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") . '.

Ever wondered how popular PHP is? see the ' . make_link("/usage.php", "Netcraft Survey") . '.

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.directi.com/", "Directi") . '
' . make_link("http://promote.pair.com/direct.pl?php.net", "pair Networks") . '
' . make_link("http://www.rackshack.net/", "RackShack") . '
' . make_link("http://www.redundant.com/", "Redundant Networks") . '
' . make_link("http://www.simplicato.com/?a=1007", "Simplicato") . '
' . make_link("http://www.rackspace.com/?supbid=php.net", "Rackspace") . '

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.devnetwork.net/", "PHP Developers Network") . '
' . make_link("http://www.linuxfund.org/", "LinuxFund.org") . '
' . make_link("http://www.osdn.org/", "OSDN") . '

Syndication

You can grab our news as an RSS feed via a daily dump in a file named news.rss.

Contact

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

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This mirror sponsored by:

\n"; // Create image HTML code $img = make_image( 'mirror.' . $ext, htmlspecialchars(mirror_provider()), false, false, 'backend', 0 ); // Add size information depending on mirror type if (is_primary_site() || is_backup_primary()) { $img = resize_image($img, 125, 125); } else { $img = resize_image($img, 120, 60); } // End mirror specific part $RSIDEBAR_DATA .= make_link(mirror_provider_url(), $img) . '

'; // We have found an image break; } } // Read in events CSV file $fp = @fopen("backend/events.csv", "r"); // If we were able to open the file if ($fp) { // Current month number, current category and categories list $cm = $ccat = 0; $cats = array('unknown', 'User Group Events', 'Conferences', 'Training'); // Event duplication check hash $seen = array(); $RSIDEBAR_DATA .= '

Upcoming Events [add]

'; // While we can read the events file while (true) { // Get information event elements from file $elems = fgetcsv($fp, 8192); if($elems === false) { break; } list($d, $m, $y, $ccode, $desc, $id, , , , , , , $cat) = $elems; // Fgetcvs() returns an array with a single null element // for a blank line, which we need to skip if ($d === NULL) { continue; } // If the month number changed if ($cm != (int) $m) { // Update current month information $cm = (int) $m; // Start month with a header $RSIDEBAR_DATA .= '

' . strftime('%B', mktime(12, 0, 0, $cm, $d, $y)) . "

\n"; // We have not seen any events in this month $seen = array(); } // Start new category with a category header if ($ccat != (int) $cat) { $RSIDEBAR_DATA .= '

' . $cats[$cat] . '

'; $ccat = $cat; } // There is no event with this description in this month already seen if (!isset($seen[$desc])) { // Add event to sidebar $RSIDEBAR_DATA .= "$d. " . htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($desc)) . "
\n"; // Set seen flag $seen[$desc] = TRUE; } } // Close file (all events displayed) fclose($fp); } // Run the boldEvents() function on page load $ONLOAD = "boldEvents(); searchHistory();"; // Write out common header commonHeader("Hypertext Preprocessor"); // Diagnostical echo, to see what the mirror thinks about itself echo "\n\n"; ?>

PHP 4.3.3RC3 released

[07-Aug-2003] PHP 4.3.3RC3 has been released for testing. This is should be the last release candidate prior to the final 4.3.3 release. Please test this release as much as possible, so that any remaining issues can be uncovered and resolved.

List of changes can be found in the NEWS file.

URL Shortcuts and Site Search

[29-Jul-2003] After many of our users requested a change in how our URL shortcuts behave when someone mistypes a shortcut, the default behaviour now is to look for a function name instead of performing a documentation search on Google. Those, who were satisfied with the Google search, can set their preference at the My PHP.net page. We are working on a better onsite search solution, Google is used temporarily to search our site.

php|architect now in print

[17-Jul-2003] The publishers of php|architect, a monthly magazine dedicated exclusively to the world of PHP, have announced the availability of a print edition of their publication. Subscriptions are now available at a special introductory price for readers worldwide.

PHP @ LinuxTag

[06-Jul-2003] From July, 10th to 13th 2003 LinuxTag, Europe's largest Fair and Congress dedicated to Open Source in general and Linux in particular, takes place in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Under the motto "PHP and Friends" the PHP Project showcases PHP and related projects, like MySQL, SQLite, Midgard, osCommerce or DB Designer, at booth F21. In addition to the booth "PHP and Friends" offer an interesting programme of technical talks and workshops which are held by 24 speakers from 11 nations and cover the latest trends and technologies related to PHP, Apache and MySQL. Among the speakers are core developers of the discussed Open Source projects, for instance Ken Coar (Apache), Rasmus Lerdorf (PHP) or Kaj Arnö (MySQL).

PHP 5.0.0 Beta 1

[29-Jun-2003] The PHP development community is proud to announce the release of PHP 5 Beta 1. Both source packages, and a Windows build are available in the Downloads Section. A list of changes can be found in the ChangeLog file.

