Server-side

PHP Speed: Private vs Public Member And Static Methods

I did some speed testing for my PHP framework(still alpha) and I discovered some surprising results.For the test I have PHP 5.2.3 and MySQL 5.0.41 with 100000...

11 replies - 3914 views - 01/28/09 by Vladimir Carrer in Articles

Creating XML Documents in PHP

There's lots of reasons why you'd want to make XML documents using PHP. Maybe you're writing your own RSS feed or implementing a REST service. Whatever the...

3 replies - 5197 views - 01/23/09 by Charlie Key in News

Flex & PHP Tutorial - Transmitting data using JSON

To make sure we don't get too stuck in a rut with our tutorial posts I decided to branch out a little bit and talk about Adobe Flex 2.0. I recently spent a lot...

0 replies - 6920 views - 01/15/09 by Charlie Key in News

Open Source : How Do You Stay Up To Date?

I Love the concepts and beliefs behind Open Source. I use Open Source libraries, applications etc. all the time. One of the things I have always found a...

18 replies - 10950 views - 01/10/09 by Schalk Neethling in News

Using PHP To Access Files - The Basics

The first thing I wanted to know after learning the basics of PHP was how to store my data on a more permanent basis. PHP is all well and good but without the...

1 replies - 4195 views - 12/08/08 by Mike Bernat in News

My PHP Best Practices

PHP's greatest strength is also its greatest weakness. Flexibility.There are an infinite number of ways to perform the same task which PHPwill happily do...

1 replies - 5801 views - 11/27/08 by Mike Bernat in News

Language Construct vs. Design Pattern - PHP Arrays In Java

Automated migration is a difficult task because of many reasons. One of them is the need to ensure a good code quality for the generated code. Migrating from...

3 replies - 4470 views - 10/24/08 by Robert Enyedi in News

Does Procedural Plus Dynamic Equal Object-Oriented?

PHP has dynamic features, meaning that variables, functions, class members and even classes can be referred in a dynamic manner. Here are a few examples:

0 replies - 1366 views - 09/22/08 by Robert Enyedi in News

PHP bad practice: the use of extract()

Working with complex data structures in PHP requires the use of associative arrays. Even PHP classes are an extension of this concept. There are always...

1 replies - 2912 views - 09/09/08 by Robert Enyedi in News

PHP Bad Practice: Variable Reuse

Anyone who has worked with PHP knows that it is extremely permissive with variables and their types. There's no need to declare variables, not even at class...

1 replies - 3109 views - 08/27/08 by Robert Enyedi in News

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday - PHP Going Down

PHP provides a variety of tools for handling errors and exceptions, in particular extensible handlers for managing errors and exceptions as they occur. ...

0 replies - 2964 views - 08/25/08 by michaelcaplan in News

PHP Code: Top Ten Security Vulnerabilities

Below follows the top ten security vulnerabilities that might be hiding in your PHP code.1. Unvalidated Parameters Most importantly, turn...

1 replies - 16676 views - 08/12/08 by rochakchauhan in News

Backup Your LAMP With Rsync

Continuing with the backup theme of my last post, I've needed to back up our local LAMP server because its starting to hold some important data. Maybe...

0 replies - 2751 views - 08/05/08 by Schalk Neethling in News

Another MVC approach

So, after having read and heard much about the Model/View/Controller pattern, I decided to apply it to a new web application at the office. After much trial...

2 replies - 6851 views - 08/04/08 by Daniel Oosterhuis in Articles

20 Not To Be Missed Articles - July 2008 - Web Builder Zone

In this months collection of not to be missed web creators list we cover a wide variety of topics such as looking at ICEFaces from the inside, sending MIME...

2 replies - 2611 views - 08/03/08 by Schalk Neethling in News