An
open-source, server-side scripting, PHP is a programming language
which is primarily used for web development. PHP is also an integral
part of Wordpress as the core software of WordPress is written in PHP
that makes it a prime technical language for the developer community.
However, in order to under this language, one must have a basic
knowledge about PHP. And this will tell you all about that.
PHP
Versions
In
order to have a diverse knowledge of PHP, one must know to be aware
of its version. In total, PHP has two different versions, PHP 5 and
PHP7, that a developer or learner can install on the server on which
he/she is working. The older version is PHP 5 which is almost at the
end of his life. However, PHP 5.6 is the recent most version of PHP 5
version that does not have active support.
However,
the recent version of PHP is 7.2 which bids impressive performance
improvements. High performance along the improved security are the
reasons of Kinsta offering the latest versions of PHP.
Just
like all other programming languages, PHP also has a different
version that a developer can use. So, here we present the list of PHP
version that is currently supported by Kinsta.
PHP
5.6
PHP
7
PHP
7.1
PHP
7.2
PHP
7.3-RC4
How
Does PHP Work?
Well,
we have already define PHP, i.e., it is a server-side language. But
do you have any idea what actually the “server-side” does or what
it actually mean? Probably not, right? Now, Server-side basically
refers to all that processing on a web server that happens before the
final output which is delivered to the target audience. Let’s
understand it better with an example; imagine someone visits your
WordPress site. Now, the main thing comes here, before processing any
file to a visitor, the server first runs the PHP code which consists
in the WordPress core or any plugins which you have installed on your
site. Once the server processing the code, it automatically delivers
the output of the PHP to the visitor. The final output comes in such
a way that a visitor can never see the PHP code that powers your
WordPress site.
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