I want to know how to create a language like PHP. How does the server know how to translate a PHP file? How does it work? I want to do this for educational purposes. A simple language with basic features like echo, etc.
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I want to know how to create a language like PHP. How does the server know how to translate a PHP file? How does it work? I want to do this for educational purposes. A simple language with basic features like echo, etc.
In basics, when webserver get’s request to process php file it translating this request to php processor, it could be a module (like php.so in apache) or service (like php-cgi). Service or module compiles php script to machine code, executes it and gives the server the result of his job. You can download php source code from http://php.net. Source code include parser, thanslator, compiler and other components needed to execute php script as machine code