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2$_SERVER['BASE_PAGE'] = 'support.php';
3include_once __DIR__ . '/include/prepend.inc';
4
5$SIDEBAR_DATA = '
6<div class="panel" style="position:fixed">
7  <div class="headline">Table of Contents</div>
8  <div class="body">
9    <ul>
10      <li><a href="#documentation">Documentation</a></li>
11      <li><a href="#mailing-lists">Mailing Lists</a></li>
12      <li><a href="#newsgroups">Newsgroups</a></li>
13      <li><a href="#user-groups">User Groups</a></li>
14      <li><a href="#events-training">Events &amp; Training</a></li>
15      <li><a href="#irc">IRC</a></li>
16      <!-- Purposefully no link to the webmasters -->
17    </ul>
18  </div>
19</div>
20';
21
22site_header(
23    'Getting Help',
24    [
25        'current' => 'help',
26    ],
27);
28?>
29
30<h2 id="documentation">Documentation</h2>
31
32<p>
33 A good place to start is by skimming through the ever-growing list of <a
34 href="/FAQ.php">frequently asked questions (with answers, of course)</a>. Then
35 have a look at the rest of the online manual and other resources in the <a
36 href="/docs.php">documentation</a> section.
37</p>
38
39<h2 id="mailing-lists">Mailing Lists</h2>
40
41<p>
42 There are a number of mailing lists devoted to talking about PHP and related
43 projects. <a href="mailing-lists.php">This list</a> describes them all, has
44 links to searchable archives for all of the lists, and explains how to
45 subscribe to the lists.
46</p>
47
48<h2 id="newsgroups">Newsgroups</h2>
49
50<p>
51 The PHP language newsgroup is comp.lang.php, available on any
52 news server around the globe. In addition to this many of our mailing
53 lists are also reflected onto the news server at
54 <a href="news://news.php.net">news://news.php.net/</a>. The
55 server also has a read only web interface at
56 <a href="https://news-web.php.net/">https://news-web.php.net/</a>.
57</p>
58
59<p>
60 Mailing list messages are transfered to newsgroup posts and
61 newsgroup posts are sent to the mailing lists. Please note
62 that these newsgroups are only available on this server.
63</p>
64
65<h2 id="user-groups">User Groups</h2>
66
67<p>
68 Chances are that there is a User Group in your neighborhood, which are generally
69 a great resource both for beginners and experienced PHP users.
70 Check out the User Group listing on <a href="http://php.ug/">PHP.ug</a> to see if there
71 is one close by.
72</p>
73
74<h2 id="events-training">Events &amp; Training</h2>
75
76<p>
77 A list of upcoming events (such as user group meetings and PHP training
78 sessions) is included in the right-hand column of the front page, and
79 on the <a href="/cal.php">event calendar page</a>. If you want to list
80 an upcoming event, just fill out the form <a
81 href="/submit-event.php">on this page</a>.
82</p>
83
84<h2 id="irc">Internet Relay Chat</h2>
85
86<p>
87 Otherwise known as IRC. Here you can usually find experienced PHP people
88 sitting around doing nothing on various channels with php in their names.
89 Note that there is no official IRC channel. Check
90 <a href="https://libera.chat/">Libera.Chat</a> or any other major network
91 (<a href="http://www.efnet.org/">EFNet</a>,
92 <a href="http://www.quakenet.org">QuakeNet</a>,
93 <a href="http://www.ircnet.com/">IRCNet</a>,
94 <a href="http://www.dal.net/">DALNet</a> and
95 <a href="http://oftc.net">OFTC</a>).
96</p>
97
98<h2 id="webmasters">PHP.net webmasters</h2>
99
100<p>
101 If you have a problem or suggestion <em>in connection with the PHP.net
102 website or mirror sites</em>, <a href="/contact.php">please
103 contact the webmasters</a>. If you have problems setting up PHP
104 or using some functionality, please ask your question on a support
105 channel detailed above, the webmasters will not answer any such
106 questions.
107</p>
108
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