Archive for June 12th, 2006
PHP Developer - June 12th, 2006
This new post on the Zend Developer Zone site today helps to announce the first CakePHP “Baking Day”.
Things are really starting to heat up in the kitchen over at CakePHP as they announce their first (annual?) Baking Day “24 Hour coding contest”. While the ingredients list in incomplete for Baking Day we do know that it contain equal measures of of inspiration, hard work, teamwork and don’t forget to mix in a heaping helping of the secret ingredient, CakePHP.
Armando Sosa also gives more details on it in his blog, noting some of the basic rules about the contest - you/your team have to build an application in 24 hours using CakePHP to be judged alongside other apps.
They’re also looking for people to help out with the contest as well - judge/sponsor/collaborator - just let Armando know. To get all of the details on entering, check out their site.
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Dev Shed - June 12th, 2006
In the first article of a three-part series you will learn the basics of using the simplexml extension that comes with PHP 5. This library is primarily focused on parsing simple XML files and can save you a lot of work….
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PHP Developer - June 12th, 2006
As was briefly mentioned in this previous post from Christopher Jones, the time has finally come for the release of the “Undergroup PHP and Oracle Manual” - released today in PDF form [pdf].
The book is 124 pages of Oracle/PHP goodness, covering a wide range of topics - all the way from introductory material on the extensions out to simple globalization within the data. It’s not a complete or complex guide to all things Oracle, but it is definitely a great resource to get you up and running quickly. They also won’t teach you SQL, so you’ll probably want to have a background in databases already.
The book is free for all to download and use, so grab your copy [pdf] today!
Christopher Jones also notes that they have plans to keep it updated as new chnages in the Oracle/PHP relationship arise.
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PHP Developer - June 12th, 2006
DevShed starts up a new series today for those looking to work with XML in PHP5 and just need something light and, well, simple. To help, they’ve posted part one of their “Introduction to SimpleXML” series.
In response to all the exciting features that I mentioned before, in this three-part series I’ll be taking a close look at the most important functions of the “simpleXML” extension, using numerous code samples and clear explanations to put them in context, so you can understand how they work.
At the end of the series, you should be equipped with the proper background to start using “simpleXML” in your own PHP 5 applications.
They start with a method for getting the data into a SimpleXML object in the first place, reading in an XML file. With the object (and data inside) in place, they show how to query that data (as array elements), pulling out the bits you need. Combine these two bits of functionality into a simple class and you’ll have the last step of part one of the series - building a basic XML parsing class.
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PHP Developer - June 12th, 2006
In this new post from Dries Buytaert, he takes a look at some of the common web server configurations for running Drupal on a pre-populated site with lots of users/nodes/path aliases/comments/etc.
After a little bit of configuration, he did some testing (with ab2) on the following benchmarks:
- Drupal’s built-in caching versus APC
- a PHP4 installation versus a PHP5 install
- Using a reverse proxy
- mod_php versus FastCGI
- Apache versus Lighttpd
In his conclusions, he notes that the slowest configuration for the install was the combination of PHP5 running as a module on Apache 2 without APC. The fastest - FastCGI on Lighttpd running the PHP4 version.
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