Fwd: php.net web sites?

Hi Colin, Jim,

  Thought you might be able to help us with this.
  We're building a list of PHP hosts and we didn't want to leave anything out.

Thanks,
S

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>Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:54:14 -0400
>From: Damien Seguy <[email protected]>
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>Subject: Re: [PHP-EVANGELISM] Re: php.net web sites?
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>Le Jeudi 25 avril 2002, à 05:11 , Dave Mertens a écrit :
>
>>On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 03:32:23PM -0400, Sean wrote:
>>>Yeah, I know this is an old thread, but I was browsing the php-evangelism
>>>archive on news.php.net, and thought this might be useful. Here's my
>
> From Dave list, here is a presentation of the PHP web site. I'd like some 
> reading
>from you guys, before I make it public. I'm not totally fluent with all 
>those website, and I tried
>to extract their use and goals. Feel free to shoot more details, but I'd 
>like to keep
>it simple enough for anyone to grasp the idea, and want to visit it for 
>more details.
>
>PHP.net : a tourist guide
>
>Everyone knows the php.net site. All of us when there sooner or later, and 
>will keep going back there. This is the central reference point for PHP 
>users, and it has a wealth of informations there. And all of it isn't that 
>obvious. Come with me, I'll show you.
>
>www.php.net : PHP Main Website.
>This is  the official web site. it is nicely designed by Colin Viebrock, 
>and entertained the year round by Jim Winstead, James Cox and Gabor Hojtsy.
>The front page is where major news are released : PHP version, security 
>updates, new projects launched.
>
>It has a download page, for everyone to get the latest PHP version, both 
>for windows and source code definition. The current and last to current 
>version are available there. Nowadays, a small PHP museum is available, 
>with all the source distribution from June 1996.
>http://www.php.net/downloads.php
>
>The next most visited section is the manual. PHP documentation has a 12 
>languages translation galore, available online and for download. A quite 
>effective search engine allows fast search within the doc. Users gather 
>around the PHP documentation team to provide annotation and feed back. The 
>documentation is a real community project by itself!
>http://www.php.net/docs.php
>http://www.php.net/download-docs.php
>
>The support help page give all the right direction to the PHP developper 
>to a wealth of resources outside php.net. The community has built a huge 
>network of knowledge base, PHP user groups, training sessions to anyone to 
>have his questions answered. Non English users also get a large share of 
>attention.
>http://www.php.net/support.php
>http://www.php.net/links.php
>
>Now, buckle up your seat belt, and stop smoking. Here are the no-light 
>streets.
>
>chora.php.net, or cvs.php.net : PHP CVS Repository (CHORA)
>The PHP project is organised with a CVS server, and this website is the 
>web interface to it. There, you'll know without any CVS knowledge, the 
>evolution of the sources and different parts of PHP code. For instance, 
>the module php4 will show you all the usual files available in the 
>distribution (such as zend, or ext..). And those are the latest source 
>code available.
>
>bonsai.php.net : PHP CVS Query Form (Bonsai)
>This web site is directly linked to the one before : it allows easy search 
>within the sources, so you may keep track of who has done update to files. 
>This is most handy when you are working in a team on some specific section 
>of the code. You may also keep an eye of evolution of implementation, and 
>know the activity level of every extension.
>
>conf.php.net : PHP Conference Material Site
>This is where PHP speaker from all Open Source conférences and PHP 
>Kongress keep their slides. It covers all sorts of topic, from the famous 
>'Rasmus' introduction to PHP to the latest 'PHP system administration', 
>through PEAR and advanced topics. All those slides are available with the 
>PHP slide application.
>
>gtk.php.net : PHP-GTK Home
>This web site is the home of PHP GTK : this is where PHP can be used to 
>build graphic interface, with slick interface and highly interactive 
>content. You'll find there downloads and docs, and the latest news from 
>Andrei Zmeivski's project.
>
>hosts.php.net : PHP Hosting Companies
>If you are looking for a decent hosting company which will provide 
>outstanding PHP support, this is your destination. There are currently 
>about 300 hosting companies, from over 50 countries. You can register your 
>(favorite) company there. Community leave a note about good and bad hosts.
>
>lxr.php.net : PHP4 Cross Reference
>Cross reference for source code, based on "Linux Cross reference". This is 
>the ultimate tool for exploring PHP code. Browse inside the latest PHP 
>code, and anytime important macro and or function are detected within the 
>code, they are linked to their definition, and all their usage location. 
>This will help you build your code, and understand PHP source.
>
>news.php.net : PHP Mailing Lists / Newsgroups Web Interface
>news.php.net is the web interface to the php.* news group. If you're not 
>connected to PHP high volume mailing-lists, but you still want to keep in 
>touch regularly, this is your place. Pear, PHP dev, PHP advocacy, PHP zend 
>: all the place with the hotest subject about PHP. An infinite pile of 
>fresh news and trends of PHP.
>
>pear.php.net  The PHP Extension and Application Repository
>PEAR is the next revolution in PHP, lead by Stig S. Bakken. This librairy 
>is bringing higher level programming to PHP. PEAR is a framework and 
>distribution system for reusable PHP components. It eases installation by 
>bringing an automated wizard, and pack the strengthes and experiences of 
>PHP users into a nicely organised OOP librairy. Pear is distributed 
>through PHP main sources, and this site is the place for the documentation 
>and contribution.
>
>qa.php.net : PHP Quality Assurance Team Web Page
>Quality Assurance team is one of the most important piece of the PHP 
>project, protecting users from bugs and regressions errors. It is gathered 
>around the QA mailing list, and use this interface allow anyone to provide 
>tests and experience to the release process.
>
>smarty.php.net          Smarty Template Engine Home
>Smarty is another PHP spin off : Smarty provides your basic variable 
>substitution and dynamic block functionality, and also takes a step 
>further to be a "smart" template engine, adding features such as 
>configuration files, template functions, variable modifiers, and making 
>all of this functionality as easy as possible to use for both programmers 
>and template designers.
>
>PHP has a much larger web site than it appears on first sight. Usual users 
>will focus on PHP scripting, and won't need to get confused by all the 
>technical details and powerful tools that plunge deep into C code. And 
>anyone getting serious about contributing to PHP will find an organized 
>and efficient website, that will meet its need. Just like PHP itself.
>
>Damien Seguy.
>
>>There's also a master.php.net site. But this site is used to maintain
>>mirrors, cvs users, events and inventory. The root however redirect
>>'foreign' people back to the www.php.net site.
>>
>>So i'm not sure if this site should be mentioned at all for the public.
>Yeah, we may keep this closed. No need to drive traffic there.
>
>Anything else?
>May be we can ask the php.net domain maintainer (Colin Viebrock or Jim 
>Winstead...)
>to make sure we have all the relevant addresses.
>
>Best regards,
>Damien Seguy.
>
>
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