PHP‘s creator Rasmus Lerdorf did not intend to create an entirely new programming language. Over 20 years ago, the Danish software engineer was looking for a better way to fix what he described ...

PHP, arguably the world's best Web scripting language, recently received a significant overhaul. Version 5 expands the object model of the language, adds support for new MySQL 4.x features and speeds ...

A senior Google database expert loves the JIT compiler, but others doubt its worth and say it could be hard to maintain.

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.

PHP scripting language can be found in just about every Web site out there. So it's a big deal when an exploit is discovered that could allow attackers to steal site source code and load up a ...

I have been asked to learn how to do some basic GUI programming. Can anyone suggest a good place to start that will teach me the basics? I just need to be able to modify an existing GUI to add new ...

The programming language PHP powers more than 40% of websites, but a new survey suggests that it's an undervalued tech skill. A recent poll of more than 80,000 developers by Stack Overflow found ...

A critical vulnerability in the PHP programming language can be trivially exploited to execute malicious code on Windows devices, security researchers warned as they urged those affected to take ...

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 ...