Archive for September 22nd, 2006
PHP Developer - September 22nd, 2006
Pádraic Brady, looking ahead to the work he will be doing over the next few months, is proposing on his blog about a new Zend Framework component - Zend_Service_Currency.
I did a quick check on what PHP classes are available for the purpose. There’s really not a whole lot out there. There’s a PEAR class along the lines I need, but it’s released under the PHP License and, not to be too argumentative, I prefer non-PEAR solutions where the end-user may have no access to update PEAR.
So since the project is planned to use the Zend Framework, I shot off a mail to the Framework’s fw-general mailing list to see if it would be a worthwhile contribution.
He sees that someone else had already opened a proposal for the same idea and decided to join with that group to work up the module. He also links to his original proposal and gives a brief overview of the goals of the package.
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PHP Developer - September 22nd, 2006
The Zend Developer Zone has posted some information about some freelancing work that the International Press Association is looking to have done.
If you’ve got spare cycles and want to help a brother out, read on. I received this from Leonard Rapoport of the International Press Association, (Disclaimer: Zend is a member of the IPA) The IPA is looking for some help. As you can see from the email below, they need a PHP programmer to help them out on some small projects and know of some larger projects they could turn you on it.
Any interested parties should contact Leonard via email and get things started.
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PHP Developer - September 22nd, 2006
php|architect magazine has released a new tool related to the PHP5 Certification Exam to help anyone wanting to prepare themsevles for exam time a chance to see how well they’d do and what kind of questions are on the test - a new testing tool, the Vulcan Zend PHP Certification Mock Testing.
Vulcan is our brand-new mock testing system that enables you to verify your readiness for the new Zend PHP 5 Certification Exam.
Based entirely online, Vulcan gives you a quick, easy and effective way of testing your knowledge on the topics that count for the real exam.
They mention some of the features the testing has, including the same types of topics/question distribution/pass grade/etc and even gives you a breakdown of the topics you need to brush up on before the real exam. Best of all, it’s only about $22.00 USD for a 10-credit pack (that’s ten times to practice up on your skills and get as ready as possible for the exam).
If you’re considering taking the exam, I’m not sure you could get a much better deal than this.
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PHP Developer - September 22nd, 2006
Christian Wenz, back from the php/db|works conference and at a break following the conference, has posted some of his thoughts about this years conference over on his blog.
My schedule was crammed right after php|works 2006, so I could not find an earlier possibility to blog. Anyway, the extended entry contains my short report on php|arch’s second conference this year.
He talks about some sightseeing before-hand, Tutorial Day, XML Security demos, Unicode in PHP6, a “slight problem” concerning his laptop, and his role on the Zend PHP5 Certification Panel. Check out the full entry for all of the details and “expect a separate blog entry later” on his experience on the panel.
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PHP Developer - September 22nd, 2006
DynamicWbePages.de has information posted today about a keynote that Rasmus Lerdorf will be giving at the “Bessere Software” Conference happening November 27th through 30th in Frankfurt.
The two-day conference, taking place in November in Frankfurt/Main, will have four tracks covering a wide range of topics from SOA to Ruby on Rails and Web 2.0. Fifteen tutorials will be given on the days before and after the conference. The organizers this year asked Rasmus Lerdorf (Yahoo!) to come be the keynote speaker. The topic of his keynote hasn’t been set yet, but despite this he has been assigned his place in the program.
You can get complete details on the conference from the official website.
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