Rasmus Lerdorf Quotes

Danish programmer and creator of PHP

Rasmus Lerdorf (born on 22 November 1968) is a Danish-Canadian programmer. He created the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language and participated in the development of later versions led by a group of developers including Jim Winstead (who later created blo.gs), Stig Bakken, Shane Caraveo, Andi Gutmans, and Zeev Suraski. He continues to contribute to the project.

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Alternative Names: Rasmus Jay Lerdorf • Rasmus LLerdorf

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I actually hate programming, but I love solving problems.

I did not develop the PHP we know today. Dozens, if not hundreds of people, developed PHP. I was simply the first developer.

PHP 8 is significantly better because it contains a lot less of my code.