March 2004
Not this is news if you’ve been paying attention (it’s all over PHP.net) but it’s out. Release Candidates pave the way to an official release (as in “to the best of knowledge,... Read More
…posted by davidjmedlock: Well, I’ve returned from my much needed vacation, though I must admit that it’s a little difficult to get motivated again. I suppose it will take me a few... Read More
Looking to research what open source and web development technologies are in use and additionally analyze them against proprietary platforms? Look no further than SecuritySpace.com – which... Read More
Following on from Lazy PHP: Part 1, it’s time to get lazy again, with some Lazy Evaluation. Variable Functions A lesser known feature of PHP is it’s ability to put a function name in a... Read More
Sick and tired of reinventing the PHP development wheel? Get to the fun stuff faster with PEAR. Harry's hands-on tute explains its pros and cons, shows how to set up and use PEAR, and might even... Read More
There are some things in life that will always serve you well, many pairs of socks and a good solid backup procedure for your data. Ask yourself the question how many times have you been hit by a... Read More
Via Mozillazine – MOZiE. A clever patchwork of technologies that allows you to view pages with Internet Explorer (5+) and Mozilla (1.5+) simultaneously, as well as other cool features like... Read More
It’s been said before but Turck MMCache is a great piece of software. As it says on the cover; Turck MMCache is a free open source PHP accelerator, optimizer, encoder and dynamic content cache... Read More
After talking with the product's creator, David takes vB3.0 for a spin and finds it has some great benefits ... and a few pitfalls. Is it worth the money? Will David become a vBulletin convert? Read... Read More
One of the biggest stepping stones to discovering the wonders of open source solutions is misinformation. Not intentional mind you, but a lack of easily accessible quality data on how and why to use... Read More
Since late 2002, when he took over the leading role from John Percival, Kier Darby has been working hard to improve on the already-lauded vBulletin. Here, he talks to David about the past, the... Read More
…posted by davidjmedlock: Well, in about 7 hours I’m going to be on a plane to Salt Lake City, Utah for my first snowboarding trip. I’ve never been snowboarding or skiiing, so this... Read More
Just drawing attention to some interesting projects written specifically for PHP5. First up is cowiki which, despite being only on release 0.3.x, has already proved a hit and powers the phpCommunity... Read More
I’m inheritently lazy…Inheritently, is that the correct spelling? Instead of opening Word, or shock horror, actually leafing through a real dictionary, I now just plug the word into... Read More
