PHP Logo
A blue, horizontally oriented oval (badge) with a subtle top-to-bottom gradient and a thin dark outer rim. Centered inside the oval is the lowercase wordmark "php" in bold, slightly italicized sans-serif letters. The letters are filled bla...
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About PHP
A blue, horizontally oriented oval (badge) with a subtle top-to-bottom gradient and a thin dark outer rim. Centered inside the oval is the lowercase wordmark "php" in bold, slightly italicized sans-serif letters.
The letters are filled black with a thick white outline and a faint dark drop shadow that gives a slight inset/embossed look. The overall appearance reads as a simple badge-style logo with strong contrast between the blue background and the black/white wordmark.
What's in it: letters ("php")
Shapes: oval wordmark outer border
Style: bold italic gradient outlined wordmark badge style sans-serif
Text in logo: php
An oval badge/emblem containing the 'php' wordmark (no pictorial symbols); the badge shape suggests a seal or button.
Colors
Extracted from the image. How we pick the colors →
PHP Logo History
PHP was created in the mid-1990s by Rasmus Lerdorf and the name is now the recursive initialism "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor", a widely used server-side scripting language for web development.
Frequently asked
Does the logo contain text?
Yes — the lowercase wordmark "php" appears centered in the oval.
What are the main colors?
Medium blue oval (#6F8CCF) with black letters (#000000), white outline (#FFFFFF) and a dark rim (#2D2D2D).
What does the oval shape convey?
Visually it functions as a badge or emblem framing the wordmark; there is no additional pictorial symbolism.
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