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 introductory tutorial. After that, check out the online manual, and the example archive sites and some of the other resources available in the links section.
Ever wondered how popular PHP is? see the Netcraft Survey.
PHP is a project of the Apache Software Foundation.
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[30-Oct-2003] PHP 5.0.0 Beta 2 has been released. This is the first feature complete version of PHP 5, and we recommend for PHP users to try it. PHP 5 is still not ready for production use!
Some of the more major changes include:
There have been many changes since Beta 1, some of them documented in the NEWS file and most language changes are documented on our PHP 5/Zend Engine 2 page.
[26-Oct-2003] The French PHP User Group AFUP association is proud to announce the third annual PHP meeting in Paris, on November 26th and 27th, 2003. Developers and managers will gather to meet Zeev Suraski and other prominent community experts for two days of sessions, packed with solutions and advanced techniques (in French).
[15-Oct-2003] Nexen.net has launched Direction|PHP, the first PHP and MySQL dedicated magazine in French. This monthly publication features indeep coverage of PHP industry, business and user cases and technical articles from PHP|Architect.
For more information, read the Direction|PHP website (in French).
[11-Oct-2003] The official conference of the Apache Software Foundation will be held November 16-20, 2003 in Las Vegas. More than 60 sessions highlight core and next-generation Apache server tools, offering a wide range of beginner, intermediate and advanced sessions. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, as well as key open source projects, including PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, and WebDAV.
[20-Sep-2003] The publishers of php|architect have announced php|cruise, a five-day cruise to the Bahamas Islands featuring a lot of fun and over thirty different sessions dedicated to PHP from well known experts like Wez Furlong, Alan Knowles and John Coggeshall.
The cruise will take place March 1st to 5th, 2004. The organizers have announced a contest to give away one free place on the cruise.
[18-Sep-2003] Check out the results of the PHP Usage Survey conducted by Zend Technologies, including feedback from thousands of PHP users around the world. Thanks for all who contributed!
[06-Sep-2003] The 12th build of the extended CHM edition is out now, and available for download. This build contains updated content and user notes, as well as fixes the bugs found in the previous build. A new optional "phpZ" skin is also introduced in this release, courtesy of Gonzalo De la Pena Andreu. For more information, visit the homepage of this edition.
[05-Sep-2003] The organisers of the International PHP Conference which will take place for the third time in Frankfurt, Germany from Nov. 2 to 5, 2003 have announced the conference program. The conference board which consists of Bjoern Schotte, Zak Greant, Zeev Suraski, Thies Arntzen and Jan Lehnardt has chosen more than 40 sessions for the main program on Nov. 4 and 5 and 7 in-depth Power Workshops for the pre conference program on Nov. 2 and 3. Among the prominent speaking crowd is Zeev Suraski, Ken Coar and many others. See the conference website for more information.
[28-Aug-2003] Chicago-based company Server Central has donated PHP.net a brand new server with a gigabit connection. The box is a quad 2.4GHz machine with 2GB ram, so we're going to be using it to power our more resource-intensive tasks, including building the manual. Thanks, Server Central!
[27-Aug-2003] Today sees an international day of protest against the move by the EU to make obtaining a patent easier within Europe. Such patents may cause Open Source software such as PHP to infringe on existing licenses and new ones, meaning we would no longer be safe to distribute PHP within Europe. Contact your EU Representative to get this cruicial vote blocked. Find out more at the campaign website
[26-Aug-2003] php{con returns to the San Francisco Bay Area with new sessions, PHP gurus and a whole new day of PHP-intensive learning. Their program features a full day of tutorials, three technical session tracks over two days, an all day coding marathon, Code Sprint, social events, works in progress, and presentations from PHP luminaries. Early Bird discounts end on September 26th. See the full program and register online at their website
[25-Aug-2003] The PHP developers are proud to announce the immediate availability of PHP 4.3.3. This release contains a large number of bug fixes and we strongly recommend that all users of PHP upgrade to this version. Full list of fixes can be found in the NEWS file.