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.
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[24-Aug-2006] The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.1.6. This release contains a fix for memory_limit restriction on 64 bit systems that was not included in PHP 5.1.5.
[24-Aug-2006] The third edition of Mastering Regular Expressions is finally out and includes a full 48-page chapter on PHP. This is an excellent resource from Jeffrey Friedl who has been writing about regexps for years.
[17-Aug-2006] The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.1.5 and 4.4.4. These two releases address a series of security problems that were discovered since the release of PHP 5.1.4 and 4.4.3. The new releases include the following changes:
Further details about this release can be found in the release announcements (5.1.5 and 4.4.4), and the full list of changes is available in the ChangeLogs (PHP 4, PHP 5).
[03-Aug-2006] The PHP development team is proud to announce the release of PHP 4.4.3. This release combines small number of bug fixes and resolves a number of security issues. Some of the key changes of PHP 4.4.3 include:
Further details about this release can be found in the release announcement and the full list of changes is available in the PHP 4 ChangeLog.
[29-June-2006] The upcoming premier PHP conference, php|works/db|works, will take place in Toronto, Canada, September 12-15, 2006.
The conference, as always, will feature excellent speakers from many aspects of PHP development, including Rasmus Lerdorf, Wez Furlong, Sara Golemon, Sebastian Bergmann, Chris Shiflett and more! Be sure to check out the entire lineup, including special evening social events with top-notch prizes.
[13-June-2006] DC PHP Conference invites technology experts from the federal government, local community, and the non-profit sector to participate in a premiere forum for PHP's vast number of users. Present your technical concepts, cutting edge applications, or business applications for an opportunity to showcase your ideas in the PHP community.
Your participation will make this conference a success. The conference selection committee requests that you submit an abstract for consideration. All abstracts submitted on or before July 7th, 2006 will be considered.
[26-May-2006] PHP is very pleased to announce that seven students have been chosen for the Google 'Summer of Code'. Through this project, Google provides student developers with a stipend to create new open source programs or to help currently established projects like PHP. The students are each mentored by members of our community, who will look after the students and their projects step by step.
The students, their projects and their assigned mentors can be viewed here.
[24-May-2006] Zend Technologies invites you to participate in the Zend/PHP Conference 2006. Share your ideas with fellow colleagues in the PHP community. Present your technical concepts, cutting edge applications, or business applications. Your participation will help make this conference a success.
Session tracks include:
The conference selection committee will consider all abstracts submitted on or before June 30th, 2006. Notifications will be made by August 1st, 2006. Complete details available at the Zend Developer Zone
[16-May-2006] php|architect magazine is proud to announce php|works / db|works 2006, a three-day conference (plus one day of exclusive in-depth seminars) dedicated to PHP driven software development. This year's conference will take place on Sept. 12-15, 2006, in Toronto, Canada with September 12th set aside for a set of in-depth seminars.
If you've got unique insight into PHP, or have used PHP to connect to high-end datastores, php|architect wants to hear from you.
For more information, please visit the Call for Papers page, and submit your ideas. The deadline is June 5, 2006.
[17-May-2006] The AFUP, Association Française des Utilisateurs de PHP, is proud to announce the upcoming conference "Forum PHP 2006". For this unique event in France, we are looking for the best French speaking experts, who want to share their know-how and enthusiasm. This two day conference features one technical day, with the most advanced PHP techniques and a business day, with case studies and examples of successful projects.
Date and location: the "Forum PHP 2006" will take place in Paris, at the SNHF (Société Nationale d'Horticulture), on Thursday and Friday the 9th and 10th of November 2006.
[16-May-2006] We are pleased to announce the speaker, tutorial and keynote program for NYPHPCon 2006. The New York PHP Conference & Expo 2006 is taking place in New York City, at the historic New Yorker Hotel, June 14-16, 2006. There will be three full days of sessions, tutorials, exhibits, and networking events.
We are also pleased to host the IBM Mashup Contest and Oracle PHPFest, and a special PHP Training package at this event.
NYPHPCon 2006 focuses on the The PHP Business Community, with two featured parallel tracks plus tutorials: Business Strategy and Technical Solutions. Over 400 are expected to attend, including business and technical professionals from around the world.
