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Welcome to your resource center for designing and developing web applications using the PHP programming language


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Startup Camp

Orientation: Beyond LAMP: SAMP… LGPJ… LAMJ…   Learn more

Tutorial: Writing Your First PHP Web Application on the OpenSolaris OS with NetBeans and the Sun Web Stack   Learn more

Tutorial: Running PHP With Quercus in Sun Java System Web Server.   Learn more

Identity: Switch on SAML for PHP With Project Lightbulb.   Learn more

Introduction to the NetBeans 6.5 IDE   Learn more

PHP Features in NetBeans IDE   Learn more

PHP Learning Trail   Learn more

PHP User Forum on NetBeans   Learn more


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Here's what you need to know to download and install tools, and develop and deploy web applications:

  1. Download Sun Java System Web Server and the PHP Add-On An already-compiled PHP binary for use with Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 and newer is available on the Web Server download page. More on Web Tier.
  2. Install and Use PHP with Web Server Here's an installation demo, and administration server information on how to save password information. Learn how to use PHP on the Sun Java System Web Server. You may also want to download the Web Server Administrator's Guide. And here's the complete set of documentation.
  3. Install Sun Web Stack on OpenSolaris OS. Sun Web Stack contains tools (Apache, MySQL, PHP, NetBeans IDE, and others) for developing and deploying applications. This article describes how to install and initialize the stack.

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Building a Flickr Slideshow with PHP

Building a Flickr Slideshow with PHP

It's quick and easy to build a Flickr slideshow with PHP in the NetBeans IDE. View the screencast


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Important Blogs
Phil Sturgeon ' s Blog: Send iPhone notifications from CodeIgniter

Mon, Nov 23, 2009

Phil Sturgeon has posted a fun little script CodeIgniter users can use ......

PHPClasses.org Blog: Distributing PHP processing with Gearman

Mon, Nov 23, 2009

On the PHPClasses blog there ' s a new post looking at using the Gearman ......

TechChorus Blog: Zend Framework 1.8 Web Application Development - Book Review

Mon, Nov 23, 2009

On his TechChorus blog Sudheer has posted his own review of the Packt ......


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International PHP Conference 2009

Tue, Nov 10, 2009

It was one year ago, when I attended IPC conference for the first time in my li ......

Symfony Support Screencast

Tue, Nov 03, 2009

We ' ve created a screencast that demonstrates the built-in support for the Sym ......

SQL code completion improved

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

Today, I would like to show you some improvements done in SQL code completion a ......

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