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Installation
How to install PHP on Apache?
How do I install Apache, MySQL, PHP on Linux?
How did you install PHP with --mcrypt and --mhash?
I am trying to install GD + Truetype with PHP4, but all I get is libgd was not built with TrueType font support
How do I stop spammers using header injection with my PHP Scripts? (Webmasters)
When using GD/PHP to create thumbnails using imagecopyresized the thumbnail quality is not very good.
Can I compile php with mysql without having mysql sources?
How do I install PHP as a CGI?
What version should I install?
I have errors trying to install libxml so I can use --with-dom for PHP (checking for DOM in default path... not found)?
How can I get PWS (Microsoft Personal Webserver) to work?
How do I install Sablotron with PHP?
Is there a Windows version of MySQL?
I'm trying to compile PHP 4.1.1 on a SunOS 5.8 box as a DSO module with mcrypt 2.4.18 (i.e. libmcrypt.so.4.2.8), I get loads of errors.
Is there an archive that installs mysql,php4,apache and perl on a windows system?
What do I have to do to convert PHP3 pages to PHP4 pages? Are there any compatibility problems?
Installing MySQL Perl Modules DBI
How do I install Curl?
How do I install Sablotron to work with PHP on Windows?
How do I install the PostGRESQL client librarys so PHP can talk to remote PGSQL servers?
Use ereg_replace to replace only the first occurence of a string instead of all?
make install gives an error saying i need LoadModule line in httpd.conf but its already there
error: conflicting types for `XML_FEATURE_UNICODE'
How do I stop spammers using header injection with my PHP Scripts? (Server Admin)
Installing ioncobe with php5.2.3 gives the error Failed loading ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so: ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so: undefined symbol: zend_hash_destroy
I am trying to install ioncube on debian but it wont work
I have a debian based server and want to have a basic lamp install, what is the easiest method?

PHP & MySQL
How do I store binary data in mysql?
What is the difference between mysql_connect() and mysql_pconnect()?
When I try to connect to mysql from php I get this error: "Call to unsupported or undefined function mysql_connect();"
How do I limit the number of rows I get out of my database?
How can I set the time zone for MySQL to UK time?

Code
How do I get a user's IP address?
How do I generate a random number from php?
How do I insert javascript in php code?
How can I send variables from a PHP script to another URL using POST without using forms and hidden variables?
How can I create thumbnails using PHP?
Can I create PDF files from php?
How can I use PGP with PHP?
I keep getting "headers already sent" whilst trying to use sessions
Is it possible to send HTML mail with php?
How do I user authentication in php?
How do i upload files from php to my ISP / server?
How do I format a number correctly?
How do I set the browser timeout?
How can I create random passwords?
Is there a way to encrypt text from php?
How can I limit search results so that there is a "Next 10" and "Previous 10"?
How do I find out weather a number is odd or even?
How can I protect pages using MySQL and PHP?
What's the difference between the connect and pconnect database functions?
How to access a COM object from within my PHP page?
How do I check whether a string contains HTML?
How to output a number with leading zero's?
How to count number of parameters given in URL by POST?
Is it possible to spell check texts from php?
Does anyone know some URLS for good tutorials on PHP?
How can I do error handling in php?
How do I get the total size of a certain directory?
How can I get the DNS servers of a domain name?
How do I make links on mail and www links on my pages?
How do I work with dates in php?
Is it possible to connect to a ftp server with php?
Using Curl can I access the OpenSRS admin control panel (tucows)
Is it possible to validate an e-mail in php?
I keep getting "Data Missing" when I click the "back" button in my browser. How can I stop this?
How can I mail the content of a form?
I have an array of values and want to show them all reccursivly how?
Use ereg_replace to replace only the first occurence of a string instead of all?
How do I find out if an array has values posted to each of its elements? I need to know that EVERY element has been filled out.
How do you colour code the source in the answers on alt-php-faq.org?
I have upgraded to PHP-4.0.5, since doing that some of my scripts are just showing the source code?

General
How do I run a php script from the command line?
What does PHP stand for?
How can I set the include path and other settings that are fixed in php.ini without having access to php.ini?
Can I connect to a Microsoft Access database without a DSN?
Whats the difference between include() and require()?
Can I get the screen resolution and like with php?
How can I convert a Access database to a MySQL database?
How do I get the visitors browser information?
I am totally new to PHP / MySQL / Programming in General. Where is a good place to start learning?
What is PEAR?
Are there any good PHP development environments / editors for Windows?
How do I send mails with PHP?
Can I use php with cron on unix systems?
Can php and flash work together?
How can I develop my own PHP extension ?
How do I find out how a user came to my page?
Are there any good PHP development environments / editors for Linux?
Using Apache can I get php to parse files not ending in .php?
How do I get started to use php?
Why doesn't rand give random numbers?
How can I send large amounts of emails with php?
Have you read this article, "Student Suspended Over Suspected Use of PHP"?
Why do I get "Warning: open(/tmp\sess_03416739e8d8712a1489aa6bb6bdf19d, O_RDWR)" failed ?
Why do i get the error "Cannot add header information" ?
Where can I get a php mode for emacs?
What does it mean when there is a & infront of a variable?
How do I turn newlines / returns into html breaks (<br>)?
I get an error 'PDF_set_info' must not be called in 'object' scope in script.php on line xxx
Where can I get a copy of PHP?
How do I find out what mode to use when creating dirs with mkdir
I am using PHP with SQL - can I ask a question in alt.php?
Who do I contact to add to this faq?
How can I redirect all http (non-secure port 80) requests to https (Secure port 443)
Since moving hosts my file permissions are wrong, how can I fix this?

Windows
Does PHP run on windows XP?
Is there an archive that installs mysql,php4,apache and perl on a windows system?
Where can I find Win32 Binaries for PHP?

SQL
I have lost my MySQL root password, how can I get in?
Is it possible to move my mysql database to another server?
How can I manage a MySQL database from windows?
Where can I find a database of country codes?
Is there a library of SQL functions that I can just include?
I am trying to create a database and keep getting an error :- (Errcode: 28)

Hosting Questions
Where can I host hardcore adult porn sites?
Where can I get PHP Hosting?
How can I finance my new website project?

Credit Card Processing
How can I accept credit card payments from my website?

Making Money

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