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.

Projects

An increasing number of projects, both commercial and open source, are using PHP as their main development tool. There is a listing of some of the open-source PHP applications available, courtesy of freshmeat.

Getting Started

On these sites you will find tutorials, articles and example scripts

Closely related to PHP

• Zend.com
  Zend Technologies' Web site, with lots of PHP related resources (articles, tutorials, case studies, PHP function table, etc.)
• PHP Conference Material
  Some PHP conference slide shows, presented at various meetings by PHP professionals

PHP Support Companies

• Zend.com
  Zend Technologies offers many PHP related products, support, and many more PHP related content.
• ThinkPHP.de
  A German and international PHP support company providing full PHP support (single incidents, on-call duty), software development, training, and performance measurements.

PHP Professional association

• PHP Verein
  The goal of the German PHP Association, PHP Verein, is to push PHP, as well as to serve as a junction for all parties interested in PHP.
• AFUP.org
  (Association Française des Utilisateurs de PHP) : The AFUP was created to answer the growing need from companies to have one unique place for PHP solutions.

PHP Link Catalogs

• HotScripts.com
  PHP Books, Magazine Articles, Communities, Scripts and Programs, Softwares, Tips
• PHP Resource Index
  Hundreds of PHP resources, categorized and searchable
• PHP Sites Webring
  Find PHP Sites within this webring!
• LinuxGuruz.org
  Many Links and Tutorials, Articles and FAQ about Linux, Apache Web Server, HTML, PHP, MySQL ... and lots more
• PHP Everywhere
  Links and news about PHP and related technologies.
• dmoz.org
  The PHP category in the Open Directory Project.

PHP FAQ sites

• PHP Knowledge Base
  A growing collection of PHP related information in a searchable question and answer format.
• alt-php-faq.org
  A big faq and some links about PHP and SQL
• de.comp.lang.php FAQ
  Excellent german language FAQ about PHP

Complex PHP Related Sites

• phpWizard
  PHP tutorials and programs
• PHPBuilder.com
  A bunch of helpful PHP resources available here
• Developers Shed
  A good set of articles introducing various PHP concepts
• WeberDev.com
  PHP related resources (articles, tutorials, forums, advanced search etc.)
• Opendeveloper.org
  Developing Open Web Sites With Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP-Perl
• PHP Developers' network
  The PHP Developers' Network was founded to provide the PHP Community with a set of solid sites that work together to promote the PHP language and provide a large resource for the community as a whole.
• Codewalkers
  A community site dedicated to PHP developers. Includes forums, tutorials, and user submitted code. Home of the PHP Coding Contest.
• PHP Freaks
  PHP Learning Center site.

PHP Scripts and Programs

• PHP Editors List
  A comprehensive list of editors you can use to edit PHP programs
• PHP Base Library
  A collection of base code for developers of large PHP sites
• The PHP Classes Repository
  Useful PHP classes in a categorized listing
• PX - PHP Code Exchange
  The PHP Code Exchange is a great place to start. Here you'll find many example scripts and useful functions, organized for easy finding. Includes a search function
• Evil Walrus
  A growing list of PHP scripts
• Nexen's scripts librairy
  An exhaustive PHP scripts collection, with more 400 useful functions (English and French).
• SiteManager
  A base library for PHP sites and developers

PHP Magazines

• PHP Journal
  A quarterly journal devoted to the PHP programming language.
• PHPmag
  The Software & Support Verlag, based in Frankfurt, Germany, has now published a magazine on PHP as a tribute to the steadily growing German PHP community (in German).
• ZePHPmag
  ZePHPmag is a webzine (exclusively online distribution newspaper), dedicated to PHP and its technologies (in French).

PHP Tutorials

• Tutorialfind
  A growing list of PHP tutorials at TutorialFind
• TheScripts.com
  Web Programming Resource - PHP Tutorials
• Database enabled websites tutorial
  Introductory tutorial
• E-gineer Instructions
  Lots of tutorials/instructions related to Apache, PHP and MySQL
• Melonfire
  A series of PHP tutorials for novices
• justPhukit!
  A collection of external links to PHP tutorials
• technisch web ontwerp Site with information on a PHP course at a Dutch college.

