Internet Super Hero Blog: Debugging ext/mysqli and mysqlnd
With all of the good news they've posted about the mysqlnd driver, the developers behind the Internet Super Hero blog know that there will be bugs that come up in the driver. So, they've addressed the...
View ArticleStubbles Blog: Do not trust the reflection API
On the Stubbles blog, Frank Kleine offers some advice to developers looking to use the Reflection API - "don't trust it". If you try to get informations about parameters from methods of internal...
View ArticleDokeos Blog: mbstring vs iconv
In this post on the Dokeos blog, there's a comparison of the mbstring function and the iconv library as it pertains to their use on multi-byte strings. I was wondering today why use mbstring rather...
View ArticleStubbles Blog: State of annotations in the PHP world
In this new post to the Stubbles blog Frank Kleine looks at the current state of annotations in the PHP language and applications. Annotations are a really helpful feature in present-day development....
View ArticlePHPBuilder.com: PHP Developer Resources
PHPBuilder.com has posted a list of resources that they offer to help both beginning and experienced PHP developers to further their knowledge: PHP is one of the most popular scripting languages used...
View ArticleCSS-Tricks.com: Using Weather Data to Change Your Website's Appearance...
On the CSS-Tricks.com site today there's a quick tutorial on changing up the look and feel of your site based on an external source. More specifically, they give the example of updating the graphics...
View ArticleJuozas Kaziukenas' Blog: How to use external libraries in PHP?
As a part of his work for the WinPHP Challenge Juozas Kaziukenas looks at some of the external library types that you can use with your (Windows) PHP applications. External libraries are useful for...
View ArticleSkyTechGeek.com: 10 Exceptional Tools For Website Testing
Sometimes a little (external) testing of your website is in order and Gagan Chhatwal has posted his list of ten tools you can use to check everything from how much load the site can take to what can...
View ArticleDZone.com: TravisCI Intro and PHP Example
In introduces you to using TravisCI to provide continuous integration services for your project (externally). Continuous integration is a way to provide "quality control" of your code, making it...
View ArticleDZone.com: External processes and PHP
In a new tutorial over on DZone.com Giorgio Sironi talks about handling external processes in PHP and how to work with streams. I've come to known a bit about spawning and monitoring new processes...
View ArticleLukas Smith: __toString() or not __toString()?
In Lukas Smith's latest post he looks at one of the magic methods that's built into PHP to help transform objects into strings - the __toString method. In the post he explores what it's for and what...
View ArticleServerGrove Blog: Symfony2 components overview: Process
The ServerGrove blog has posted their latest Symfony2 component spotlight, this time focusing on the Process component. The Symfony2 Process component, allows us to execute commands in sub-processes....
View ArticleMaster Zend Framework: Howto Handle External Form Element Dependencies with...
The Master Zend Framework site has posted a tutorial wanting to help you understand external form element dependencies with help from FormElementManager. Zend Framework 2, like all great PHP...
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