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GitHub describes it as The PHP Interpreter. The repository metadata lists C as its primary language. The metadata lists the BSD-3-Clause license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.

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DEEP OPEN-SOURCE ANALYSIS

php/php-src: The PHP Interpreter

GitHub describes it as The PHP Interpreter. The repository metadata lists C as its primary language. The metadata lists the BSD-3-Clause license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.

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Repository scope

GitHub describes it as The PHP Interpreter. The repository metadata lists C as its primary language. The metadata lists the BSD-3-Clause license. The README describes the project this way: PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development. Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

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The PHP Interpreter

The README section "The PHP Interpreter" states: PHP is distributed under the Modified BSD License (SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause ).

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Prebuilt packages and binaries

The README section "Prebuilt packages and binaries" states: For Windows, the PHP binaries can be obtained from windows.php.net. After extracting the archive the .exe files are ready to use.

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Building PHP source code

The README section "Building PHP source code" states: For a minimal PHP build from Git, you will need autoconf, bison, and re2c. For a default build, you will additionally need libxml2 and libsqlite3.

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Editorial conclusion

The repository README is the source for this review. It does not replace a local installation or an independent test.

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Official sources

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Community notes

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