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39 525x appA 1/24/03 3:38 PM Page 812 B Web Resources THIS APPENDIX LISTS SOME OF THE MANY resources available on the Web, which can be used to find tutorials, articles, news, and sample PHP code.These are just some of the many out there. Obviously there are far more than we could possibly list in one appen- dix. And many more that are popping up daily as the usage of and familiarity with PHP and MySQL continues to increase among Web developers. Some of these resources will be in different languages like German or French or something other than your native language.We suggest using a translator like http://www.systransoft.com to browse the Web resource in your native language. PHP Resources PHP.Net—http://www.php.net—The original site for PHP. Go here to download all the sources of PHP and for a copy of the manual. ZEND.Com—http://www.zend.com—The source for the ZEND engine that pow- ers PHP 4. A portal site that contains forums, articles, tutorials, and a database of sample classes and code that you can use.A must see. PHPWizard.net—http://www.phpwizard.net—The source of many cool PHP applications like phpMyAdmin; an excellent front end GUI for Managing MySQL Servers.You can also find tutorials on PHP at this site. PHPBuilder.com—http://www.phpbuilder.com—The portal for PHP tutorials.At this site, you will find tutorials on just about anything you can think of. Site also has a forum and message board for people to post questions. DevShed.com—http://www.devshed.com—Portal type site offers, excellent tutorials on PHP, MySQL, Perl, and other development languages. A must see for newbies. PX-PHP Code Exchange—http://px.sklar.com—A great place to start. Here you will find many sample scripts and useful functions. The PHP4 Resource—http://www.php-resource.de—A very nice source for tuto- rials, articles, and scripts.The only “problem” is that the site is in German.We recom- mend using a translator service site to view it. 40 525x appB 1/24/03 2:55 PM Page 813 814 Appendix B Web Resources WeberDev.com—http://www.WeberDev.com—Formerly known as Berber’s PHP sample page, this site grew and is now a place for tutorials and sample code.The site tar- gets PHP and MySQL users, and covers security and general databases. HotScripts.com—http://www.hotscripts.com—A great categorized selection of scripts.The site has scripts in various languages like PHP,ASP, and Perl. It has an excel- lent collection of PHP scripts. Updated very frequently. A must see if you are looking for scripts. PHP Base Library— http://phplib.sourceforge.net —A site used by developers for large-scale PHP projects. Offers a library with a lot of tools for an alternative session management approach, as well as templating and database abstraction. PHP Center—http://www.php-center.de—Another German portal site used for tutorials, scripts, tips, tricks, advertising, and more. PHP Homepage—http://www.php-homepage.de—Another German site about PHP with scripts, articles, news, and much more. Has a quick reference section. PHPIndex.com—http://www.phpindex.com—A nice French PHP portal with tons of PHP related content. Site contains news, FAQs, articles, job listings, and much more. WebMonkey.com—http://www.webmonkey.com—A portal with lots of Web resources, real world tutorials, sample code, and so on.The site covers design, program- ming, back end, multimedia stuff, and much more. The PHP Club— http://www.phpclub.net—The PHP Club offers many resources for PHP beginners.The site has news, book reviews, sample code, forums, FAQs, and many tutorials for beginners. PHP Classes Repository—http://phpclasses.upperdesign.com—A site that tar- gets the distribution of freely available classes written in PHP.A must-see if you are developing code or your project will be composed of classes. Nice search functionality, so you can find stuff easily. The PHP Resource Index—http://php.resourceindex.com—Portal site for scripts, classes, and documentation.The cool thing about this site is that everything is nicely categorized, which can save you some time. PHP Developer—http://www.phpdeveloper.org—Yet another PHP portal that provides PHP news, articles, and tutorials. Evil Walrus—http://www.evilwalrus.com—A cool-looking portal for PHP scripts. Oodie.com— http://www.oodie.com—Provides lists of free PHP hosting service providers and scripts. e-gineer—http://www.e-gineer.com—Articles, scripts, and a knowledge base of common questions and answers. Source Forge—http://sourceforge.net—Extensive open source resources. Source Forge not only lets you find code that can be useful, but it also provides access to CVS, mailing lists, and machines for Open Source developers. Codewalkers—http://codewalkers.com/—Contains articles, book reviews, tutori- als, and the amazing PHP Contest where you can win stuff with your new skills.They have a new code contest every two weeks. 40 525x appB 1/24/03 2:55 PM Page 814 815 Web Development PHP Developer’s Network Unified Forums— http://forums.devnetwork.net/index.php—Discussion of all things PHP related. PHP Kitchen—http://www.phpkitchen.com/—Articles, news, and PHP advocacy. Postnuke—http://www.postnuke.com/—A frequently usedPHP content manage- ment system. PHP Application Tools—http://www.php-tools.de/—A set of useful PHP classes. MySQL and SQL Specific Resources The MySQL site—http://www.mysql.com—The official MySQL Web site. Provides excellent documentation, support, and information. A must-see if you are using MySQL. The SQL Course—http://sqlcourse.com—Provides an introductory SQL tutorial with easy-to-understand instructions. Allows you to practice what you learn on an online SQL interpreter.Advanced version is provided at http://www.sqlcourse2.com. SearchDatabase.com—http://searchdatabase.com—Nice portal with lots of useful information on DBS. Provides excellent tutorials, tips, white papers, FAQs, reviews, and so on. A must-see! Apache Resources Apache Software—http://www.apache.org—The place to start if you need to down- load the source or binaries.The site provides online documentation. Apache Week— http://www.apacheweek.com—Online weekly magazine that pro- vides essential information for anyone running an Apache Server or anyone running Apache services.A must! Apache Today—http://www.apachetoday.com—A daily source of news and infor- mation about Apache. Users must subscribe to post questions. Web Development Philip and Alex’s Guide to Web Publishing—http://philip.greenspun.com/panda/— A witty, irreverent guide to software engineering as it applies to the Web. One of the few books on the topic coauthored by a Samoyed. 40 525x appB 1/24/03 2:55 PM Page 815 40 525x appB 1/24/03 2:55 PM Page 816 . B Web Resources WeberDev.com—http://www.WeberDev.com—Formerly known as Berber’s PHP sample page, this site grew and is now a place for tutorials and sample code.The site tar- gets PHP and MySQL. news, and PHP advocacy. Postnuke—http://www.postnuke.com/—A frequently usedPHP content manage- ment system. PHP Application Tools—http://www .php- tools.de/—A set of useful PHP classes. MySQL and SQL. 814 815 Web Development PHP Developer’s Network Unified Forums— http://forums.devnetwork.net/index .php Discussion of all things PHP related. PHP Kitchen—http://www.phpkitchen.com/—Articles, news, and