No PHP was not created as "stupid project" (meaning knowingly not a good idea), it was a very real project for Rasmus meant for his own webpages and after with

No PHP was not created as "stupid project" (meaning knowingly not a good idea), it was a very real project for Rasmus meant for his own webpages and after with a few other people. He merely didn't expect so many people to start using too. Originally he was not creating a language, but a set a scripts for common features.