The most important pre-built function in PHP is the one that tells you if your PHP server is running or not.
<?php phpinfo();
//show server's config ?>
The most useful pre-built function is the mail(); function which allows you to send an e-mail from your PHP server. Many programmers use this function for contact forms like the one here.
<?php mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
//send mail ?>
The next function listed is here purely because it is the one that inspired this page.
<?php highlight_string();
// highlight php code automatically ?>
For more pages with PHP, view the quotes database.