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.pair.com/", "pair Networks") . '
' . make_link("http://www.rackspace.com/?supbid=php.net", "Rackspace") . '
' . make_link("http://www.synacor.com/", "Synacor") . '
' . make_link("http://vasoftware.com/", "VA Software Corporation") . '

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") . '

Contact

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

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\n"; } else { $RSIDEBAR_DATA .= '

Upcoming Events
[add event]

'; } $cm = (int) $m; $RSIDEBAR_DATA .= "

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

\n"; unset($seen); } if (!$seen[$desc]) { $RSIDEBAR_DATA .= "$d. ". stripslashes($desc)."
\n"; $seen[$desc] = true; } } fclose($fp); } commonHeader("Hypertext Preprocessor"); echo "\n\n"; ?>

Call for Papers: International PHP Conference 2002

[12-Jun-2002]

The is looking for people, who do talks and workshops at the conference. If you want to present your talk, please to them. The conference will be held in November in Frankfurt/Germany. For more information about dates and topics, visit the .

Initial Alpha Release of PHP w/ the Zend Engine 2 Available

[9-Jun-2002]

The first alpha release of PHP w/ Zend Engine 2 is now available. It is based on the current PHP 4 CVS (4.3.0-dev) and includes the new scripting engine which greatly improves the object model, adds exception handling and provides a much better infrastructure for the integration of external technologies like Java or .NET. For more details and examples you can check out the CHANGES file and an example script which shows how some of these features can be used.

Note: This is an alpha 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 don't expect it to replace your copy of PHP 4 at this stage.

Windows binary version is also available for .

ActiveState Awards

ActiveState is delighted to announce the second annual Programmers' Choice and Activators' Choice Awards. The awards honor the unnamed heroes who actively contribute to open languages and display excellence in their programming efforts. The Programmers' Choice recipients are nominated and chosen by members of the programming community - like you. Know someone who's really made a difference using these languages? Tell us about them! and stay tuned! Nominees will be announced July 2, 2002. Perl, PHP, Python and XSLT winners will be announced at OSCON July 23, 2002. Tcl winners will be announced at the Tcl 2002 conference in September.

PHP for NetWare (Beta) Released

[27-May-2002] A Beta version of PHP for NetWare is available on the Novell Developer Kit site. This version is based on the 4.0.8 (development) version of the PHP source code.

LinuxTag 2002: 6 - 9th June, Karlsruhe, Germany

[23-May-2002] PHP will be attending LinuxTag again this year. The combined efforts of the PHP Verein, the Apache Software Foundation and MySQL AB, will create a "(L)AMP" day, focusing on web development with the 3 core technologies. During the day there will be many interesting workshops, which are free to enter. Make time to visit the (L)AMP booth also, which will be hosting several PHP related projects (text in German).

PHP Coding Contest

[16-May-2002] CodeWalkers have started a new fortnightly PHP contest. Every two weeks, there is a new problem to solve, a new script to write. The winner will receive prizes provided by the sponsors, Zend Technologies and Sams Publishing. You can enter the challenge by visiting their site.

PHP 4.2.1 released

[13-May-2002] The PHP Group is happy to announce the of PHP 4.2.1, the latest version of the widely-used, general-purpose scripting language that is especially well-suited for Web development.

This latest release contains several bug fixes as found in PHP 4.2.0. These include fixes for the session, com and mbstring extensions, as well as a major upgrade of the DomXML extension. Also a few extra checks for safe_mode were added. For more information, see the .

PHP Award 2002

[27-Apr-2002] The Association Française des Utilisateurs de PHP (AFUP) and the German PHP Association (PHP Verein) are organizing a PHP contest to give out the first PHP Award. The PHP Award will be given in three categories: Open Source, Freeware and Commercial Software, the submission deadline is July, 15th 2002. If you are interested go to http://www.php-award.net/.

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