PHP Setup tools for Windows

• php4win
  The latest PHP packages and useful tools for Windows
• phpdev
  Automatic install of Apache, PHP, MySQL, MySQL Front, PHPMyAdmin and Perl
• PHPTriad
  Automatic install of Apache, PHP, MySQL, MySQL Front, PHPMyAdmin, Perl, and some special modules
• AnalogX PHPConfig
  A graphical frontend to PHP's php.ini file with support for all the standard PHP functionality, and a special 'Unknown' tab to handle any 3rd party plugins.
• EasyPHP
  Windows wizard installs the latest PHP, Apache and MySQL for Windows. Fast and efficient.

PHP Accelerators

• Zend Accelerator
  Commercial accelerator available from Zend Technologies, Inc.
• PHP Accelerator
  A free accelerator available from Nick Lindridge.
• APC
  Alternative PHP Cache, Free open source accelerator available from Community Connect.
• After Burner
  Free open source accelerator available from Bware Technologies.

Non-English PHP Sites

• Brazilian
  • PHPBrasil.com
    Brazilian PHP portal with many links and information
  • PHPsite.com.br
    Brazilian PHP portal featuring tutorials, downloads, a forum and more
• Dutch
  • Pagina
    A Dutch PHP portal that lists a lot of PHP links, including free hosting
• French
  • Nexen.net
    Home of PHP French documentation, with comprehensive technical informations
  • PHPscripts-fr
    More than 500 PHP applications, listed and sorted.
  • PHPIndex
    A French gateway to PHP related contents
  • PHPInfo
    French site about PHP/MySQL: Links, Tips, Articles, FAQ, Code Downloads, and much more!
  • FAQ of the French PHP newsgroup : fr.comp.lang.php
  (anciennement fr.comp.infosystemes.www.auteurs.php).
• German
  • PHP Center
    German speaking portal site with tutorials, tips and tricks, job advertisements, articles and more
  • PHP-Homepage
    German site about PHP with scripts, tips, forums, MyGuestBook, articles, news and more
  • Dynamic-Webpages
    German site with installation guides, tips & scripts, BestOfGML, WhoIsWho - a view on german PHP-cracks, german manual, book reviews, links and more
  • PHPCrawler
    Searchengine over German PHP-sites with webaccess to newsgroups
  • PHPWelt
    A German website using PHP to offer free services, a huge script-archive, free scripts, tutorials and many more
  • php.martin-jansen.de
    German PHP resource (especially for newbies)
  • develnet.org
    Some German tutorials about PHP
  • SelfPHP
    German function reference for PHP like SelfHTML for HTML
  • phpGTK.de
    German site about PHPGTK
• Hungarian
  • phpinfo()
    Hungarian PHP portal, fearturing tips, forums and fresh news about PHP
  • PHP.lap.hu
    The most important Hungarian an International links
• Italian
  • Tutorials.it
    An Italian site that provides a variety of developer tutorials, with a small PHP section
  • PHPcenter.it
    An Italian-language PHP site that features a variety of projects, reviews, courses, tutorials and other resources
  • Risorse.net
    Section of an Italian site that provides tutorials about PHP, hundreds of scripts, books and a list of free and pay webhosts which support PHP
• Norwegian
  • PHP@sindrem.com (http://www.sindrem.com)
    Norwegian site for newbies and intermediates. Installation help and scripts.
• Persian
  • IranPHP.net
    A site about PHP for Iranians, with news and forums.
• Polish
  • php.spinacz.pl
    The biggest Polish site about programming in PHP -- A phpbuilder.com-like site in Polish.
• Portuguese
  • Cidadela
    The PHP section of Cidadela provides articles, tutorials, a help forum, and an Application Market.
• Spanish
  • BCI PHP
    PHP and server setup information, manuals, scripts, forums.
• Swedish
  • phpportalen.net
    A Swedish PHP portal with articles, news, forums and much more

Developers and Job Opportunities

Here's a list of sites with that publish PHP-related job listings:

• PHP Employment Listing
• phpcareer.com
• dice.com
• gnujobs.com
• hotjobs.com
• Jobs.com
• Monster.com
• Yahoo! Careers
• Mojolin
• totalfreelance.com

For a more exhaustive list of job search sites on the web, take a look at dmoz.org's Job Search listings.

ISPs that support PHP

Looking for an ISP or hosting service that supports PHP? Try one of the following sites:

• www.od-site.com/php