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.

PHP Related Links

On these sites you will find tutorials, articles, example scripts, PHP related tools, jobs, web hosting services, etc.

PHP Support Companies

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

Professional PHP Associations

• 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 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.

PHP Link Catalogs

• dmoz.org
  The PHP category in the Open Directory Project.
• HotScripts.com
  PHP Books, Magazine Articles, Communities, Scripts and Programs, Softwares, Tips
• 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.
• PHP Resource Index
  Hundreds of PHP resources, categorized and searchable
• PHP Sites Webring
  Find PHP Sites within this webring!

PHP FAQ sites

• 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
• PHP Knowledge Base
  A growing collection of PHP related information in a searchable question and answer format.

Complex PHP Related Sites

• Codewalkers
  A community site dedicated to PHP developers. Includes forums, tutorials, and user submitted code. Home of the PHP Coding Contest.
• Developers Shed
  A good set of articles introducing various PHP concepts
• Opendeveloper.org
  Developing Open Web Sites With Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP-Perl
• PHPBuilder.com
  A bunch of helpful PHP resources available here
• 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.
• PHP Freaks
  PHP Learning Center site.
• phpWizard
  PHP tutorials and programs
• WeberDev.com
  PHP related resources (articles, tutorials, forums, advanced search etc.)

PHP Scripts and Programs

• 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).
• PHP Editors List
  A comprehensive list of editors you can use to edit PHP programs
• PHP Foundry at SourceForge
  A great number of open source PHP projects actively developed
• 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
• The PHP Classes Repository
  Useful PHP classes in a categorized listing

PHP Magazines

• php|architect
  The first monthly English magazine about PHP, distributed in PDF format
• PHP Journal
  A quarterly journal devoted to the PHP programming language.
• PHP Magazin
  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).
• PHP Magazine
  An English edition of the magazine mentioned above. The PHP Magazine is published bimonthly and aimed at professional PHP users.
• ZePHPmag
  ZePHPmag is a webzine (exclusively online distribution newspaper), dedicated to PHP and its technologies (in French).

PHP Tutorials

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

PHP Setup tools for Windows

• 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.
• 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

Companies that provide commercial tools for PHP

• ionCube
  ionCube produces PHP development and end-user tools, including the popular free PHP Accelerator and affordable encoding solutions for code protection.
• NuSphere
  NuSphere delivers products and services that allow companies to deploy reliable, cost-effective database-driven Internet applications and sites.
• Zend Technologies, Inc.
  Zend Technologies, Inc. provides tools to Devel, Protect and Scale your PHP Applications.

PHP Accelerators

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

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
• Estonian
  • PHP Center
    The biggest Estonian portal site with tutorials, manual translations, discussion board, chat room, link collection, news, etc.
• French
  • Nexen.net
    Home of PHP French documentation, with comprehensive technical information, and all PHP related news
  • phpdebutant
    Apprendre le PHP par l'exemple, facilement et simplement. Réservé d'abord aux débutants.
  • phpfr
    Le site de référence sur PHP en France !
  • phpfrance
    Pour tout savoir sur le PHP, en français. Vous trouverez un tutorial, des exemples, des astuces, toute la documentation nécessaire, ainsi que des forums pour poser des questions.
  • PHPIndex
    A French gateway to PHP related contents
  • PHPscripts-fr
    More than 500 PHP applications, listed and sorted
  • phpTeam
    Site traitant du PHP pour les professionels (php et flash, mysql, postgresql, pear,...)
  • 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
  • PHP.lap.hu
    Starting point for Hungarian and International PHP sites
• 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:

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

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:

• dmoz.org's web hosting index
• free-php-hosting.com
• Oinko free PHP hosting directory