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Tips & Tricks
In this article we’re going to look at a few things that might not be something you intuitively think of when approaching certain problems, or you might …
XML Transformer
After some very unsatisfactory experiences with XSLT, the author of this article set out to create similar functionality in a sane programming language.As the author sees PHP …
GTK and PHP – the Early Years
The idea simmered on the backboiler for a year or so as PHP matured into PHP 4, but it never quite went away, and many of the …
Now Playing RSS 2.0 (Starring PHP 5)
IntroductionDuring the course of this article, I’ll use the phrases ‘RSS document’ and ‘RSS feed’ interchangeably. They’re really the same thing, since a feed is simply an …
Five Tips for MySQL Optimization
Tip #1 – Your Storage Engine is Your FriendI used to almost use InnoDB exclusively prior to working for MySQL. I benefited from transactions and ACID compliance, …
Now Playing RSS - Part II (co-starring SVN)
SubversionSubversion (called “SVN”) is a version control system that seeks to be the replacement for Concurrent Versioning System (CVS). If you’re a CVS user, there are many …
JSON, AJAX, and PHP in One Application
IntroductionThe Web has been evolving since its inception. However, it is now evolving at an extremely rapid pace. This is due not only to the increased adoption …
Fantastic Documentation
Introducing phpDocumentorphpDocumentor (www.phpdoc.org) is a tool based on Sun Microsystems’s Java-Doc tool for documenting the Java language. Like JavaDoc, phpDocumentor parses a source file, reads special comments …
XML Data Management
XML – Information Interchange Backbone for ApplicationsToday, when XML is used as a platform-independent data exchange format, it can assist in solving a number of problems.XML is …
Introduction to MySQL Cluster Disk Data
IntroductionMySQL Cluster has seen a very positive response and fairly rapid uptake (especially in the telecom sector) since it was first made available in MySQL 4.1. It …
Scripting in a Box
Why Scripting in a Box?To install WAMP stack (LAMP on Windows, that is), in the early days, you had to download each component individually (remember 2 kbit/sec?), …
The Ajax Landscape
IntroductionAjax, or Asynchronous JavaScript XML, communication offers a lightweight approach to integrating applications in portals,traditional clients with an HTML browser and mobile devices. The principle of Ajax …
Open Desktop Strategy
IntroductionNothing can beat what is free! The Linux open source operating system (OS) sports far more features as compared to Windows. So the growth of Linux in …
PEAR-Error
This article is divided into two parts: in the first we will take a look about at the methods a class offers for error handling, and in …
The Need to Teach PHP
IntroductionPHP is no different from other programming languages in that there is self-taught education and there is professionally taught education. But with PHP and other open source …
Working with PHP and SAP
IntroductionAccording to Wikipedia, “SAP is the third-largest software company in the world. It ranks after Microsoft and Oracle in terms of market capitalization. SAP is the largest …
Beginner’s Guide to PHP
IntroductionIn the previous issue we examined why PHP should be taught professionally as opposed to simply learned from Internet sites (needs-based learning, that is). The contention was …
Streams API
What are Streams?At the simplest level, you can think of a stream as a file pointer returned from fopen() (the ANSI C fopen()). You can read data …
PHP OO Candy Store - Part I
IntroductionIn this first of two articles we will show some of the cutting edge technologies introduced in PHP 5. The practical examples will show you how they …
Don’t Do it Yourself
Why Automate a Build Process for PHP?As opposed to executable Windows binaries, for example, PHP programs do not only consist of a single file containing the program …