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: PHP BlogBuild a Lifestream with SimplePie
If you’re anything like Raena, you have bits and pieces of your online life scattered absolutely everywhere — photos, comments, tweets, blogs, favorite links — stashed away in all kinds of profiles. Wouldn’t it be nice to aggregate all those on one page? Find out how in this introduction to the SimplePie feed parser.
Free Performance with MySQL Table Types
Last week, SitePoint launched its second Twitaway, giving away a free PDF of The Principles of Successful Freelancing to anyone kind enough to follow us on Twitter. Unfortunately, with the traffic this attracted, our MySQL server ground to a halt in the first few hours of the giveaway. Kevin explains why, and how we fixed it.
Are PHP Namespaces Really So Bad?
Namespaces have caused a divide amongst developers who either love or hate their implementation in PHP 5.3. Craig looks at the issues and assures us there is little need to worry.
How to Use PHP Namespaces, Part 3: Keywords and Autoloading
In the final part of his series explaining PHP namespaces, Craig covers more advanced topics such as the keywords and class autoloading.
How to Use PHP Namespaces, Part 2: Importing, Aliases, and Name Resolution
In the second part of Craig’s PHP namespaces series, he looks at importing, aliasing, and identifier resolution.
How to Use PHP Namespaces, Part 1: The Basics
In the first part of a series of articles, Craig explains why namespaces were required in PHP and how they can be used in your code.
Pretty URLs: Pretty Easy!
The fourth edition of Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL is so much more than a little update — it approaches development in a whole new way. Here, Kevin explains the book’s new method for creating pretty URLs with little effort.
How to Install PHP 5.3 on Windows
PHP 5.3 is the most significant update since version 5.0. Craig provides installation instructions for your Windows development PC and points out a number of problems that you may encounter.
Ready for PHP & MySQL Week at SitePoint?
To celebrate the release of the new edition of well-loved SitePoint book “Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL, 4th Edition” — by Kevin Yank, we’re publishing a chapter a day next week, beginning Tuesday the 7th of July. Check out what you’ll be reading.
Learn PHP The Easy Way
With over 40,000 copies sold of the three previous editions, I’m very pleased to announce the latest title hot off the SitePoint production line, Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL, 4th Edition, by Kevin Yank.
