{"id":5768,"date":"2018-11-01T02:22:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T02:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/01\/internet-pioneers-rasmus-lerdorf-inventor-of-php\/"},"modified":"2018-11-01T02:22:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T02:22:25","slug":"internet-pioneers-rasmus-lerdorf-inventor-of-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/01\/internet-pioneers-rasmus-lerdorf-inventor-of-php\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Pioneers: Rasmus Lerdorf &#8211; Inventor of PHP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/6215179?color=00adef\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>Rasmus Lerdorf is the initial creator of the PHP web programming language in 1993.  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