the java-isation of PHP; it makes me sad for where it came from.

dseguy, 1 month ago

@nixCraft Indeed. It also means a lot of other things, funny or downright serious.

https://www.exakat.io/en/what-does-php-mean/

rustybikes, 1 month ago

@nixCraft TIL

librenews, 1 month ago

@nixCraft Think of all the work that's gone into complicated ways to make dynamic web pages. All you needed was:

<?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'; ?>

bazkie, 1 month ago

@nixCraft I did! I'm old.

I thought it was "Personal Home Page Tools" though, but maybe I'm mistaken?

derickr, 1 month ago

@bazkie @nixCraft Correct. And nowadays, it's also no longer the recursive algorithm.

bazkie, 1 month ago

@derickr @nixCraft wait, you mean they have changed the meaning again?

derickr, 1 month ago

@bazkie @nixCraft We did probably a decade ago. Mostly gradually I suppose.

pinchito, 1 month ago

@nixCraft I remember Pretty Home Page 😅

marcthenarc, 1 month ago

@nixCraft Yes

BM_Bourguignon, 1 month ago

@nixCraft
I did, yeah.

tbroyer, 1 month ago

@nixCraft Of course!
(I started with PHP/FI)