This package provides the library /usr/lib/libphp7.0.so which can be used by application developers to embed php scripting functionality.

the following extensions are built in: core date filter hash libxml openssl pcntl 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.

warning: the embed sapi is experimental and there's no guarantee that the api/abi will be kept compatible even between minor releases. you have been warned.