This site is dedicated to supporting PHP on Microsoft Windows. It also supports ports of PHP extensions or features as well as providing special builds for the various Windows architectures. If you like to build your own PHP binaries, instructions can be found on the Wiki.
The PHP manual is available in a selection of languages and formats. Pick a language and format from the table below to start downloading.
Notes to read before you download
- The English version should be considered the most accurate, since translations are based on that version. Most of the translations are not complete, and contain English parts.
- If you are looking for PHP 4 documentation, please read this explanation.
If you are using Windows XP SP2 or later and you are going to download the documentation in CHM format, you need to 'unblock' the file after downloading it by right-clicking on it in Windows Explorer and selecting the 'Properties' menu item, then clicking on the 'Unblock' button (on Windows Vista this is within the 'Security' options). Failure to unblock the documentation file may result in error messages including 'Navigation to the webpage was canceled' due to Windows security restrictions.
| Single HTML file | Many HTML files | HTML Help file | HTML Help file (with user notes) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | html.gz Size: 6374Kb Date: 11 Dec 2019 | tar.gz Size: 12559Kb Date: 11 Dec 2019 | chm Size: 16542Kb Date: 23 Aug 2019 | chm Size: 32085Kb Date: 23 Aug 2019 |
| Brazilian Portuguese | html.gz | tar.gz | chm | chm |
| Chinese (Simplified) | html.gz | tar.gz | chm | chm |
| French | html.gz | tar.gz | chm | chm |
| German | html.gz | tar.gz | chm | chm |
| Japanese | html.gz | tar.gz | chm | chm |
| Romanian | html.gz | tar.gz | chm | chm |
| Russian | html.gz | tar.gz | chm | chm |
| Spanish | html.gz | tar.gz | chm | chm |
| Turkish | html.gz | tar.gz | chm | chm |
You can read the documentation online in various languages. The Documentation HOWTO, and archive manuals are also available from our documentation page.
The manual is also available via *nix style man pages. To install and use:
Download Php Manual Pdf
Download Php Manual Offline Windows 10
- Install:
pear install doc.php.net/pman - Upgrade:
pear upgrade doc.php.net/pman - Example usage:
pman strlen