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<h1>Documentation</h1>



<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>



<h1>Books</h1>

<p>

 Books are convenient resources to begin exploring or extend your

 PHP knowledge. There are literally thousands of books available in

 English and numerous in other languages. Search at your favourite

 online or offline bookstore. You can search at

 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=books&amp;keyword=PHP&amp;tag=wwwphpnet">Amazon.com</a>, or 

 go directly to

 <a href="http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect-home/wwwphpnet07">Amazon.de</a>

 or <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/redirect-home/wwwphpnet0f">Amazon.fr</a>

 and search there.

</p>



<h1>Mailing Lists</h1>



<p>

 There are a number of mailing lists devoted to talking about PHP and related

 projects. <a href="mailing-lists.php">This list</a> describes them all, has

 links to searchable archives for all of the lists, and explains how to

 subscribe to the lists.

</p>



<h1>Newsgroups</h1>



<p>

 The PHP language newsgroup is <tt>comp.lang.php</tt>, available on any

 news server around the globe. In addition to this many of our mailing

 lists are also reflected onto the 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="http://news.php.net/">http://news.php.net/</a>.

</p>



<p>

 Mailing list messages are transfered to newsgroup posts and

 newsgroup posts are sent to the mailing lists. Please note

 that these newsgroups are only available on this server.

</p>



<h1>User Groups</h1>



<p>

 Christopher R. Moewes-Bystrom is running a PHP user group registry at <a

 href="http://www.phpusergroups.org/">http://www.phpusergroups.org/</a>.

 There's also a list of user groups in Germany, as well as news from them,

 and link to other countries user groups at

 <a href="http://www.phpug.de/">http://www.phpug.de/</a>.

 <a href="http://php.meetup.com/">PHP Meetup</a> is another great

 opportunity to get together.

</p>



<h1>Events &amp; Training</h1>



<p>

 A list of upcoming events (such as user group meetings and PHP training

 sessions) is included in the right-hand column of the front page, and

 on the <a href="/cal.php">event calendar page</a>. If you want to list

 an upcoming event, just fill out the form <a

 href="/submit-event.php">on this page</a>.

</p>



<h1>Sample Code</h1>



<h1>Instant Resource Center</h1>



<p>

 Otherwise known as IRC or Internet Relay Chat. Here you can usually find

 experienced PHP people sitting around doing nothing on various channels with

 php in their names.  Note that there is no official IRC channel.

 Check <a href="http://oftc.net">OFTC</a> or any other major network

 (<a href="http://www.efnet.org/">EFNet</a>,

 <a href="http://www.ircnet.com/">IRCNet</a>,

 <a href="http://www.quakenet.org">QuakeNet</a>,

 <a href="http://www.icq.com">IrCQNet</a>,

 <a href="http://www.dal.net/">DALNet</a> and

 <a href="http://www.freenode.net/">freenode</a>).

</p>



<h1>PHP.net webmasters</h1>



<p>

 If you have a problem or suggestion <em>in connection with the PHP.net

 website or mirror sites</em>, <a href="/contact.php">please

 contact the webmasters</a>. 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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