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So now, I am continuing work on the E-commerce portals. I believe PHP is a great language for web development for its built-in integration with MySQL and Apache and large number of inbuilt functions. Further, a lot more functionalities can be achieved using Apache Directives and PEAR.

Moreover, since PHP comes from open source stable, a lot of tools and resources are available on Internet.

In E-commerce portals, you face a lot of situations where you need to implement varying features, like password protection of directories, Search Engine optimizations (SEO), Integration with eBay etc.

There are large number of online resources for all such PHP-related queries.

Though, I feel the official PHP Documentation/Manual is the best guide, the other resources are helpful in other cases. Some of the helpful links are listed as follows:

1. http://pear.php.net
2. http://phpclasses.org

And of course, there are mailing lists mentioned at http://www.php.net/mailing-lists.php

Since, Web development is not just about PHP, you might need help for Apache and MySQL as well. For Apache, the Official Documentation bundled with the installation source is the best guide. If you did not install the documentation while installing Apache, you can also access the documentation online at http://httpd.apache.org

For MySQL, you can access the Developer Zone at http://dev.mysql.com/ and there you find links to the official documentation, forums, mailing lists, and user groups at your rescue :)