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Roman Pronskiy 52e8bd6265 Revamp support page structure (#1356)
* Revamp support page structure: add relevant resources, move outdated to archive

* Code review updates

* Reflow for CS

* Tweak language on NNTP and news/mailinglists

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Co-authored-by: Derick Rethans <github@derickrethans.nl>
2025-09-04 13:44:33 +01:00

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<?php
$_SERVER['BASE_PAGE'] = 'support.php';
include_once __DIR__ . '/include/prepend.inc';
$SIDEBAR_DATA = '
<div class="panel" style="position:fixed">
<div class="headline">Table of Contents</div>
<div class="body">
<ul>
<li><a href="#documentation">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="#community-support">Community Support</a></li>
<li><a href="#user-groups-events">User Groups &amp; Events</a></li>
<li><a href="#archive">Archive (Legacy resources)</a></li>
<!-- Purposefully no link to the webmasters -->
</ul>
</div>
</div>
';
site_header(
'Getting Help',
[
'current' => 'help',
],
);
?>
<h2 id="documentation">Documentation</h2>
<p>
A good place to start is by skimming through the ever-growing list of <a
href="/FAQ.php">frequently asked questions (with answers, of course)</a>. Then
have a look at the rest of the online manual and other resources in the <a
href="/docs.php">documentation</a> section.
</p>
<h2 id="community-support">Community Support</h2>
<p>
For day-to-day help and troubleshooting, the broader PHP community is very active in a few places:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>Reddit:</strong> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/">r/PHP</a> — look for the Weekly help threads that are pinned to the top for beginner and general questions.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Stack Overflow:</strong> browse or ask questions using the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/php">php tag</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<strong>Discord:</strong> there are many community-ran servers for chat-based help and discussion. Here are a couple of popular ones:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://phpc.chat/">phpc.chat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://discord.gg/php-developers-484326318851358720">PHP Developers</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<strong>IRC:</strong> real-time chat at <a href="https://libera.chat/">Libera.Chat</a> in <strong>#phpc</strong>.
This channel is also bridged with Discord via <a href="https://phpc.chat/">phpc.chat</a>.
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="user-groups-events">User Groups &amp; Events</h2>
<p>
Connect with local and regional PHP User Groups and find upcoming meetups, conferences, and training sessions:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Find a user group near you on <a href="http://php.ug/">PHP.ug</a>.</li>
<li>Browse upcoming events on the <a href="/cal.php">event calendar</a>.</li>
<li>Want to list an event? Submit it <a href="/submit-event.php">here</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="archive">Archive (Legacy Resources)</h2>
<h3 id="mailing-lists">Mailing Lists</h3>
<p>
Historically, a number of mailing lists were devoted to talking about PHP and related projects. While
many are no longer active, you can still find their descriptions and archives on <a href="mailing-lists.php">this page</a>.
</p>
<h3 id="newsgroups">Newsgroups</h3>
<p>
There was a PHP language NNTP newsgroup at comp.lang.php, and many of our support mailing
lists are also reflected onto our news server at <a href="news://news.php.net">news://news.php.net/</a>.
The server also has a read only web interface at
<a href="https://news-web.php.net/">https://news-web.php.net/</a>.
</p>
<p>
Please note that these are legacy resources and primarily useful for historical reference.
</p>
<h2 id="webmasters">PHP.net webmasters</h2>
<p>
If you have a problem or suggestion <em>in connection with the PHP.net
website</em>, <a href="/contact.php">please contact the webmasters</a>.
</p>
<p>
If you have problems setting up PHP or using some functionality,
please ask your question on a support channel detailed above,
the webmasters will not answer any such questions.
</p>
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