Section 17.2. Web Sites

17.2. Web Sites

There are numerous web sites available for your perusal. For PHP-specific information, the following web sites will help you:

• http://www.php.net/

• http://codewalkers.com/

• http://www.phpfreaks.com/

• http://www.weberdev.com/

• http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

• http://www.phpbuilder.com/

• http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/php/

• http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/tutorial-yank.php

• http://www.sitepoint.com/article/php5-standard-library

17.2.1. Chat and Listservs for PHP

Online help, chat, or listserv forums for PHP help are available at the following addresses:

• http://www.codingforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=b50928ffa8c7f97cbe1f295975cdae4f&f=6

• http://www.devarticles.com/c/b/PHP/

• http://www.php-editors.com/forum/php_programming_help.php

• http://www.linuxcolumbus.com/

• http://www.php.net/

• http://php.resourceindex.com/

• http://www.hotscripts.com/

• http://www.phpbb.com/

All these sites have code examples; some have question-and-answer sections and invaluable data.

17.2.2. PHP User Groups

Check out http://www.phpusergroups.org/ if you wish to locate a group in your city or country. There are 348 PHP user groups in 69 countries. If you're in the U.S., there are numerous groups representing most major cities. The current U.S. groups are listed in Table 17-1.

Table 17-1. U.S. PHP groups

Group location	Group URL
Atlanta, GA	http://atlphp.org/
Austin, TX	http://php.meetup.com/42/
Cedar Lake, IN	http://www.tjtechinc.com/nipug/
Chicago, IL	http://chiphpug.php.net/
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX	http://www.dallasphp.org/
Denver, CO	http://www.coloradophp.org/
Des Moines, IA	http://www.ciapug.org/
Fort Lauderdale, FL	http://www.browardphp.com/
Libertyville, FL	http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php4world/
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN	http://www.tcphp.org/
New York, NY	http://www.nyphp.org/
Provo, UT	http://uphpu.org/
San Diego, CA	http://sdphp.net/
San Francisco, CA	http://www.phpgroup.org/
Washington, DC	http://groups.yahoo.com/group/washdcphp/