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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://www.php.net/support.php","20130522154420","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1369237460"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <title>PHP: Getting Help</title> <style type="text/css" media="all"> @import url("https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420cs_/http://static.php.net/www.php.net/styles/site.css"); @import url("https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420cs_/http://static.php.net/www.php.net/styles/phpnet.css"); </style>  <style type="text/css" media="print"> @import url("https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420cs_/http://static.php.net/www.php.net/styles/print.css"); </style>  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420im_/http://static.php.net/www.php.net/favicon.ico"/> <link rel="canonical" href="//web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/http://php.net/support.php"/> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420js_/http://static.php.net/www.php.net/userprefs.js"></script> <base href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/support.php"/> </head> <body> <div id="headnav"> <a href="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/" rel="home"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420im_/http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif" alt="PHP" width="120" height="67" id="phplogo"/></a> <div id="headmenu"> <a href="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/downloads.php">downloads</a> | <a href="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/docs.php">documentation</a> | <a href="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/FAQ.php">faq</a> | <a href="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/support.php">getting help</a> | <a href="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/mailing-lists.php">mailing lists</a> | <a href="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/license">licenses</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/https://wiki.php.net/">wiki</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/https://bugs.php.net/">reporting bugs</a> | <a href="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/sites.php">php.net sites</a> | <a href="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/conferences/">conferences</a> | <a href="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/my.php">my php.net</a> </div> </div> <div id="headsearch"> <form method="post" action="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/search.php" id="topsearch"> <p> <span title="Keyboard shortcut: Alt+S (Win), Ctrl+S (Apple)"> <span class="shortkey">s</span>earch for </span> <input type="text" name="pattern" value="" size="30" accesskey="s"/> <span>in the</span> <select name="show"> <option value="all">all php.net sites</option> <option value="local">this mirror only</option> <option value="quickref" selected="selected">function list</option> <option value="manual">online documentation</option> <option value="bugdb">bug database</option> <option value="news_archive">Site News Archive</option> <option value="changelogs">All Changelogs</option> <option value="pear">just pear.php.net</option> <option value="pecl">just pecl.php.net</option> <option value="talks">just talks.php.net</option> <option value="maillist">general mailing list</option> <option value="devlist">developer mailing list</option> <option value="phpdoc">documentation mailing list</option> </select> <input type="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420im_/http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/small_submit_white.gif" class="submit" alt="search"/> </p> </form> </div> <div id="layout_1"> <div id="content" class="."> <h1>Documentation</h1> <p> A good place to start is by skimming through the ever-growing list of <a href="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/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="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/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="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=books&keyword=PHP&tag=wwwphpnet">Amazon.com</a>, or go directly to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect-home/wwwphpnet07">Amazon.de</a> or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/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="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/news://news.php.net/">news://news.php.net/</a>. The server also has a read only web interface at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/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="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/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="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/http://www.phpug.de/">http://www.phpug.de/</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/http://php.meetup.com/">PHP Meetup</a> is another great opportunity to get together. </p> <h1>Events & 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="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/cal.php">event calendar page</a>. If you want to list an upcoming event, just fill out the form <a href="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/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="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/http://oftc.net/">OFTC</a> or any other major network (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/http://www.efnet.org/">EFNet</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/http://www.ircnet.com/">IRCNet</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/http://www.quakenet.org/">QuakeNet</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/http://www.icq.com/">IrCQNet</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/http://www.dal.net/">DALNet</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154420/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="/web/20130522154420/http://www.php.net/contact.php">please contact the webmasters</a>. 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