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PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor - PHP is a server-side HTML embedded scripting language. It provides web developers with a full suite of tools for building dynamic websites: native APIs to Apache and other web servers; easy access to MySQL, Sybase, Oracle, and other databases; IMAP; LDAP; HTTP headers and cookies. This site is the official home of PHP4.
Zend - A bottom-up rewrite of the PHP scripting engine. It features a modular architecture, vastly improved performance, and greater scalability.
Club of the Developers - This is a site of programmer's group united by a desire to develop PHP technologies in Internet.
Codewalkers - A community site dedicated to PHP and SQL. Includes user submitted code, tutorials and forums.
Core PHP Programming - Home page for the first book about PHP
Devshed - Searching with PHP and ht://Dig - Adds search capabilities to site using the popular open source tools PHP3 and ht://Dig.
Laplace Linux Page - Open source PHP scripts and projects.
Making the Case for PHP at Yahoo! - Slids from a talk where Michael J. Radwin makes the case for using PHP over other languages.
PHP Everywhere - Articles on PHP on Windows and Linux. Also compares PHP to ASP, Cold Fusion and Perl.
PHP Freaks - A community designed to assist developers with PHP and MySQL related information. Includes tips, tutorials, forums, articles, code examples and manuals.
PHP News by CodingTheWeb.com - PHP development news, tutorials, technical articles and HOWTOs. This is the definitive news source for PHP. Updated hourly.
PHPMac.com - A site dedicated to PHP programmers that use the Mac OS. In particular Apple's new OS X unix system.
Quality Assurance Team - Voulonteer coders dedicated to providing coders with quality assurance.
ThePHPGuy - PHP, MySQL and Apache articles, tutorials, guides. Also features daily updated developer news as well as a monthly developer newsletter packed with PHP programming tips and tricks.
Wrox Resource Center - PHP support and resource forums run by programmers for programmers, provided by Wrox Press.
PHP Manual - Complete and hyperlinked manual documents and explains all elements of PHP. Includes FAQ section and user comments.
Authenticate and Track Users with PHP (Webmonkey) - Learn how authentication, cookies, and sessions can add security and a personal touch to your site.
Blobbing Data With PHP and MySQL (Devarticles) - Showing how to store and retrieve binary data in a MySQL database by using PHP.
caiPHP - Tutorials and code snips directed to those who are learning PHP.
Classes and PHP (PHPBuilder) - A description in plain English of what classes are, and how they can make your project easier to complete and extend.
Comprehensible PHP Code (PHPBuilder) - A good programmer makes her code look so simple and comprehensible that any other programmer can understand it and appreciate it.
Database Abstraction With PHP - Take a look at the PEAR database abstraction layer, one of the coolest PHP widgets out there.
Database Enabled Websites - A tutorial on using PHP3 and MySQL to develop database enabled applications for websites.
Encryption and Decryption using PHP and GnuPG (Zend) - The purpose of this article is to show you how to encrypt and decrypt information with GnuPG using PHP. Most of the major Linux distributions will install GnuPG upon request. Otherwise you can get it by going to http://www.gnupg.org.
Error Handling: Stepping beyond True/False Results (Zend) - This article teaches you to handle errors in an elegant manner, and looks at how to handle PHP script errors as well as passing around your own errors with the PEAR module: PEAR_Error.
Getting Intimate With PHP's Mail() Function - PHP's Mail() function is a great way to send mail using a simple and standard interface that hides the complexity and quirks of various system programs that are responsible for sending mail. This tutorial will introduce you to the basics of sending mail from PHP scripts.
Gimpster - Introductory tutorial geared towards those with little to no PHP experience.
How To Compile PHP 4 and Apache 2 from Source On Linux - Provides detailed, step-by-step information on compiling PHP 4.2.0 as an Apache 2.0 shared module on a Linux system.
How to make your own PHP template script - A simple tutorial to teach the methods of using PHP to load HTML files as templates.
An Introduction to Classes (Zend) - The tutorial guides you through the construction of a simple, security-related class that performs some basic security functions for a web site: checking user logons.
PHP / MySQL Tutorial (Webmonkey) - Tutorial to make a dynamic site using PHP and MySQL.
PHP and MySQL (Webmonkey) - Three-part tutorial covers installation, basic scripts, forms, and advanced topics.
PHP and Regular Expressions 101 (WebReference) - This tutorial steps through the POSIX-compliant regular expression functions in PHP in a straightforward manner.
PHPCollege - PHP and PHP-related mySQL, Apache, Unix online tutorials. Resources.
PHPExamples.net - Tutorials, code snippets regarding PHP. Forums.
PHP/MySQL Tutorial - The lessons provided in this PHP/MySQL tutorial are short and simple. You'll learn to create and manipulate a simple database of names and birthdates.
PRCE: Perl Compatible Regular Expression In PHP - Article on perl compatible regular expressions. Describes the basics as well as PCRE's special features such as ungreedy matching, lookaheads or the evaluation modifier.
