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A good place to start is by skimming through the ever-growing FAQ. Then have a look at the online manual and other resources in the documentation section.
Books are convenient resources to begin exploring PHP. The titles listed here will help you to start learning PHP, as well as extending your existing knowledge.
If you can't resolve your problem from the available documentation or mailing list archives, and you think it might be a bug, a Bug Database has been established for tracking bugs and ensuring that all reported bugs get addressed. If you see a problem, please tell us so we can address it. Please read Dos & Don'ts before posting a report.
One of the best resources is the very friendly and helpful mailing lists. There are many PHP-related mailing lists available. Knowledge Base', false, true, false ), Array ( 'phplib', 'PHPLIB mailing list', 'List of the open source PHP code library', false, true, false ), Array ( 'phplib-dev', 'PHPLIB developers list', 'List for the PHPLIB developers', false, true, false ), 'Lists for the developers of PHP, php.net and documentations', Array ( 'php-dev', 'Developer list', 'A medium volume list for those who want to help out with the development of PHP', false, true, false ), Array ( 'php-beta', 'Beta list', 'A low volume list for users interested in early access to PHP releases', false, false, false ), Array ( 'php-cvs', 'CVS commit list', 'All the commits of the cvs PHP code repository are posted to this list immediately', true, true, false ), Array ( 'php-cvs-daily', 'Daily CVS commit summary', 'Daily changelog and NEWS file updates', true, false, false ), Array ( 'phpdoc', 'PHP documentation list', 'List for the authors of the PHP documentation with CVS commits', false, true, false ), Array ( 'php-qa', 'Quality Assurance list', 'List for the members of the PHP-QA Team', false, true, false ) ); ?>
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Warning: The PHP users mailing list gets close to 2500 messages per month currently. Do the math. That translates to about 80 messages per day. If your mailbox can't handle this sort of traffic you might want to consider subscribing to the digest list instead (two messages per day). You can also read the mailing list using the archives with a web interface, or if you like reading things with a news reader, you can read it at news.netimages.com.
You can search the mailing lists right from this website from the search page or by using the search button on the top-right of every page.
The mailing lists hosted at lists.php.net are also gatewayed to newsgroups on the server at news.php.net.
You can both read and post to the mailing lists through the news interface.
There are also some mailing lists that have been set up by others in the community to host local discussions (particularly non-English discussions).
Looking for some more sample PHP scripts? Our links page page lists some archives of sample PHP code - great places to find many example scripts and useful functions, organized for your searching pleasure!
The knowledge base is a growing collection of PHP related information in a searchable question and answer format. Anyone can contribute, and everyone is encouraged to do so. You can visit the Knowledge Base at http://www.faqts.com/.
PHP is developed using CVS, so it's possible to obtain the latest development release at any time. Further instructions can be found in the web interface of the PHP CVS tree.
Otherwise known as IRC or Internet Relay Chat. Here you can usually find experienced PHP people sitting around doing nothing on the #php channel on OpenProjects. There is also a #php channel on EFNet, but due to the difficulties many people have getting on and staying on that network we are migrating to the OpenProjects network.