Pioneers

Rasmus Lerdorf

Programmer

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Computing Atlas. "Rasmus Lerdorf." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/rasmus-lerdorf.

APA Style

Computing Atlas. (n.d.). Rasmus Lerdorf. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/rasmus-lerdorf

BibTeX

@misc{computingatlas-rasmus-lerdorf,
  author = {Computing Atlas},
  title = {Rasmus Lerdorf},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/rasmus-lerdorf},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Rasmus Lerdorf is a Danish-Canadian programmer who wrote the first two versions of PHP, releasing the first version in 1995. In 2003 he was named in the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators under 35.

Facts

Birth Year

1968 1

Birth Date

1968-11-22 1

Nationality

Danish-Canadian 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Invented

PHP

Source Wikipedia: PHP

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Rasmus Lerdorf

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

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He co-authored and inspired the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language

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Wikipedia: PHP

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