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PHP 3.0.13 has been released

January 1, 2000. The long-awaited release of PHP 3.0 contains numerous bug fixes and a bonus of new features. Support for GNU recode, portable access to stdio streams, enhanced FTP support, support for Mcal and IMSP, as well as PNG functions for gd make this release a must for every user of PHP. The ChangeLog provides a complete list of changes.

New usage stats for November available

Netcraft and E-Soft have published the November results for their Web Server surveys - both of which show an impressive jump for PHP. As expected, PHP has passed the one million barrier on Netcraft's survey! Check out the usage page.

PHP 4.0 Beta 3 is out!

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. Check it out here!.

PHP Talk at Atlanta Linux Showcase

Jim Winstead gave a talk at the Atlanta Linux Showcase on October 16, 1999, in Atlanta, Georgia. You can view the slides from the talk here (Only works with Netscape).

Network Computing takes a look at Web Server technologies

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 article. Don't forget to check the links in the blue panel on the right for more detailed info on each system they tested.

CNET's Builder.com discovers PHP

CNET has put up an introductory PHP article that is an interesting read.

LinuxWorld Editors' Choice Awards

PHP was a Finalist in the LinuxWorld Editors' Choice Awards presented on Aug.11 in San Jose, CA. PHP was up against QT from Troll Tech in the "Programming Library/Tools" category.

PHP/MySQL Tutorials on HotWired

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 HotWired's WebMonkey Site to read it. For other tutorials and interesting articles check out PHPBuilder.com as well.

What is PHP?

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 Introductory Tutorial. Once you get beyond that have a look at the example archive sites and some of the other resources available in the Links section.

So, how much does it cost?

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 Open Source software! Smile, be happy, the world is good. For the full legalese, see the official license.