Latest posts on the PHP Classes blog http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/ 2009-11-26T08:01:15Z http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/ http://files.phpclasses.org/graphics/elephpant_logo.gif http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~3/POWv4Gb-IB0/108-Distributing-PHP-processing-with-Gearman.html <div style="clear: both"> <div style="margin-top: 1ex"><a href="http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/108-Distributing-PHP-processing-with-Gearman.html">Distributing PHP processing with Gearman</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">By Cesar D. Rodas</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">Gearman is a tool for distributing processing jobs over one or more machines.<br /> <br /> This article explains how to use Gearman in PHP applications to handle better the load of busy sites or applications that need to execute heavy jobs.</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YhxxQiHjtpP9T2gBYX-M1Mw_Dfg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YhxxQiHjtpP9T2gBYX-M1Mw_Dfg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YhxxQiHjtpP9T2gBYX-M1Mw_Dfg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YhxxQiHjtpP9T2gBYX-M1Mw_Dfg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~4/POWv4Gb-IB0" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-11-23T03:51:26Z http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/108-Distributing-PHP-processing-with-Gearman.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~3/TUWKNLnk8yE/107-PHP-in-Arabic.html <div style="clear: both"> <div style="margin-top: 1ex"><a href="http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/107-PHP-in-Arabic.html">PHP in Arabic</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">By Manuel Lemos</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">The use of Arabic in Web sites has been growing in a significant way in the latest years.<br /> <br /> This is an idiom that requires special care due to the nature of its writing.<br /> <br /> This article presents an interview with Khaled Al-Shamaa, the leader of Ar-PHP, a project that aims to simplify the lives of developers that want to build Arabic sites using PHP.</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_J6QzB_ayQMvxfvWb9VuQmkhO3k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_J6QzB_ayQMvxfvWb9VuQmkhO3k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_J6QzB_ayQMvxfvWb9VuQmkhO3k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_J6QzB_ayQMvxfvWb9VuQmkhO3k/1/di" border="0" 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search the site content.<br /> <br /> The internal search engine, that until now was only available to premium subscribers, has been made available to all users.<br /> <br /> Among other benefits, the search results will appear split in different tabs according to the section of the site that they belong, thus making it easier to find the kind of content you are looking for.<br /> <br /> This article explains which are all the benefits that every user will have access from now on.</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5thMZlSz3nxw2Uo-t-69ER-javk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5thMZlSz3nxw2Uo-t-69ER-javk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5thMZlSz3nxw2Uo-t-69ER-javk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5thMZlSz3nxw2Uo-t-69ER-javk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~4/wq75dR3ULP4" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-21T02:21:41Z http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/105-Improved-site-search-for-every-user.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~3/sM5Uema0Fb4/104-Submit-your-site-redesign-proposal-for-the-contest.html <div style="clear: both"> <div style="margin-top: 1ex"><a href="http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/104-Submit-your-site-redesign-proposal-for-the-contest.html">Submit your site redesign proposal for the contest</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">By Manuel Lemos</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">The PHPClasses site is accepting new site redesign proposals now.<br /> <br /> In this phase, candidates may create design themes using a visual editor. Then they can submit the design theme proposal when they are done.<br /> <br /> This article gives more detail of how the visual editor and the proposal system work.</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lBBjuBTbWQ5xTMsqH-dFW3UItYQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lBBjuBTbWQ5xTMsqH-dFW3UItYQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lBBjuBTbWQ5xTMsqH-dFW3UItYQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lBBjuBTbWQ5xTMsqH-dFW3UItYQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~4/sM5Uema0Fb4" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-13T20:47:07Z http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/104-Submit-your-site-redesign-proposal-for-the-contest.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~3/cCygteN7cL0/103-New-approach-to-generate-PDF-using-PHP-with-Zend-Framework.html <div style="clear: both"> <div style="margin-top: 1ex"><a href="http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/103-New-approach-to-generate-PDF-using-PHP-with-Zend-Framework.html">New approach to generate PDF using PHP with Zend Framework</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">By Jonathan Maron</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">LiveDocx is a Zend Framework package that implements a new approach to generate PDF documents in PHP.