Re:25 Years of PHP
by pjc50 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @11:50AM
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As the other comments say, it's not what the syntax is but the way it managed to get itself integrated into the webserver, originally via Apache mod_php. (mod_perl and even mod_tcl existed but were nowhere near as popular)
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Re:25 Years of PHP
by lowercased on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @05:37PM
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I believe mod_perl had the 'benefit' of persistent/shared state, which meant multiple users might conflict with each other (via shared memory, IIRC), and the mod_php - while it kept an interpreter bundled in each apache process - didn't leave anything around after a request.