PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor

About PHP

• PHP was originally an abbreviation of Personal Home Page, but it now stands for the recursive initialism PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
• PHP is a general-purpose scripting language geared towards web development. PHP is open-source software ( OSS )
• PHP is free to use and download. PHP stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. PHP file have extension called .php
• PHP supports many databases MySQL, Oracle, etc. PHP is free to download and use
• PHP was created by a Danish Canadian and designed by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994. The common websites that are used are eCommerce, Social Platforms, Email Hosting, etc.

How to install PHP in windows 10 ?

Follow the below steps to install PHP on Windows:

Step 1: Visit https://www.php.net/ website using any web browser and click on Downloads

Step 2: Click on the Windows "Downloads" button and download the latest version.

Step 3: The new webpage has different options, choose the Thread safe version, and click on the zip button and Download it.

Step 4: Now check for the executable file in downloads in your system and extract it.

Step 5: After extracting, you get the extracted folder.

Step 6: Now copy the extracted folder.

Step 7: Now paste the copy folder in your windows drive in the Program files folder.

Step 8: Now the Permission Windows appears to paste the folder in program files then click on “Continue”.

Step 9: Now after pasting the folder then copy the address of the folder in program files.

Step 10: Now click on Start Menu and search “Edit the system environment variables” and open it.

Step 11: After opening System, Variable New window appears, and click on “Environment Variables…”

Step 12: Now go to the “System variables” Path option and double click on Path.

Step 13: Next screen will open and click on the “New” button.

Step 14: After New Paste the address we copy from program files to new and click on Enter button.

Step 15: Now Click on the OK button.

Step 16: Click on OK for saving changes.

Step 17: Now your PHP is installed on your computer. You may check by going to the “Start” menu typing Command Prompt. Open it.

Step 18: When the Command Prompt opens, type php -v

Step 19: Now enter the command prompt to show the version of PHP installed on your computer.

You have successfully installed PHP on your Windows 10 system.