<br /> <br /> It combines structured data passed by a PHP script with a template created in a word processor. It is the same concept as mail merge.<br /> <br /> The resulting document can be saved as a PDF, as well in other formats such as DOCX, DOC or RTF file.</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jzcP6wan7Eax54Dj0DGIYVoEHi8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jzcP6wan7Eax54Dj0DGIYVoEHi8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jzcP6wan7Eax54Dj0DGIYVoEHi8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jzcP6wan7Eax54Dj0DGIYVoEHi8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~4/cCygteN7cL0" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-08T01:36:21Z http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/103-New-approach-to-generate-PDF-using-PHP-with-Zend-Framework.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~3/E_ajUBzzXVc/102-Microsoft-promotes-the-careers-of-PHP-professionals.html <div style="clear: both"> <div style="margin-top: 1ex"><a href="http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/102-Microsoft-promotes-the-careers-of-PHP-professionals.html">Microsoft promotes the careers of PHP professionals</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">By Manuel Lemos</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">Microsoft is launching a new initiative to promote the careers of PHP professionals.<br /> <br /> This article presents an interview with a Microsoft manager to explain in more details what is this initiative and how the PHP professionals may take advantage of it.</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QUBA99hz-lGTXouumCBlC4sFT6U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QUBA99hz-lGTXouumCBlC4sFT6U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QUBA99hz-lGTXouumCBlC4sFT6U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QUBA99hz-lGTXouumCBlC4sFT6U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~4/E_ajUBzzXVc" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-09-30T03:43:28Z http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/102-Microsoft-promotes-the-careers-of-PHP-professionals.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~3/isY1rYc_4pk/101-ShishKabab-PHP-IDE.html <div style="clear: both"> <div style="margin-top: 1ex"><a href="http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/101-ShishKabab-PHP-IDE.html">ShishKabab PHP IDE</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">By Vincent den Boer</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">A new Open Source PHP IDE, the ShishKabab PHP IDE, was released recently.<br /> <br /> This article explains what it is, why it was developed, in what direction it is heading, and most importantly, how you can get it.</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7nmENIVrBuBrobtmoUIZV4BS2OE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7nmENIVrBuBrobtmoUIZV4BS2OE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a 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overview of the PHP support on Windows Azure.<br /> <br /> He also talks about the advantages and disadvantages of running PHP applications on this environment when compared to regular Windows or Linux based hosting or other cloud computing environments.</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WN9tjnVuxGnJUGIZQOgr3WB2Sn8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WN9tjnVuxGnJUGIZQOgr3WB2Sn8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WN9tjnVuxGnJUGIZQOgr3WB2Sn8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WN9tjnVuxGnJUGIZQOgr3WB2Sn8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~4/nYl8CXEgW4s" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-08-06T04:11:56Z http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/100-PHP-on-Windows-Azure.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~3/6e6qHu-Ol9Y/99-India-will-become-number-1-source-of-PHP-developers-soon.html <div style="clear: both"> <div style="margin-top: 1ex"><a href="http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/99-India-will-become-number-1-source-of-PHP-developers-soon.html">India will become number 1 source of PHP developers soon</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">By Manuel Lemos</a></div> <div style="margin-top: 1ex">The number of Indian PHP developers has been growing at a large pace in the last few years, when compared to other countries. A few years ago, India was just one of the top ten countries with more PHP developers. Now India is number 2 and is almost surpassing United States, which is still number 1.<br /> <br /> This article presents a reflection about why this growth happened just in the latest years, as well what it means for the PHP world.<br /> <br /> Sandeep Kadam, a leader of the PHP community in India gave an interview to help clarifying this subject.</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FoiRQ9mM5iSIU07Z9R7fAi_gz4c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FoiRQ9mM5iSIU07Z9R7fAi_gz4c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FoiRQ9mM5iSIU07Z9R7fAi_gz4c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FoiRQ9mM5iSIU07Z9R7fAi_gz4c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/phpclassesblog-xml/~4/6e6qHu-Ol9Y" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-07-30T01:02:25Z http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/99-India-will-become-number-1-source-of-PHP-developers-soon.html