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The converter easily converts your PHP file to various formats - free and online. No Excel or extra software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Developer formats to PHP with high quality output.
The .PHP extension stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, a server-side scripting language used to generate dynamic web content. In a development context, these files contain code that must be processed by a server (like Apache or Nginx) to produce visible HTML. Users cannot simply double-click a .PHP file to view the final webpage; doing so usually just opens the raw code in a text editor like Notepad++ or Visual Studio Code, revealing sensitive logic rather than the intended visual output.
A common catch occurs for non-developers who download files (such as bank statements, invoices, or images) and unknowingly receive a file named download.php or image.php. This happens when a server fails to specify the correct filename or MIME type. In these cases, the file is actually a PDF, JPG, or ZIP disguised with the wrong extension. Opening it requires either identifying the true file signature or converting it to the correct format. For developers, converting actual .PHP source code to PDF or HTML is often necessary for documentation, archiving, or sharing code snippets without risking execution.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PHP file.
Users also converted PDF, HTML, BIN, PHD, JPG, RPT, PHB, TXT, PHF, SERVICE DETAILS, PLP, ZIP and PHPS files.
If you want to convert PHP file to SGD, MYR, HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX or PY, you can use PHP or similar software from the "Server-side Web Scripting" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to PHP, try PHP or another comparable tool in the "Server-side Web Scripting" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our PHP converter.