This package provides the php module for the apache 2 webserver (as found in the apache2-mpm-prefork package). please note that this package only works with apache's prefork mpm, as it is not compiled thread-safe.

the following extensions are built in: core date filter hash libxml openssl pcre reflection session spl standard zlib.

php (recursive acronym for php: hypertext preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into html.