What is PHP?

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. If you are new to PHP and want to get some idea of how it works, try the ' . make_link("/tut.php", "introductory tutorial") . '. After that, check out the online ' . make_link("/docs.php", "manual") . ', and the example archive sites and some of the other resources available in the ' . make_link("/links.php", "links section") . '.

PHP is a project of the ' . make_link("http://www.apache.org/","Apache Software Foundation") . '.

' . make_link("/thanks.php", "Thanks To") . '

' . make_link("http://www.easydns.com/?V=698570efeb62a6e2", "easyDNS") . '
' . make_link("http://www.pair.com/", "pair Networks") . '
' . make_link("http://www.rackspace.com/?supbid=php.net", "Rackspace") . '
' . make_link("http://www.synacor.com/", "Synacor") . '
' . make_link("http://vasoftware.com/", "VA Software Corporation") . '

Related sites

' . make_link("http://www.apache.org/", "Apache") . '
' . make_link("http://www.mysql.com/", "MySQL") . '
' . make_link("http://www.postgresql.org/", "PostgreSQL") . '
' . make_link("http://www.zend.com/", "Zend Technologies") . '

Community

' . make_link("http://www.linuxfund.org/", "LinuxFund.org") . '
' . make_link("http://www.osdn.org/", "OSDN") . '

Contact

Please submit website bugs in the ' . make_link('http://bugs.php.net/', 'bug system') . '.

You can contact the webmaster at ' . make_link('mailto:webmaster@php.net', 'webmaster@php.net') . '.

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Fourth sample of 'PHP Manual CHM Edition'

[16-Feb-2002] We released the fourth sample of the new CHM Edition. It was a long time to release this version, as we revamped the design, optimized the HTML code, made the pages stretch to any window size, switched to use XSLT style sheets instead of DSSSL to generate the pages, and coded many improvements and fixes.

, and send us your feedback to our .

PHP-GTK 0.5.0 released

[24-Jan-2002] has reached version 0.5.0, also known as "monday starts on saturday". The version number was bumped from 0.1.1 to this one to indicate that PHP-GTK is now a fairly mature and stable extension and can be used for a variety of applications (just look on ).

Also taking this opportunity, we would like to ask if some of you would consider helping out with PHP-GTK documentation. It would be a great way to learn this exciting extension and also contribute to the project.

LinuxTag 2002 - Call for Papers

[23-Jan-2002] LinuxTag, Europe's most important Linux conference and exhibition, has issued a call for papers. LinuxTag will be held at the fair in Karlsruhe, Germany 6th - 9th June 2002. Last year 15,000 visitors came to find the latest information on Linux, Free Software, Open Source solutions and of course PHP. The event is aimed at professionals, enthusiasts, researchers, developers and the community at large.

PHP Conference 2 - Call for Participation

[10-Jan-2002] The second official PHP Conference, part of the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, has issued a call for participation for those who would like to make a presentation or give a tutorial. The theme of this year's conference is "Doing More With Less". The conference will be held at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina in San Diego, California between July 22-26, 2002.

Usage stats for December available

[09-Jan-2002] and have published the for their Web Server surveys.

International PHP Conference slides available

[10-Jan-2002] You can find an overview of all slides of the sessions from the International PHP Conference 2001 on the conference slides page. It is still not too late to check out some photos from the conference:

PHP 4.1.1 Released!

[26-Dec-2001] Due to a few bugs in PHP 4.1.0, we decided to release PHP 4.1.1. The bugs that were fixed are not major ones but minor ones, which could be annoying if you get bitten by them.

Our recommendation is that people who already upgraded to PHP 4.1.0 do not need to upgrade to PHP 4.1.1 unless they're experiencing one of the described bugs. Read the full release announcement.

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