Static Free Energy (Zend) - This tutorial will show you how to produce static html pages using PHP. This is important if you want the benefits of using PHP to build sections of a site where the content of the pages doesn't change very often.
Template Example with PHP Includes - Show how to use 'php includes' inside a template.
Ten Security Checks for PHP (ONLamp) - Though it's easy to create sites in PHP, it's not immune to sloppy coding. Clancy Malcolm explains how to recognize and fix potential security holes.
Website Publisher - Saving Resources with phpCache - Tutorial explains how to implement the phpCache script and use it to keep your database server load low.
Website Publisher - Search Engine-Friendly URLs - Article describes three ways to make your URLs search engine friendly using PHP.
Website Publisher - Using Cookies in PHP - Learn how to set and read cookies using the PHP scripting language.
DevCentral - Provides tutorials for designing PHP scripts. Requires free registration to view articles.
DevShed.com - A wide range of tutorials and articles with a growing PHP section.
Dotvoid.com - Tutorials, news and discussions regarding web site architecture and building techniques related to PHP.
FCG PHP Tutorial Center - Providing tutorials to beginners and intermediate developers. These tutorials are set for copy and paste. Also quick references and resources.
Free PHP Tutorials - Contains an introduction to the language and free tutorials and scripts.
JustPhukit.com - A resource of PHP tutorials and articles for programmers and developers.
LinuxGuruz - Features tutorials and tips about installing PHP on Linux. Also includes several quick tips for performing very specific tasks.
mtWeb PHP Articles - Tutorials on PHP, PEAR, PHP with MySQL and PHP on Apache. Downloadable code is available. Visitors can comment on articles.
OpenDeveloper.org's PHP Resources - A collection of PHP tutorials and code samples.
O'Reilly Network: PHP DevCenter - O'Reilly Network's source for PHP developer news and information.
PHP Beginner - Tutorials, articles and forums with ready-to-use code samples for the those learning the language.
PHP Hideout - Resource site with tutorials and articles from beginner to advanced levels.
PHPbuddy - PHP and MySQL articles, code snippets and tutorials.
PHPDeveloper.org - Categorized tutorials covering a variety of beginner, intermediate, and advanced topics.
PostgreSQL and PHP Tutorials - This site has introductory tutorials on using PHP and PostgreSQL together.
TheScripts.com - Tutorials on developing PHP scripts, and introduction to the language.
thesitewizard.com's PHP Tutorials - Free tutorials and articles on PHP programming, installation and configuration.
ThickBook - Categorized tutorials, reviews, and articles for beginners.
Web Developer's Virtual Library - Tutorial collection includes a brief summary of the topic for each lesson.
Webmonkey's PHP Collection - Various simple tutorials that teach PHP through lessons that result in a useful product.
Zend.com Tutorials - Ranging from beginner to advanced.
PHP Manual Listing - The manual explains and documents everything about PHP. Listed are the various formats, such as PDF, HTML and Palm. The manual is also available in about 12 different languages.
Database Backed Web Application Development - Explains how to setup Apache, MySQL, and PHP on Windows 95/98/ME.
How To Compile PHP 4 and Apache 2 From Source On Linux - This article will provide detailed information about how to compile PHP 4 and Apache 2 on Linux system.
HowTo PHP in Windows - Windows HowTo Guide for starting with PHP and MySQL. Gets you from zero to the 'Hello, World' stage on Winxx.
The manual Page: PHP - The bases of the language, how to use PHP with a MySQL database or an Oracle database, examples.
Manual Quick Reference - Quick reference that lists all PHP functions.
Official PHP Faq - A list of Frequently Asked Questions about PHP and their answers.
Oracle/PHP FAQ - Describes how PHP interacts with the Oracle Database.
PHP Coding Standard - With permission based on Todd Hoff's C++ Coding Standard. Rewritten for PHP by Fredrik Kristiansen.
PHP Curiosities - Collection of problems/curiosities/bugs/strange things in PHP with many examples and workarounds.
PHP Faq from alt.php - The home of the newsgroup alt.php, contains frequently asked questions and answers from that newsgroup.
PHP Forum at Tek-Tips - PHP technical support forums and mutual help system for computer professionals. Selling and recruiting forbidden.
PHP Function Table - Handy PHP function reference which helps to quickly locate a desired function, to learn which PHP version it available in, and if it is documented. Also provides some statistical reports regarding usage of PHP functions.
PHP, JScript and VBScript Language Summary - This is a 3 part summary of the language differences between PHP, Jscript and VBScript to help you learn PHP.
PHP Knowledge Base - A repository of PHP related frequently asked questions. A growing collection in a searchable question and answer format.
phpinfo Outputs Repository - An information platform for cross-platform development featuring categorized phpinfo result outputs. A valuable source of information when creating cross-platform scripts.
Computerworld PHP QuickStudy - Article by Sharon Machlis in ComputerWorld. Explainer on the PHP scripting language and what IT managers should know about it. Includes an interview with PHP creator Rasmus Lerdorf and links to other Web resources. (February 4, 2002)

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