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Is PHP compiled or interpreted?
i know some things about PHP
PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
PHP scripts are executed on the server
PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC, etc.)
PHP is an open source software
PHP is free to download and use
i want to know whether it is compiled or interpreted langauge with reason?
PHP is an Interpreted Language : the code you write in your scripts is interpreted — at least, that’s the default.
Wikipedia defines an interpreted language as
In the case of PHP, your PHP scripts are interpreted by the PHP executable (which can be embedded in an Apache module — but the idea remains).
Notes, though, that there are compilers available (but that’s not the default setup you’ll find in most situations) — see wikipedia for a list.