XAMPP

" XAMPP is an easy [way] to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start."

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

PHP - Converting IP to Country

"Is there any function/pre-made scripts in php which can tell me the name of country based on IP?

For example: If I supply an IP 132.162.138.139 then the script would echo "India""


http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread77998.html

The right way to read files with PHP

"Learn how to use the different file functions of PHP. Review basic file functions, such as fopen, fclose, and feof; learn reading functions, such as fgets, fgetss, and fscanf. And discover functions that process entire files in one or two lines of code."

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-php-readfiles/

PHP Tips

"There is more than one way to achieve the same result when programming in PHP. There are many shortcuts I wish someone had explained to me when I began learning the language."

http://www.evolt.org/these-things-i-know-php-tips

Practical PHP Programming

http://hudzilla.org/phpwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

PHP Documentation HOWTO

http://doc.php.net/php/dochowto/index.php

Batch processing in PHP

"What do you do when you have a feature in your Web application that takes longer than a second or two to finish? You need some type of offline processing solution. Check out several methods for offline servicing of long-running jobs in your PHP application."

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-php-batch/

The right way to read files with PHP

"Learn how to use the different file functions of PHP. Review basic file functions, such as fopen, fclose, and feof; learn reading functions, such as fgets, fgetss, and fscanf. And discover functions that process entire files in one or two lines of code."

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-php-readfiles/index.html

Sphider

"Sphider is a popular open-source web spider and search engine. It includes an automated crawler, which can follow links found on a site, and an indexer which builds an index of all the search terms found in the pages. It is written in PHP and uses MySQL as its back end database (requires version 4 or above for both)."

http://www.sphider.eu/index.php

Building a Simple Search Engine with PHP

"A little while ago, I was working on an intranet site for a mid-sized company. As the site grew in both size and popularity, the assigner requested me to extend the site with a search feature. Since one of the rules of the intranet was that all logic code should be written in-house, using an existing open source engine was not an option

Within a day, the engine was quite complete, and the result actually turned out better than expected. With PHP, MySQL, and a few techniques, these small projects are very easy. This article presents a cut-down version of the search engine. I hope this will encourage you to develop an engine that suits your particular needs, with the exact features you desire."

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2002/10/24/simplesearchengine.html

Taskfreak

TaskFreak! is a simple but efficient web based task manager written in PHP.