Archive for June 9th, 2006
PHP Developer - June 9th, 2006
In another “cut to the chase” kind of post today, this new item on Bnnx.com gives the steps needed to install the Zend Optimizer.
You’ll need root access to the server you’re installing it on, but after that, it’s really a pretty simple setup process. You’ll also need to have the webserver up and working with PHP to get it all working (obviously), but having each step laid out for you makes it each.
If you’re looking to install this offering from Zend, be sure to check this process out.
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PHP Developer - June 9th, 2006
Internationalization and Localization are concepts that all web sites and applications will have to deal with at some point. Why not design it form the start? Most people just dont think about it but in an increasingly global society, you need to. The earlier you design for it, the easier it is to do.
They continue on in this post on the Zend Developer Zone with a resource to get you thinking - an Internationalization Primer from Johnathan Snook (as printed in Digital Web Magazine). He looks at the basics you’ll need to know when putting in multi-language support, including database designs and precompiling.
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PHP Developer - June 9th, 2006
Are you thinking about getting into working with PHP on your local Windows machine, but aren’t sure how to get it all set up (or maybe just don’t want to bother with it all). It’s really not as hard as you think, and this quick post shows you how to get it up and working in just a few minutes.
Obviously, it depends on your download time, but from the start of the install out to the testing of the configuration, there’s less than 20 steps between you and a working installation. Each step is detailed to the point of telling you line numbers to go and change in the config files and what files to move where.
In the end, you’ll have a standard WAMP (Windows/Apache/MySQL/PHP) installation up and ready to serve out your application.
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PHP Developer - June 9th, 2006
In this new article (Part 1) from Leon Kilat on the Cybercafe Experiments, he takes a look at how to use a popular web site development tool, Dreamweaver, to modify WordPress templates.
WordPress, like most PHP-MySQL CMS, use template files to control the appearance of websites. The webpage is assembled from several PHP files controlling specific aspects of the site like the header, sidebar, main content and footer.
To use Dreamweaver to edit or customize WordPress themes, you need to combine these different PHP files into one page so that you can immediately view, while editing the codes, how the page would appear.
He opts to go with a template named Zimpleza for simplicity’s sake, and gets right into it. He steps through the process you’ll need to prepare the environment, including pulling over the code and HTML from the current template files into Dreamweaver. Then, remove the PHP code and insert dummy content to get a better idea of how it will be laid out.
This is just a start - part two, focusing on creation (versus just modification) of a new WordPress theme.
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PHP Developer - June 9th, 2006
As was mentioned here previously and now in this post on the Zend Developer Zone, PHP has arrived on the i/5OS platform thanks to a collaboration from Zend and IBM.
During late March we released the Zend Core for i5/OS Early Access program. Since than, an increasing number of i5 customers, download the product and tested it on their i5 systems.
Now, we are starting an official public beta for our two PHP enabling products for the i5 community including Zend Core for i5/OS and Zend Studio for i5/OS. The two product are available on the Zend Network under i5/OS.
Some of the highlights of the product (Zend Core and Zend Studio) mentioned are:
- PHP 5.0.5 and Apache 2 on i5/OS
- Web Administration GUI
- Zend Network automatic online updating services
- Apache configuration control
- IBM DB2 on i5/OS support through ibm_db2 and odbc PHP extensions
- Zend Studio professional client on Windows Linux and Mac
- Server debugging and profiling is supported by Zend Core for i5/OS exclusively.
If you’re interested, you can get more information about this new offering here and here.
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