Xenon is right, PHP is a recursive acronym, much like GNU (stands for GNU Not Unix).

yeah, I kind of forget :rolleyes:

Thanks for clearing that up for us. :) Now, what does "recursive" mean? :)

Ah, recursion = evil in C++...damn I hated that stuff...

As for recursive, I think it just means when something is stated again and again, or called (usually having to do with math)...like recursive functions in C++ is when a function is called within a function...

I'm a ultimate hacker, boo yah! I know how to hack, and probably could make something of good use, but I'm too lazy :(
Actually I don't really have time right now, with all the work I'm doing to my site...

recursive means, as you can learn in mathematics or nearly with every programminglanguage, that a function calls itself in it's body.

there are different types of recursion, depending on how often the same function is called in itself, or how much steps are between it (function a calls function b, which then calls function a again)

also recursiv functions can be endles when there are no start or stop clauses

so you can see in the recursive word PHP:
PHP = PHP Hypertext Preprocessor = PHP Hypertext Preprocessor Hypertext Preprocessor = PHP Hypertext Preprocessor Hypertext Preprocessor Hypertext Preprocessor ....
and so on

and what velo said isn't always true:
"Ah, recursion = evil in C++...damn I hated that stuff..."
Sometimes recursion is really neede, or makes your work much easier...

I was referring to our comp science AP test we took, since the recursion in that is senseless but very difficult puzzles. (it's basically predicting variable values that are stuck in huge recursion loops)

yes, often there are better ways than use recursion *gg*
but also often no way leads around ;)

"recursive means recursive" should explain it all.. :)

lool, that was a good one :)

I'm a Ultimate Loser :)