If the say that php is used only on back end coding alone? then how come did Facebook and WordPress make use of it for fornt end

Question

Gui

Answer 1

PHP is considered a backend scripting language. PHP scripts are usually written on a server that the front-end, or client side code would interact with.

Answer 2

Do you have any evidence of it being used on the browser side?

Answer 3

Sonic

https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/07/15/facebook-php-with-keith-adams/

Answer 4

BroFar thanks for the link.

Answer 5

Code Crasher yes, just because php can serve the html to the browser, it shouldn't be called a front end technology. It runs on the server side.

Answer 6

Code Crasher and Sonic it is a backend language server side but because it is rendering as a scripted language.

A scripting or script language is a programming language for a special run-time environment that automates the execution of tasks; the tasks could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. Scripting languages are often interpreted

Answer 7

Further defining Code Crasher of scripting languages can easily be seen here
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/introduction-to-scripting-languages/