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I\'ve been using gh-pages to work on a build for a static site and thee server has worked amazing for m
A static site cannot by definition support PHP.
Static websites serve content directly from the web-server’s file-system exactly as stored.
Dynamic websites generate content live per each request. The request is delegated to a running web-application that builds the content.
What is a Static Website
You might be interested in PieCrust. It is a static site generator.