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://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 XML (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:

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Upcoming Events
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PHP 4.3.2RC2 Released

[29-Apr-2003] PHP 4.3.2RC2 has been released. This is the second release candidate and should have no critical problems/bugs. Nevertheless, please download and test it as much as possible on real-life applications to uncover any remaining issues.

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!

International PHP Conference - Spring Edition Early Bird Discount runs out!

[09-Apr-2003] April 15, 2003 will be the last day to get the very cheap early bird discount for your participation at the International PHP Conference in Amsterdam on May 8 and 9, 2003.

Sign up now and save 100 EUR! Meet PHP programmers from all over the world and learn the latest stuff on PHP from internationally acclaimed speakers.

PHP 4.3.2RC1 Released

[13-Mar-2003] PHP 4.3.2RC1 has been released. 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.

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.

PHPCon East 2003 - (April 23-25, 2003)

[01-Feb-2003] PHPCon announces PHPCon East 2003 in New York City. This conference features two days of technical learning with speakers such as Rasmus Lerdorf, Zeev Suraski, Michael Radwin, George Schlossnagle and Jeremy Zawodny. PHPCon East also adds a third, full day of tutorials offering practical, cogent PHP solutions and ideas including: MySQL and PHP; Building and Consuming Web Services with SOAP; Getting Started with PHP; High Performance PHP: Profiling and Benchmarking; and more!

PHPCon East has discounts for early registration, students, non-profits, and Tutorial/Conference packages. Early Bird Deadline is March 31st. For more program information, visit the PHPCon website.

LinuxTag, Karlsruhe, July 10th - 13th

[30-January-2003] LinuxTag e.V has once again put out a call for papers for this years conference event. Submit your ideas and proposals here. This year's theme looks at discussions that promote new ideas, delivers a broad overview, introduces new users to linux, or discusses the legal, moral and other implications of linux and free software.

Conférence PHP Québec 2003 - (Montréal, March 20&21rst, 2003)

[28-Jan-2003] The PHP Québec association announces the Conférence PHP Québec 2003. The conference will take place in the École Polytechnique de Montréal, Québec, Canada.

The Conférence PHP Québec features two days of conferences, with outstanding customer cases from Canada, and cutting edge technical sessions, hosted by international experts. An exhibitor room will showroom professional solutions.

Learn more about those exciting days at phpconf.phpquebec.com.

International PHP Conference 2003 - Spring Edition (Amsterdam, May 8-9)

[13-Jan-2003] Software & Support Verlag announced the International PHP Conference 2003 - Spring Edition - in Amsterdam. The dates for this event for PHP enthusiasts from all over the world will be May 8 and 9, 2003. The conference venue is the RAI conference center in Amsterdam.

Like the International PHP Conferences in Frankfurt this conference will offer a first class program to an international audience of PHP enthusiasts. We are happy to ask you to submit your proposals for the session program.

The topics are General PHP, PHP & Business, PHP & Databases, PHP Design, PHP Extensions, PHP & XML and PHP-GTK.

PEAR Out of Beta!

[11-Jan-2003] The PEAR development team is proud to announce that PEAR is finally out of its long beta period. As of PHP 4.3, the PEAR installer is installed by default. Unix support is considered stable, while Windows and Darwin are still of beta-quality.

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