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<?
if (isset($SERVER_NAME) && $SERVER_NAME=="www.php3.net") {
Header("Location: http://www.php.net/");
exit;
}
Header("Last-Modified: ".gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s",getlastmod())." GMT");
require("shared.inc");
commonHeader("PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor");
echo "\n<!--$MYSITE-->\n";
?>
<img src="php4zend-small-white.gif" align="right">
<h3>PHP 4.0 Beta 3 is out!</h3>
<p>
Three months after PHP 4.0 Beta 2 was released, Beta 3 is finally here.
This release has a lot of changes, including a "pure" automake/libtool-based
build system, Java support and lots of other stuff.
All 4.0 beta users are encouraged to upgrade.
<a href="http://www.php.net/version4/">Check it out here!</a>.
</p>
<h3>PHP soon used on 1,000,000 servers</h3>
<p>
<a href="/usage.php3"><img align=right src="stats-small.gif" border=0 height=64 width=121 alt="PHP Usage Stats"></a>
We just got the latest numbers from
<a href="http://www.netcraft.com/">Netcraft</a>. If PHP usage keeps growing
at this rate, we'll pass a million (virtual) servers during November.
<a href="usage.php3">Check out the usage page.</a>
<h3>PHP Talk at Atlanta Linux Showcase</h3>
<p>
<a href="als99/"><img align=right src="gifs/als99.gif" border=0 width=64 height=61 alt="Atlanta Linux Showcase"></a>
Jim Winstead gave a talk at the <a href="http://www.linuxshowcase.com/">Atlanta
Linux Showcase</a> on October 16, 1999, in Atlanta, Georgia. You can view the slides from the talk
<a href="als99/">here</a> (Only works with Netscape).
</p>
<img src="lilogo.gif" align="right">
<h3>Network Computing takes a look at Web Server technologies</h3>
<p>
They didn't quite manage to get the name of PHP right, and they have a few
contradictions here and there, but overall the combination of Apache and PHP
fared much better than IIS/ASP and Netscape/Java in this <a href="http://www.nwc.com/1020/1020f1.html">
article</a>. Don't forget to check the links in the blue panel on the right for more detailed
info on each system they tested.
</p>
<img src="php4zend-small-white.gif" align="right">
<h3>PHP 4.0 Beta 2 is out!</h3>
<p>
After the successful Beta 1, <a href="http://www.php.net/version4/">Beta 2 of PHP 4.0</a> has been released. It provides a lot
of fixes, migrated modules and several enhancements over Beta 1. All users of version
4.0 are encouraged to upgrade to the new beta, and everybody else is invited
to take a look at it!
</p>
<h3>CNET's Builder.com discovers PHP</h3>
<p><img src="cnet.gif" align="right">
CNET has put up an <a href="http://www.builder.com/Programming/PHPIntro/?dd.bu.bb.0805.03">
introductory PHP article</a> that is an interesting read.
</p>
<h3>LinuxWorld Editors' Choice Awards</h3>
<p><img src="lwedchoice-200.gif" align="right">
PHP was a Finalist in the <a href="http://www.wpi.com/linuxworld/lw-ec-winners.html">
LinuxWorld Editors' Choice Awards</a> presented on Aug.11 in San Jose, CA. PHP was
up against QT from Troll Tech in the &quot;Programming Library/Tools&quot; category.
</p>
<h3>PHP/MySQL Tutorials on HotWired</h3>
<p>
Graeme Merrall has written a 3-part tutorial on PHP/MySQL that is worth a
read if you are new to PHP. Head on over to
<a href="http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/databases/tutorials/tutorial4.html">
HotWired's WebMonkey Site</a> to read it. For other tutorials and interesting
articles check out <a href="http://www.phpbuilder.com">PHPBuilder.com</a> as well.
</p>
<h3>What is PHP?</h3>
<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 <a href="tut.php3">Introductory Tutorial</a>. Once you get
beyond that have a look at the example archive sites and some of the other
resources available in the <a href="links.php3">Links</a> section.
</P>
<h3>So, how much does it cost?</h3>
<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 <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> software!
Smile, be happy, the world is good. For the full legalese, see the
official <a href="license.html">license</a>.
</P>
<h3>Year 2000 Compliance</h3>
Just like your C compiler or your favourite text editor, PHP is just about as
year 2000 compliant as your pencil. If you're still worried (perhaps all
pencils are built to break on December 31st 1999?) -
<a href="y2k.php3">read this</a>.
<h3><a href="oldinfo.php3">Older information</a></h3>
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