Which programming language does PHP resemble to?

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PHP has borrowed its syntax from Perl and C.

When asked which programming language PHP resembles, the correct answer would typically be “Perl.”

PHP was originally designed as a set of Common Gateway Interface (CGI) binaries written in the C programming language by Danish-Canadian programmer Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994. It was later rewritten in C and released as “Personal Home Page Tools” in 1995. Over time, it evolved into the PHP we know today.

PHP was heavily influenced by Perl, and you can see this influence in its syntax, functionality, and some of its core features. Both languages are popular for web development and server-side scripting, so PHP developers often find Perl’s syntax familiar and vice versa.