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Contributing to PHP
Contributing to PHP
Anybody who programs in PHP can be
contributing member of the community that develops and deploys it; the task of deploying PHP
Four Best Ways to Contribute
documentation and associated websites is a never ending one. With every release
or release candidate comes a wave of work; which takes
Development of the PHP source
lot of organization and co-ordination
Useful links for developers
With the introduction of release managers comes
smoother release process, but help is still needed: testing release candidates
and
squashing bugs in tests, documentation; and sources
Four Best Ways to Contribute
1. Running test suites in RC and release distributions of PHP
2. Help finding and diagnosing failed tests, see the phpt documentation
3. Filing and resolving bug reports at
php net
Help maintain and or translate documentation files at the doc-* repositories on github: Check out our guide for contributors
Development of the PHP source
Someone hoping to become involved in the maintenance and development of the source should be experienced in all ofthe areas mentioned
above, as this creates a strong team; everyone knows how every other part of the project works.
You will also need experience in € programming as PHP is written entirely in €
Useful links for developers
Ixr
an online interface to the PHP source, providing search facilities useful for programmers and researchers
The_ RFC_process
the process by which developers can suggest and discuss new ideas with the community
Developer Setup Help
some helpful information regarding setting up
development environment for PHP
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list of general and internal mailing lists used by PHP
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