PHP as Language

am 24.07.2009 19:49:35 von Martin Scotta

Hi all

Is there a formal definition for the php language?
Where I can found it?

I've STW with no results.

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Re: PHP as Language

am 24.07.2009 20:06:42 von kyle.smith

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Martin Scotta wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Is there a formal definition for the php language?
> Where I can found it?
>
> I've STW with no results.
>
>
Not sure if this is what you mean, but PHP stands for "PHP: Hypertext
Processor"

- Kyle

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Re: PHP as Language

am 24.07.2009 20:18:37 von B

On 07/24/2009 02:06 PM, Kyle Smith wrote:
> Martin Scotta wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> Is there a formal definition for the php language?
>> Where I can found it?
>>
>> I've STW with no results.
>>
> Not sure if this is what you mean, but PHP stands for "PHP: Hypertext
> Processor"
>
> - Kyle
>

I think Martin is looking for the formal definition of the language, not
the name. Wikipedia has a bunch of links worth checking:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP#Notes

Nothing jumps out at me, though.

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Re: PHP as Language

am 24.07.2009 20:30:31 von Shawn McKenzie

Martin Scotta wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Is there a formal definition for the php language?
> Where I can found it?
>
> I've STW with no results.
>

What is a definition? Do you mean specification like ECMA or ANSI?

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Re: Re: PHP as Language

am 24.07.2009 20:35:28 von Mari Masuda

On Jul 24, 2009, at 11:30, Shawn McKenzie wrote:

> Martin Scotta wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> Is there a formal definition for the php language?
>> Where I can found it?
>>
>> I've STW with no results.
>>
>
> What is a definition? Do you mean specification like ECMA or ANSI?
>

I think he meant Backus Naur, but I could be wrong.

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Re: PHP as Language

am 24.07.2009 20:36:29 von Greg Beaver

Martin Scotta wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Is there a formal definition for the php language?
> Where I can found it?
>
> I've STW with no results.

http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/trunk/Zend/zend_langua ge_parser.y?revision=281094&view=markup

which is Zend/zend_language_parser.y in the source code of PHP.

Greg

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