What is PHP?
PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language. If you are completely new to PHP and want to get some idea of how it works, have a look at the ' . make_link("/tut.php", "introductory tutorial") . '. Once you get beyond that, have a look at the example archive sites and some of the other resources available in the ' . make_link("/links.php", "links section") . '.
This may sound a little foreign to all you folks coming from a non-Unix background, but PHP doesn\'t cost anything. You can use it for commercial and/or non-commercial use all you want. You can give it to your friends, print it out and hang it on your wall or eat it for lunch. Welcome to the world of ' . make_link("http://www.opensource.org/", "Open Source") . ' software! Smile, be happy, the world is good. For the full legalese, see the ' . make_link("/license/", "official license") . '.
[08-Mar-2001] You might notice that things look a little different around here. We've streamlined the site, with a new design from the esteemed Colin Viebrock. Bear with us while we shake out the bugs that are surely lingering behind this new facade.
Looking for the print_link("/quickref.php", "quickref"); ?> box? Use the "search" feature, conveniently located in the top-right corner of every page. If you search for something in the function list (and it's a valid PHP function), you will be directed to the appropriate manual page. If the function doesn't exist, you'll get a list of all the PHP functions, and and option to do a site-wide search for your phrase. And don't forget to visit the print_link("/tips.php", "tips and tricks"); ?> page to add "quickref" functionality right into your web browser.
[07-Mar-2001]
Registration for ApacheCon 2001 in Santa Clara on April 4-6, 2001
is underway! There's sessions about PHP from Luis Argerich, Thies
Arntzen, Stig Bakken, Daniel Beckham, Tony Bryne, Rasmus Lerdorf,
Brian Moon, Zeev Suraski and Nathan Wallace, as well as tons of
sessions on other cool open-source projects.
[03-Mar-2001]
The first release of PHP-GTK is now available. PHP-GTK is
a PHP extension that provides an object-oriented interface
to GTK+ toolkit and enables you to write client-side
cross-platform GUI applications. For more information, visit
.
[11-Jan-2001]
Due to two security issues found in the Apache module version of
PHP 4.0, PHP 4.0.4pl1 has been released. This bug-fix release also
fixes a few party-crashing bugs that were discovered in PHP 4.0.4.
[7-Mar-2001]
print_link("http://www.netcraft.com/", "Netcraft"); ?> and
print_link("http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/", "E-Soft" ); ?> have
published the February results for their Web Server surveys - both
of which continue to show impressive growth for PHP. Check out the
print_link("/usage.php", "usage page"); ?>.
[18-Dec-2000]
This release includes improvements for a large number of defects
and numerous enhancements in the PHP core, the language implementation and
extensions. print_link("/downloads.php", "Download"); ?> and
print_link("/ChangeLog-4.php", "ChangeLog"); ?>.
[21-Oct-2000]
PHP 3.0.18 was released. This is a bug-fix release, including
fixes for file uploads and a backported imagetypes() function from PHP 4.0. The
print_link("http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php3/ChangeLog?rev=1.854", "ChangeLog"); ?> contains a full list of changes.
Looking for clear and useful guides to build dynamic web-sites using
PHP? Our print_link("/books.php", "Books Resource Center"); ?> lists now
more than a dozen books in eight different languages. If you know
about more PHP-related books, tell us about them!
Check out our print_link("/tips.php", "tips"); ?> page for some "neat" things,
PHP-related. It's a little sparse right now, but feel free to make suggestions!
print_link("http://www.zend.com", "Zend Technologies"); ?> has announced the
availability of the Zend Optimizer for PHP 4.0. The optimizer is available for
print_link("http://www.zend.com/zend/optimizer.php", "free download"); ?>.