Index: phpdoc/en/faq/mailinglist.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/faq/mailinglist.xml:1.5 phpdoc/en/faq/mailinglist.xml:1.6 --- phpdoc/en/faq/mailinglist.xml:1.5 Fri Sep 21 18:47:31 2001 +++ phpdoc/en/faq/mailinglist.xml Sun Oct 14 05:50:17 2001 @@ -1,59 +1,91 @@ - + Mailing lists Mailing lists - This section holds questions how to get in touch with - PHP community : the best way is the mailing lists. + This section holds questions abuot how to get in touch with + the PHP community. The best way is the mailing lists. - Is there a PHP mailing list? + Are there any PHP mailing list? - Of course! To subscribe, send mail to - &faqmail.ml.general.subscribe;. - You don't need to include anything special in the subject or body of the message. + Of course! There are many mailing lists for several subjects. + A whole list of mailing lists can be found on our + Support page. + The most general mailing list is php-general. + To subscribe, send mail to + &faqmail.ml.general.subscribe;. + You don't need to include anything special in the subject or body of the message. To unsubscribe, send mail to &faqmail.ml.general.unsubscribe; php-general-unsubscribe <email protected>. + + You can also subscribe and unsubscribe usging the web + interface on our Support + page. + + + + + + + Are there any other communities? + + + + There are countless of them around the world. We + have links for example to some IRC servers and + foreign mailing lists on our Support page. + - Help! I can't seem to subscribe to the mailing list! - Help! I can't seem to unsubscribe from the mailing list! + + Help! I can't seem to subscribe/unsubscribe + to/from one of the mailing lists! + If you have problems subscribing to or unsubscribing from the - PHP mailng list, it may be because the mailing list software + php-general mailing list, it may be because the mailing list software can't figure out the correct mailing address to use. If your email address was joeblow <email protected>, you can send your subscription request to php-general-subscribe-joeblow=example.com <email protected>, or your unsubscription request to php-general-unsubscribe-joeblow=example.com <email protected>. + Use similar addresses for the other mailing lists. - Is there an archive of the mailing list anywhere? + Is there an archive of the mailing lists anywhere? Yes, you will find a list of archive sites on the Support page. + The mailing list articles are also archived as news + messages. You can access the news server at &faqurl.php.news; + with a news client. There is also an experimental web + interface for the news server at &faqurl.php.newsweb; @@ -64,11 +96,11 @@ - Since PHP is growing more and more popular by the day the traffic - has increased on the PHP mailing list and as of now the list gets - about 150 to 200 posts a day. Because of this it is in everyones - interest that you use the list as a last resort when you have - looked everywhere else. + Since PHP is growing more and more popular by the day the traffic + has increased on the php-general mailing list and as of now the + list gets about 150 to 200 posts a day. Because of this it is + in everyones interest that you use the list as a last resort + when you have looked everywhere else. Before you post to the list please have a look in this FAQ and the Index: phpdoc/en/faq/obtaining.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/faq/obtaining.xml:1.8 phpdoc/en/faq/obtaining.xml:1.9 --- phpdoc/en/faq/obtaining.xml:1.8 Fri Sep 21 18:47:31 2001 +++ phpdoc/en/faq/obtaining.xml Sun Oct 14 05:50:17 2001 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + Obtaining PHP Obtaining PHP @@ -32,10 +32,13 @@ - Yes, although they are not always up to date. The Windows binary is - generally current, but the Unix binaries lag behind and are only available - for certain platforms. All download are available in the - Downloads section. + We only distribute precompiled binaries for Windows systems, + as we are not able to compile PHP for every major Linux/Unix + platform with every extension combination. Also note, that + many Linux distributions come with PHP built in these days. + Windows binaries can be downloaded from our Downloads page, for Linux + binaries, please visit your distributions website. @@ -43,8 +46,8 @@ - Where can I get libraries needed to compile some of the optional - PHP extensions? + Where can I get libraries needed to compile some of + the optional PHP extensions? @@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ Those marked with * are not thread-safe libraries, and should not be used with PHP as a server module in the multi-threaded - Windows web servers (IIS, Netscape). This does not matter in Unix + Windows web servers (IIS, Netscape). This does not matter in Unix environments, yet. @@ -197,17 +200,16 @@ I got the latest version of the PHP source code from the CVS - repository on my Windows 95/NT machine, what do I need to compile it? + repository on my Windows machine, what do I need to compile it? First, you will need Microsoft Visual C++ v6 (v5 may do - it also, but we do it with v6), and you will need to - download the support files. - You will need to unzip this file (which - has subdirectories, so make sure your unzip program keeps them) - into the win32 subdirectory of the source distribution. + it also, but we do it with v6), and you will need some + support files. See the manual section about + building PHP from + source on Windows.