archived-web-php/index.php

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<h1>New Site Design</h1>

<p>You might notice that things look a little different around
here. We've streamlined the site, with a new design from the
esteemed Colin Viebrock. Bear with us while we shake out the
bugs that are surely lingering behind this new facade.
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<h1>Announcing PHP-GTK</h1>

<p>The first release of PHP-GTK is now available. PHP-GTK is
a PHP extension that provides an object-oriented interface
to GTK+ toolkit and enables you to write client-side
cross-platform GUI applications. For more information, visit
<?print_link("http://gtk.php.net/")?>.
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<h1>Patch Level 1 released for PHP 4.0.4</h1>

<p>
Due to two security issues found in the Apache module version of PHP 4.0, PHP 4.0.4pl1
has been released.  This bug-fix release also fixes a few party-crashing bugs that
were discovered in PHP 4.0.4.
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<h1>
<? print_link("/usage.php", make_image("stats-small.gif", "PHP Usage Stats", "right") ); ?>
New Usage Stats For February Available
</h1>
<p>
<? print_link("http://www.netcraft.com/", "Netcraft"); ?> and 
<? print_link("http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/", "E-Soft" ); ?> have
published the February results for their Web Server surveys - both
of which continue to show impressive growth for PHP. Check out the 
<? print_link("/usage.php", "usage page"); ?>.
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<h1>
<? print_link("http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2001/", make_image("osscon.gif", "OSSCon", "right") ); ?>
PHP Conference - Call For Participation
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<p>
The conference will be part of the <? print_link("http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2001/",
"O'Reilly Open Source Convention"); ?> alongside the 5th annual Perl Conference at the 
<? print_link("http://www.sheraton.com/property.taf?prop=127&lc=en", 
"Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina"); ?>, San Diego, California, July 23-27, 2001.
All the details on submitting talks are in the full <? print_link("/cfp.php", "CFP"); ?>.
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<h1>
PHP 4.0.4 Released
</h1>
<p>
19-Dec-2000 -- This release includes improvements for a large number of defects
and numerous enhancements in the PHP core, the language implementation and
extensions. <? print_link("/downloads.php", "Download"); ?> and
<? print_link("/ChangeLog-4.php", "ChangeLog"); ?>.
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<h1>
PHP 3.0.18 Released
</h1>
<p>
21-Oct-2000 -- PHP 3.0.18 was released. This is a bug-fix release, including
fixes for file uploads and a backported imagetypes() function from PHP 4.0. The
<? print_link("http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php3/ChangeLog?rev=1.854", "ChangeLog"); ?> contains a full list of changes.
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<h1>
Improve Your PHP Skills
</h1> 
<p>
Looking for clear and useful guides to build dynamic web-sites using
PHP?  Our <? print_link("/books.php", "Books Resource Center"); ?> lists now
more than a dozen books in eight different languages. If you know
about more PHP-related books, tell us about them!
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<h1>
Manual Search Tip
</h1>
<p>
You can go directly to PHP manual pages with a URL such as
<? print_link("http://www.php.net/strlen", "www.php.net/strlen"); ?>.  
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<h1>
Tips and Tricks Section
</h1>
<p>
Check out our <? print_link("/tips.php", "tips"); ?> page for some "neat" things, 
PHP-related.  It's a little sparse right now, but feel free to make suggestions!
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<h1>
<? print_image("ZendOptimizer.gif", "Zend", "right"); ?>
Zend Optimizer Released
</h1>
<p>
<? print_link("http://www.zend.com", "Zend Technologies"); ?> has announced the 
availability of the Zend Optimizer for PHP 4.0.  The optimizer is available for
<? print_link("http://www.zend.com/zend/optimizer.php", "free download"); ?>.
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<h1>
What Is PHP?
</h1>
<p>
PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language.  
If you are completely new to PHP and want to get some idea of how it works, 
have a look at the <? print_link("/tut.php", "Introductory Tutorial"); ?>.  
Once you get beyond that, have a look at the example archive sites and some 
of the other resources available in the <? print_link("/links.php", "Links"); ?> section.
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<h1>
So, How Much Does It Cost?
</h1>
<p>
This may sound a little foreign to all you folks coming from a non-Unix
background, but PHP doesn't cost anything.  You can use it for commercial
and/or non-commercial use all you want.  You can give it to your friends,
print it out and hang it on your wall or eat it for lunch.  Welcome to
the world of <? print_link("http://www.opensource.org", "Open Source"); ?> software!  
Smile, be happy, the world is good.  For the full legalese, see the 
official <? print_link("/license.html", "license"); ?>.
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