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PHP is a general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development. The online manual is an excellent resource for the language syntax and has an extensive list of the built-in and extension functions. Most extensions can be found in PECL.

PHP is an open-source general-purpose scripting language that is suited and popular for server-side Web Development. There is an excellent online manual and a wiki. The online manual is a complete reference for syntax, built in functions, and extensions. There are lots of extensions for PHP that most of them can be find in PECL.

If you want to post a question in PHP, check the error log or if errors are enabled, enter them from output of your script if any.

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Which PHP (opcode) cache one should use and why?

I keep hearing about some PHP (opcode) caches like - APC, XCache, Memcache, eAccelerator, etc. But I couldn't ever figure out how to go about choosing one. Apart from performance benefit, which a caching system is supposed to deliver, which other…
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Setup ubuntu server to send mail()

I tried searching a lot but unable to find how to actually setup a ubuntu server, so that I can send mails through php using mail() function in php. I have apache2, mysql and php5 installed on my server. Thank You.
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Got Hacked. Want to understand how

Someone has, for the second time, appended a chunk of javascript to a site I help run. This javascript hijacks Google adsense, inserting their own account number, and sticking ads all over. The code is always appended, always in one specific…
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What's a secure alternative to using a MySQL password on the command line?

We have a PHP command-line script to version a database. We run this script whenever a developer has added a new database patch. The script runs the patch with the MySQL command-line: system('mysql --user=xxx --password=xxx < patch.sql'); However,…
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How do I uninstall a Web Platform Installer (WPI) installation of PHP?

We've installed PHP on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box using Web Platform Installer (WPI) 3.0.x. However, I'd like to uninstall PHP (5.3 in particular, leaving 5.2 as-is). Unfortunately, an uninstall option doesn't exist in Programs and Features, and…
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How do I tell Apache which PHP to use?

I am running Apache2 on a Mac OS X (10.5). I just compiled PHP 5.2.8 and finally got pdo-mysql working (or so I think). This terminal command: php --version is showing 5.2.8 and I have the right modules installed. But, when I do a phpinfo(), Apache…
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Why Swap is used when plenty of free memory is left?

I have pretty good web (dedicated) server with good memory resources: System information Server load 2.19 (8 CPUs) Memory Used 29.53% (4,804,144 of 16,267,652) Swap Used 10.52% (220,612 of 2,097,136) As you can see, my server is…
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PHP exit status 255: what does it mean?

I recently compiled a PHP 5.2.9 binary, and I tried to execute some PHP scripts with it. I can execute some scripts without problems, but one of them halts its execution midway, exiting with no errors or warnings. The returned status code of the…
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How To Change What Version of PHP Apache2 Uses?

Ubuntu 10.04, MySQL 5.1, Apache 2.2, and PHP 5.2/5.3: I just discovered that I am using the wrong version of PHP for a CRM application. Once I figured out how to make a simple phpinfo() script to tell me what Apache2 is using, I tried changing the…
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How to solve `configure: error: Cannot find OpenSSL's `?

Im trying to recompile PHP, but ./configure fails at : configure: error: Cannot find OpenSSL's I have LibSSL 1.0.0, LibSSL 0.9.8, LibSSL-Dev, OpenSSL installed. --with-openssl=/usr/include/openssl when I try with --with-openssl tells…
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How do you Install PHP5 without installing Apache in ubuntu?

Is it possible to install PHP5 without installing apache, in Ubuntu? If so, how?
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500 error on fresh install of IIS and PHP

When attempting to run a PHP file on Windows server 2012 and IIS, I keep getting a 500 error. I cannot find any detailed logs or anything. However, when going to PHP Manager for IIS and click check config, I get the following error: Detailed Error…
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What is the name and location of the Nginx config file (htaccess equivalent)?

There are many tutorials on how to write Nginx rewrite rules to mimic Apache's .htaccess file but I can't confidently say I know what the name or location of this so-called Nginx config file actually is. I'm specifically looking for the Nginx config…
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PHP: What are the advantages of FastCGI over mod_php?

It was recently suggested to me that I use FastCGI with PHP. Now I went to the FastCGI page and read it but I don't really understand what the advantages are.
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RSA certificate configured for SERVER does NOT include an ID which matches the server name

I recently started a LAMP server (all the latest versions) w/ WordPress on it, and I'm trying to install a SSL certificate that I recently purchased. When I restart apachectl, error_log gives me this: [Tue Feb 25 01:07:14.744222 2014]…
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