I want enums in PHP
I'm currently working about equally in PHP and Java. I can't say I've fallen in love with Java. But Java does have a feature or two that would be... more »
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PHP Has No Culture of Testing
Charles Nutter, a Sun engineer who has worked on the JRuby project, commented on PHP in a panel discussion at Sun's CommunityOne conference. I will... more »
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Which is the most popular version of PHP today
Which is the most popular version of PHP today and will release of PHP 6 increase the adoption of PHP 5.
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A PHP Guy’s Look At Python
Against all odds, I found myself with a little spare time this week. Rather than do something sensible like clean the garage or get some exercise, I... more »
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Animated content navigation effect using jquery
This tutorial explains how to add various animated effect to content navigation using jquery.
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5 reasons why the Drupal CMS is not ready for the enterprise
Many Open Source content management systems written in PHP want to be recongnized by the business industry as being "enterprise" ready. This is not... more »
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The future of PHP
PHP's next edition, V6, includes new features and syntax improvements that will make it easier to use from an object-oriented standpoint. Other... more »
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PHP or .NET? Help me to choose!
We've all encountered it before, and we've all asked this question in one way or another. I see it appearing in Yahoo Answers every now and then, and... more »
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Fulltext search as a webservice
While working at some really old code that provided a fulltext search feature, I was at one point rather unsatisfied due to the fact that said code... more »
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Public constructors considered harmful
Everybody who writes object-oriented code knows about constructors. You need them so the program knows how to instantiate objects, right? And you... more »
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Sun looks beyond MARS for NetBeans scripting
PHP is the latest language getting the NetBeans treatment, with a PHP version of Sun Microsystems' open-source environment hitting early access... more »
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A Guide to Cryptography in PHP
This comprehensive guide discusses where to get, how to install, and how to use the various cryptography packages available to enhance the security of... more »
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First look at CakePHP
Finally, I found some time to take CakePHP for a spin. I've heard some really good things about it, and I've been trying to get some time to try it... more »
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Building Web 2.0 Tag Clouds in PHP
Every major website seems to have a tag cloud. Users love tag clouds; they help navigate masses of content quickly and easily. When used... more »
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PHP 5.2.6 released
Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.6: * Over 120 bug fixes. * Fixed possible stack buffer overflow in the FastCGI SAPI identified... more »
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Powerful Web Services with PHP and SOAP
You've tried your hand at building mashups, experimented with a few RESTful Web services, maybe even started your own. Sure, you've got data sharing... more »
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Is PHP a good first language?
Sometimes I’ve seen people say PHP is a bad first language, because it teaches bad programming habits. But is this actually true at all? Often those... more »
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Open-source Web applications, PHP vs. Java (Part 2 of 2)
The first part of this article reviewed some relevant open-source Web applications in both the PHP and Java worlds. The conclusion was that there are... more »
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PHP Weekly Reader - April 27th 2008
Everybody is expecting lots of traffic. Thats the trend of last weeks posts anyway, there were at least 7 articles on the subject. It is one of my... more »
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My First Grails App Is Live
My first grails application went live today. (Sorry I can't show it to you), but I thought I'd take the time to compare this experience with my other... more »
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5 PHP 5 features you can't afford to ignore
There are dozens of reasons to switch to PHP 5—not least the fact that, if you're still stuck on PHP 4, the PHP team is about to pull the rug from... more »
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How to Plan Software like a Pro
Potential clients come to us every day concerned about planning their software and how to get their vision across.
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Handy online regex tool for PHP, Perl, JS and Python
A coworker of mine has been working on a ajax enabled regex tool which lets you evaluate regex expressions in several languages (including PHP PCRE... more »
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Populate PDF templates with PHP / FPDF / FPDI
Ever wanted to generated PDF documents on the fly with PHP? Perhaps populate a standard contract with a customers name and address? FPDF and FDPI are... more »
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Resin on Terracotta, anyone?
I have had several requests for Resin support in Terracotta. Well, Emil Ong (chief evangelist over at Caucho) has done it! Great work Emil. ... more »
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