links::PHP

Official home of PHP

Go here to find out the latest news on the technology and to find official documentation. You can also get the very latest download(s) here.

The PEAR class library

This is the official library for general-purpose PHP classes. I've included an FAQ item on why XAO is not part of PEAR. Here you can find ready-made classes with high-level functionality - such as database abstraction classes.

The Eclipse class library

This is a low-level library for PHP which includes a few high-level classes. It promotes a pure OO approach to PHP coding. IMHO, it has the most sensible approach out of all the libraries I've seen. It's database access classes a very good. This library complements XAO very well. In fact, it is included as part of the distribution so that XAO may utilise it directly in the future.

Sitepoint discussion forums - advanced PHP

Sitepoint has an advanced PHP programming section. I've found the community here to much more dynamic than most. I used to spend quite a bit of time on comp.lang.php until I discovered sitepoint.

PHP magazines

• php magazine
• php|architect
• ::phpPatterns()
• PHP Builder
• PHP section of WebMonkey
• PHP section of DevShed

Software Development magazines

• Software Development Mag
• Australian IT Developer

PostgreSQL object relation database management system

Quite simply the best open-source database system. Luckily for us, it has superb PHP support :)