Archive for September 1st, 2006
PHP Developer - September 1st, 2006
Zend Framework users, listen up (well, really anyone even looking into the Zend Framework too). There’s a new post on the Zend Developer Zone today about working with XML inside of the Zend Framework, courtesy of IBM.
One of the incubator projects in the Zend Framework is Zend_Db_Xml. Zend_Db_Xml, also known as the XML Content Store (XCS), allows web applications that use XML data to easily update, save, and otherwise manage this data. In this article I will introduce the XCS persistence API and discuss an implementation using IBM’s DB2 9 database with its pureXML technology. Finally, I’ll discuss a sample social networking application to show how easy and fun it is to develop XML-centric applications using the XCS.
They first discuss the XML Content Store and what it offers before getting into the actual code to control it. They go with the DB3 database to store the data and the Zend_Db_Xml_XmlUtil component to manage the connections. Finally, they get to the code and XML examples, creating a simple method for storing and retrieving a user’s information.
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PHP Developer - September 1st, 2006
PHPit.net takes its readers “back to basics” with it’s latest series of tutorials, starting with part one, a look at what PHP5 has to offer and introducing you to what’s new since PHP4.
In this first part of a new article series on PHP5 classes and objects you will be introduced to the basic concepts of using classes, the constructor and destructor methods and class inheritance.
They start with some of the basics of class building and object oriented programming to get the ball rolling. Next is a look at the constructor/deconstructor and inheritance in classes (extending one with another).
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PHP Developer - September 1st, 2006
Ilia Alshanetsky has posted about the release of the latest release candidate for the upcoming PHP version, 5.2 - PHP 5.2.0 RC3.
The third and possibly the final release candidate of PHP 5.2.0 is now available for download. The number of changes are fairly small, which is always good when nearing the final release, but there were 2 important fixes that need attention.
He notes that there are only really two major issues that need to be addressed before the final release and are included in this release candidate - a memory corruption issue and a problem in the session shutdown order.
You can download this release now: Bzipped file || Gzipped file.
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PHP Developer - September 1st, 2006
Issue #8 of the (IN)Secure Magazine has been posted today and includes articles like:
- Payment Card Industry demystified
- Computer forensics vs. electronic evidence
- SSH port forwarding - security from two perspectives, part two
- Airscanner vulnerability summary: Windows Mobile security software fails the test
- Introducing the MySQL Sandbox
Check out insecuremag.com for more or just download the issue directly.
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PHP Developer - September 1st, 2006
Though it contains no code, this new article on PHPBuilder provides a good perspective for those looking to get into PHP and what to expect to find.
A couple of months ago, I knew almost nothing about PHP, only that is was a programming language that I needed to learn. Today, my whole site relies upon PHP and I have gained the confidence that almost anything is possible using PHP. I accomplished this achievement using methods that I will describe in this article.
The author talks about the methods followed to get into the language, including making smaller goals at first, just to get used to things. The manual is also suggested as a “best friend” for a developer and looking at other people’s code can provide insight into your problems.
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