What are the best practices for identifying PHP software in a website?

Identifying PHP software in a website can be done by checking the source code for specific PHP tags or functions commonly used in PHP scripts. One way to do this is by using regular expressions to search for patterns that indicate the presence of PHP code.

<?php
// Check for PHP code in the source code of a website
$website_url = 'https://www.example.com';
$website_source = file_get_contents($website_url);

if (preg_match('/<\?php|echo|include|require/', $website_source)) {
    echo 'PHP software detected in the website source code';
} else {
    echo 'No PHP software detected in the website source code';
}
?>