PHP's Cross-Platform Nature: PHP originated for server-side web development, but also has a command-line interface (CLI) enabling its use for scripts and automation tasks.
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Some languages are OS-specific (but less frequent with modern scripting languages) .
Many languages work in web or command line, not both like PHP.
[References:, PHP (Introduction): Overviews mentioning its dual role in server-side web applications and as a general-purpose scripting language., PHP CLI: Documentation on the command-line interface for PHP., ]
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