The team behind scripting language PHP has announced PHP version 8.0, a major release that may require developers to review code for any breaking changes.

PHP remains a popular programming language choice among developers, ranking fourth since 2015 in GitHub's annual Octoverse survey behind JavaScript, Python and Java, and between fifth place in ...

The PHP team has unanimously voted to integrate the Libsodium library in the PHP core, and by doing so, becoming the first programming language to support a modern cryptography library by default.

Although the PHP scripting language has been around since 1995 and is a staple of Web development, it does not actually have a formal language specification — just extensive user documentation.

The most common programming languages on the Web include HyperText Markup Language, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets and PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. Some are used in conjunction with each other w ...

Facebook has released a programming language called Hack, which marries the ease of PHP with the rigorous safety controls of older languages such as C++. PHP programmers should easily understand ...

The PHP project kicked off in 1995 and would eventually become a server-side scripting language and general-purpose programming language used by tech giants like Facebook, Yahoo, and Etsy.

Scripting languages like PHP, Perl, and JavaScript are taking on programming heavyweights like Java and C, and taking many software developers with them. Find out how the toy languages and duct ...

Scripting flaw threatens Web servers A vulnerability found in newer versions of the PHP Web server scripting language allows attackers to crash, and in some cases control, computers over the Internet.

The new language was developed for use with the internal Facebook HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM) platform, which helps the company's Web site serve more than 1 billion users. HVVM is described as a ...