Ubuntu 11.10: php hogs the CPU
 

Just upgraded to 11.10. One of the things that I noticed is that 'php' hogs 35% of the CPU power all the time. I don't know anything about php but looks like it is related to web development etc. I don't use my laptop for anything of that sort. Any help would be great.

I'd try

dpkg --get-selections | grep php

This will show the installed packages. Then

sudo apt-get remove PACKAGENAME

PHP is a scripting language commonly used in web development. You don't need it.