5. What does PHP stand for?

Although the PHP website gives a basic definition, I found a blog post by Bob Congdon (2003) to be much more helpful. He says,

“As a programming language and etymology geek, my first question was: what the heck does PHP stand for? According to the FAQ, ‘PHP is a recursive acronym that stands for: PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.’ But wait, there’s more — PHP succeeds any earlier incarnation called ‘PHP/FI’ where PHP stood for ‘Personal Home Page’.”

References

Congdon, R. (2003, September 3). What does PHP stand for? Retrieved July 27, 2008 from http://www.bobcongdon.net/blog/2003/09/what-does-php-stand-for.html