command-line interpreter for the PHP scripting language (default)

 This package provides the /usr/bin/php command interpreter, useful for
 testing PHP scripts from a shell or performing general shell scripting tasks.
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 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.
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 This package is a dependency package, which depends on Ubuntu's default
 PHP version (currently 7.2).