What is lenny8 in the PHP version string?

Question

my PHP install identifies as PHP Version 5.2.6-1+lenny8

I know what PHP Version 5.2.6-1 is obviously, but what is lenny8 ?

Searching around was useless

Answer 1

It's a version of Debian linux. That means that your PHP package was built specifically for that version of Debian.

Answer 2

Lenny is codename of debian (5.0) version. You are probably running debian, and the PHP installed is from debian repository packages