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Getting Started with PHP
PHP is a popular scripting language that can be embedded inside HTML to create dynamic web pages. If you are familiar with PHP, make sure to read the "PHP QuickStart Guide" box on the right-side of this page.

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PHP QuickStart Guide
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If you are already familiar with PHP, get started with these tips:
•You can review supported PHP functions below.
•If you want to use mail with PHP, complete PHP/Perl Mail Setup.
•To use MySQL with PHP, you must first set up your database.
•Use logs to help troubleshoot your scripts. Learn more.
•For more tips and assistance, visit webmaster-showcase.net or our online help center.

Supported PHP Functions
The list of functions is taken from the Function Reference section of the PHP Manual.

Y Supported     N Not Supported
N Advanced PHP debugger
N Apache-specific functions
Y Array functions
N Aspell functions [deprecated]
Y BCMath Arbitrary Precision Mathematics functions
N Bzip2 Compression functions
Y Calendar functions
N CCVS API functions
Y Character type functions
N Classkit functions
Y Class/Object functions
N ClibPDF functions
N COM support functions for Windows
N Crack functions
N Crédit Mutuel CyberMUT functions
Y CURL, Client URL Library functions
N Cybercash payment functions
N Cyrus IMAP administration functions
Y Date and Time functions
Y Database (dbm-style) abstraction layer functions
N DB++ functions
N dBase functions
N DBM functions [deprecated]
N dbx functions
N Direct IO functions
Y Directory functions
N DOM functions
Y DOM XML functions
Y Error Handling and Logging functions
Y Exif functions
N File Alteration Monitor functions
N filePro functions
Y Filesystem functions
N Firebird/InterBase functions
N Forms Data Format functions
N FriBiDi functions
N FrontBase functions
N FTP functions
Y Function Handling functions
N Gettext
N GMP functions
N GNU Readline
N GNU Recode functions
Y HTTP functions
N Hyperwave API functions
N Hyperwave functions
N IBM DB2, Cloudscape and Apache Derby functions
N ICAP functions [deprecated]
Y iconv functions
N ID3 functions
N IIS Administration functions
Y Image functions
N IMAP, POP3 and NNTP functions
N Improved MySQL Extension
N Informix functions
N Ingres II functions
N IRC Gateway functions
N KADM5
N LDAP functions
N libxml functions
N Lotus Notes functions
N LZF functions
Y Mail functions (Note: To use mail with PHP, you'll need to complete PHP/Perl Mail Setup.)
N mailparse functions
Y Mathematical functions
N MaxDB PHP Extension
N MCAL functions
Y Mcrypt Encryption functions
N MCVE Payment functions
N Memcache functions
Y Mhash functions
N Microsoft SQL Server functions
Y Mimetype functions
Y Ming functions for Flash
Y Miscellaneous functions
N mnoGoSearch functions
N Mohawk Software Session Handler functions
N mSQL functions
Y Multibyte String functions
N muscat functions
Y MySQL functions (Note: Before you can perform MySQL functions, you must set up your MySQL database.)
N Ncurses Terminal Screen Control functions
N .NET functions
N Net_Gopher
Y Network functions (fsockopen and pfsockopen are disabled)
N NSAPI-specific functions
N Object Aggregation/Composition functions
Y Object property and method call overloading
N ODBC functions (unified)
N oggvorbis
N OpenAL Audio Bindings
Y OpenSSL functions
N Oracle functions
N Oracle 8 functions
Y Output Control functions
N Ovrimos SQL functions
N Paradox File Access
N Parsekit functions
N PDF functions
N PDO functions
N PHP bytecode compiler
N PHP/Java integration
Y PHP options & information
N POSIX functions
N PostgreSQL functions
N PostScript document creation
N Printer functions
N Process Control functions
N Program Execution functions
Y Pspell functions
N qtdom functions
N Radius
N Rar functions
Y Regular Expression functions (Perl-compatible)
Y Regular Expression functions (POSIX Extended)
N runkit functions
N Secure Shell2 functions
N Semaphore and Shared Memory functions
N SESAM database functions
Y Session handling functions
N Shared Memory functions
N Shockwave Flash functions
N SimpleXML functions
N SNMP functions
N SOAP functions
N Socket functions
N SQLite functions
N Standard PHP Library (SPL) functions
Y Stream functions
Y String functions
N Sybase functions
N TCP Wrappers functions
N Tidy functions
Y Tokenizer functions
Y URL functions
Y Variable handling functions
N Verisign Payflow Pro functions
N vpopmail functions
N W32api functions
Y WDDX functions
N xattr functions
N xdiff functions
Y XML parser functions
Y XML-RPC functions
N XSL functions
Y XSLT functions
N YAZ functions
N YP/NIS functions
Y Zip File functions (read-only access)
Y Zlib Compression functions

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