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Rasmus Lerdorf
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Danish programmer and creator of PHP
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Rasmus Lerdorf is a male programmer, computer scientist, and engineer born in 1968 in Qeqertarsuaq. He holds citizenship in the Danish Realm and speaks Danish. Lerdorf was educated at the University of Waterloo. His professional career includes employment at Etsy and Yahoo.
He is the creator of PHP, a notable work in his field. Lerdorf is also an author with three works listed in the Open Library. His top works include PHP, Programming PHP, and Programming PHP: Creating Dynamic Web Pages.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- PHP
- Programming PHP
- Programming PHP: Creating Dynamic Web Pages
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1968-11-22 ) 22 November 1968 (age 57) , Qeqertarsuaq (prev. Godhavn), Greenland , Kingdom of Denmark
- Alma mater
- University of Waterloo
- Occupation
- Engineer at Etsy
- Known for
- PHP
- Website
- toys .lerdorf .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rasmus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Qeqertarsuaq
- Occupation
- engineer
- Employer
- Yahoo
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Notable work
- PHP
- Field of work
- programmer
- Official website
- toys.lerdorf.com
- Image
- Rasmus Lerdorf August 2014 (cropped).JPG
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- date of birth
- 1968-11-22
- Commons category
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- social media followers
- 1567
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Encyclopedic overview
Lerdorf talks about security with Joomla! developers at OSCMS 2007 Conference. Rasmus Lerdorf ( Danish: [ˈleɐ̯ˌtɒˀf]; born 22 November 1968) is a Danish-Canadian programmer. He co-authored and inspired the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language and participating 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.
Early life and education
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