Some of the more major changes include:

PHP 5 features the Zend Engine 2. For a list of Zend Engine 2 changes, please visit this webpage.
XML support has been completely redone in PHP 5, all extensions are now focused around the excellent libxml2 library (http://www.xmlsoft.org/).
SQLite has been bundled with PHP. For more information on SQLite, please visit their website.
Streams have been greatly improved, including the ability to access low-level socket operations on streams.

Note: This is a beta version. It should not be used in production or even semi-production web sites. There are known bugs in it, and in addition, some of the features may change (based on feedback). We encourage you to download and play with it (and report bugs if you find any!), but please do not replace your production installations of PHP 4 at this time.

PHP Usage Survey

[24-Jun-2003] Zend Technologies is sponsoring a public PHP Usage Survey. The results will be shared with the PHP Group, and will help us to better understand the ways in which PHP is being used, and what may need improvement. Fill it out and get a chance to win one of 50 PHP T-shirts!

International PHP Conference 2003

[24-Jun-2003] The traditional International PHP Conference 2003 will be taking place from 2nd November to 5th November in Frankfurt (FFM). The Call for Papers has been issued, so if you have an interesting talk, the organizers would love to hear about it! You can expect a gathering of PHP experts and core developers and to focus on PHP 5 as the main topic for the conference.

You can find the CfP on the website. The deadline is 14th July, 2003.

The conference is also featuring an OpenSource Exhibition where PHP related OpenSource projects can present themselves for free.

PHP 4.3.3RC1 released

[19-Jun-2003] PHP 4.3.3RC1 has been released for testing. This is the first release candidate and should have a very low number of problems and/or bugs. Nevertheless, please download and test it as much as possible on real-life applications to uncover any remaining issues.

List of changes can be found in the NEWS file.

Active Awards Programmers' Choice Nominees are in!

[06-June-2003] Thanks to the community for recognizing their peers in ActiveState's third annual Active Awards. The awards honor those individuals who actively contribute to open languages and display excellence in their programming efforts. Please visit and help choose this years award winner!

More information and voting is at: http://www.ActiveState.com/Corporate/ActiveAwards/

PHP 4.3.2 Released!

[29-May-2003] The PHP developers are proud to announce the immediate availability of PHP 4.3.2. This release contains a large number of bug fixes and is a strongly recommended update for all users of PHP. Full list of fixes can be found in the NEWS file.

Automatic Mirror Select

[23-May-2003] In our ongoing battle to fight load and keep serving you content, whenever you perform a search on www.php.net, you will be redirected onto a nearby mirror (determined using the Directi Ip-to-Country Database). You may experience a few quirks in the search until your mirrors have synced an up-to-date version of the site.

Country Detection

[04-May-2003] We are proud to introduce you the latest addition to our My PHP.net service. The PHP.net site and mirror sites now autodetect your country using the Directi Ip-to-Country Database. We use this information to present events in your country in bold letters on the frontpage, and to offer close mirror sites for downloads and your usual daily work.

My PHP.net

[24-Apr-2003] The PHP website and mirrors sites now have a 'My PHP.net' page, which allows you to check what language settings you have, and enables you to set one which will override all the other detected parameters.

However, normally this is not needed, as we remember the language you used last time. Be sure to have cookies turned on for PHP.net to let this feature work!

Grant Program

[06-Mar-2003] php|architect, is proud to announce the creation of the php|architect Grant Program, whose goal is to provide financial support to best-of-breed PHP-related projects.

Participation in the program is open to all open-source projects that are related to PHP (but not necessarily written in PHP). The program is accepting submissions now and will start distributing grants in June of 2003.

For more information, visit the program's website.

Set your own language preference

[01-Mar-2003] Starting from today, your browser's "Accept Language" setting is also honored on language sensitive pages on the php.net site. If you would like to get to the documentation page of echo for example, you can use the /echo shortcut on all mirror sites, if your browser is set to provide your language preference information to the server. This also makes the PHP error message links point to the documentation in your preferred language.

You can set your preferences under Edit/Preferences/Navigator/Languages in Mozilla, and under Tools/Internet Options/Languages in Internet Explorer. This will probably also enhance your web experience on sites providing translated content.

First Hungarian PHP Conference

[25-Feb-2003] The members of the Hungarian PHP community announce the first Hungarian PHP Conference which will take place in Budapest, on Saturday March 29th, sponsored by several international and local companies. The conference offers an entirely free one day activity with several presentations addressing basic and advanced topics, as well, exclusively in Hungarian. Moreover, a five kilobyte-limited PHP contest has been started to discover the most talented PHP programmers in our country. The programme includes the first session of the so-called PHP Division which will be established with the set purpose of representing the community itself and promoting their interests in any national business and official phorums.

PHP 4.3.1 released in response to CGI vulnerability

[17-Feb-2003] The PHP Group today announced the details of a serious CGI vulnerability in PHP version 4.3.0. A security update, PHP 4.3.1, fixes the issue. Everyone running affected version of PHP (as CGI) are encouraged to upgrade immediately. The new 4.3.1 release does not include any other changes, so upgrading from 4.3.0 is safe and painless.

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