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Getting Started with Drizzle and PHP

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:27:11 -0700

Drizzle is a new, lightweight fork of MySQL specifically designed for cloud applications. Although Drizzle is still under development, it's attracting a lot of attention from developers around the world. This article introduces you to Drizzle and shows you how to use the Drizzle PHP extension to perform queries, retrieve result sets and handle errors in your Drizzle+PHP application.

Sam Hennessy's Blog: A Dependency Injection for PHP Manifesto '" Part 2 (Why I Want It)

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:11:27 -0700

In this new post to his blog today Sam Hennessy continues his "dependency injection manifesto" series and shares why he wants it. The previous parts talked about what DI is and what he wanted from it. This time he talks about why he wants it included.

Preview of Windows Azure Support in Zend Framework Released

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:12:13 -0700

Today a technology preview of upcoming interoperability between Windows Azure and Zend Framework has been announced, in the form of a PHP SDK for Windows Azure.

Zend Framework 1.8.4pl1 Now Available

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:24:21 -0700

The Zend Framework team announces the immediate availability of version 1.8.4pl1: http://framework.zend.com/download/latest This patch-level version corrects a missing patch for Zend_Loader_PluginLoader that provided some critical functionality for Zend_Amf users. If you utilize that component, you are encouraged to upgrade immediately; for all other uses, the release tarball remains the same as the 1.8.4 version, and upgrading is left to your discretion.

Internationalization in PHP 5.3

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:13:45 -0700

PHP 5.3 has recently been released and one of the new features in core is the internationalization extension. It allows you to support a multitude of languages and local formats much easier than before, without having to learn all the tiny the details of local formats and rules.

Contest: Free ZendCon Passes for User Groups!

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:41:55 -0700

Zend and S&S support local PHP user groups, and will be providing a limited number of free ZendCon passes for user groups to distribute to active members who might not have the financial wherewithal otherwise.

PHP 5.3 released

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:41:08 -0700

The long awaited release of PHP 5.3 is finally here! Bask in the glory of all the new enhancements and go download it to start using it today!

Community News: PHP Group Responds to Google's "Speed Tips" Recommendations

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:33:34 -0700

Right along with some of the other posts about the "best practices" that Google ">recently post , the PHP group has also responded to dispel some of the recommendations Google gives.

Accepting Credit Card Payments with OXID eShop CE and Authorize.Net

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:57:07 -0700

The OXID shopping cart is built on an extensible, object-oriented PHP/MySQL architecture that makes it easy to "plug in" new modules and functions. One common function involves integration with third-party payment gateways, and the OXID platform provides various developer hooks to assist in this task. This article shows you how to begin accepting credit card payments for your products by writing a custom PHP module that reads credit card information from an OXID order basket and performs payment transactions using the Authorize.Net payment gateway.

Using Apache2 ITK Multi-Processing Module on Linux

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:07:59 -0700

Those familiar with configuring Apache and PHP to run together, have been introduced to the idea of Apache’s Multi-Processing Modules ( MPM ). Basically Apache2 allows you to use different methodologies in how it manages the various connections coming in. One of the more efficient methods uses threads; however, when running PHP you’ve been restricted to using the prefork MPM module since some extensions are not written in a way that will enable work in thread safe mode.

PHP and Java: Using Java Print Service with Zend Server Community Edition

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:42:09 -0700

If one were to survey the extensions available in PHP one might come to the conclusion that we actually lived in a paperless society. However, we all know that isn’t true. So why does PHP not have good printer support? One option that explains why this might be the case is simply that printing documents is contrary to what PHP does well; handle short requests as quickly as possible. Printing is not conducive to this. But what if you still need to have printing support in your PHP application? With Zend Server, Zend’s integrated PHP application stack, the answer might be not what you were expecting. Use the PHP Java Bridge, available in both the community and commercial editions of Zend Server.

php|architect: CodeWorks '09 Summer Webcast Series

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:30:40 -0700

php|architect has kicked off another webcast series starting June 26th with ten great content-packed episodes leading up to the CodeWorks conference that are completely free to attend!

Zend Framework 1.8.4 Released

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:16:38 -0700

The Zend Framework team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the 1.8.4 release. This release is the fourth maintenance release in the 1.8 series. Over 50 issues have been resolved for this release, covering 20 different components.

The ZendCon Sessions Episode 21: PDO: PHP Data Objects

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:31:54 -0700

Presenting the latest edition of The ZendCon Sessions. The podcast that rebroadcasts sessions/talks from the last ZendCon PHP Conference. This episode of The ZendCon Sessions was recorded live at ZendCon 2008 in Santa Clara, CA and features Wez Furlong giving his talk: “ PDO : PHP Data Objects”

Another Flickr service approach with Zend

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:44:25 -0700

With most of the Flickr services available they are wrappers for the Flickr API. Therefore I thought I should make a more logical implementation, more O/R like. It's available now under the new BSD license and works like a charm ;)

Dutch PHP Conference 2009 Wrap-up

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:05:14 -0700

I think I'm the last attendee to write up my experiences at the Dutch PHP Conference 2009 (DPC) this year (Due to being swamped with ZendCon planning). But I wanted to make sure that I didn't miss the chance altogether.

PHP’s Forecast: Partly Cloudy

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:48:28 -0700

You’ve probably heard about ‘the cloud’. It’s the latest buzzword circulating in Silicon Valley and beyond. In some ways, ‘cloud’ is a fitting name- everyone sees something different when they look at it. For example, offerings as dissimilar as force.com and Amazon’s MapReduce service have worked their way in to ‘the cloud’ moniker at some point. Even the cloud’s biggest advocates can’t agree on what ‘the cloud’ is. But in teasing the facts out of all the hype, you’ll find some services that could change how you write and deploy your PHP applications forever.

Rob Allen's Blog: Some notes on Zend Server CE for Mac OS X

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:28:36 -0700

Rob Allen has a new post with some tips for those using the Zend Server Community Edition on OS X. While the Server installs a lot of the necessary software, there's still a few changes in the configuration and extra software he wanted - PHPUnit and Xdebug.

Jeroen Keppens on: Creating a modular application with Zend Framework

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:03:14 -0700

On his blog, Jeroen Keppens writes about his love of modular design philosophies, and how one can do modular based design, using Zend Framework and Zend_Tool

Benjamin Eberlei's Blog: Using a Dependency Injection Container with Zend_Application

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:09:35 -0700

New on his blog today Benjamin Eberlei has posted his own look at dependency injection containers in PHP applications, specifically with the Zend_Application component of the Zend Framework .