[04-May-2006] A critical bug with $_POST array handling as well as the FastCGI sapi have been discovered in PHP 5.1.3. A new PHP release 5.1.4 is now available to address these issues. All PHP users are encouraged to upgrade to this release as soon as possible.
Further details about this release can be found in the release announcement
and the full list of changes is available in the PHP 5 ChangeLog.
The tarballs were updated to include the PEAR's phar file, previously missing from the release.
[01-May-2006] The PHP development team is proud to announce the release of PHP 5.1.3. This release combines small number of feature enhancements with a significant amount of bug fixes and resolves a number of security issues. Some of the key changes of PHP 5.1.3 include:
Further details about this release can be found in the release announcement and the full list of changes is available in the PHP 5 ChangeLog.
[01-May-2006] Proposals are now being accepted for Google's Summer of Code program. If you qualify and you are interested in working on a PHP-related project this summer, please consider applying. We have listed a couple of ideas, but we would encourage you to submit a proposal for any part of PHP you are interested in. If your project is accepted we will match you up with a mentor and try to provide you with as much support as possible. To get started, read the FAQ and then go to Step 1.
[24-Apr-2006] The faculty for Computer Science of the college of higher education Bonn-Rhein-Sieg celebrates the first conference about free software in cooperation with the LUUSA and the FrOSCon e.V. 2006. The event takes place on June 24th/25th in Bonn, Germany and is organized completely free and open.
The PHP user groups Köln/Bonn and Dortmund take part in the conference and organize a professional PHP track for both days. The call for papers is currently open and every interesting talk is highly appreciated.
[24-Apr-2006] The PHP Vikinger is a community-driven PHP event that will be held in Skien, Norway from June 24th to 25th. Like the famous Foo Camp and Bar Camp, the people who attend get to choose and present the sessions at the event.
The event is meant to be affordable: registration is 20 Euros, and simple food and a place to sleep are provided for both days of the event. The major expense for most attendees will be the cost of traveling to Norway. 50 invitations have been sent to various PEAR and PHP contributors. General registration for the event opens on May 1st.
[24-Apr-2006] The Call for Papers for the International PHP Conference 2006, 5th to 8th November 2009 at Frankfurt/Main Germany, has been started. The Conference features two days full with six hours PowerWorkshops and two days main conference with sessions.
The main focus of the conference will be Security through an own security track. Like last year, we'll provide a Management Day for businesses utilizing PHP or evaluating PHP.
The Call for Papers will end at May, 21th.
[02-Mar-2006] The php|tek 2006 conference will take place in Orlando, Florida, April 25-28.
This year's speaker roster features many well-known PHP and open-source experts, including Rasmus Lerdorf, IBM's Rod Smith and Zend's Andi Gutmans, speaking on a variety of topics that highlight PHP's scalability, robustness and future.
[26-Feb-2006] The PHP Quebec team is pleased to announce the 4th edition of the PHP Quebec Conference. This year, the conference will be held at the Montreal Plaza Hotel from March 29th to 31st. It features 2 days of technical learning and an additional day of workshop. Among the speakers, the well known PHP Experts such has Rasmus Lerdorf, Andrei Zmeivski, Derick Rethans and Ilia Alshanetsky.
The conference will have three distinct tracks of session: Advanced Techniques, Professional Development and Databases. With over 31 sessions, including workshops, the PHP Québec Conference is great opportunity to learn about the latest PHP techniques and professional development techniques to help you build high quality PHP software. The conference will also present the various storage solutions available such has IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, SQLite and MySQL.
Early bird pricing are available until march 3rd.
Learn more about this exciting conference.
[02-Feb-2006] The New York PHP Conference & Expo 2006 is taking place in New York City, at the historic New Yorker Hotel, June 14-16, 2006. There will be three full days of sessions, tutorials, exhibits, and networking events.
NYPHPCon 2006 focuses on the The PHP Business Community, with two featured parallel tracks: Business Strategy and Technical Solutions. Over 400 are expected to attend, including business and technical professionals from around the world.
We invite everyone - whether technical or non-technical - to participate in our Call For Papers.
An early-bird discount is available until March 1st.