The PHP Grind

PHP Thinktank Blog: Web Services with Davey

With another new log from their IRC talk series, the PHP ThinkTank group has posted this new talk as given by Davey Shafik on the topic of web services.

The talk focuses mostly on the web service abilities of the Zend Framework (a module Davey helped with) and includes examples of things like XML-RPC connections and SOAP connections.

You can check out this and the logs from the other IRC talks the group has done on the group’s website.

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DevShed: Using Self-Saving Objects with Command Objects in PHP 5

DevShed steps into the final part of their series looking at Command objects in PHP5 with this new tutorial just posted - “Using Self-Saving Objects with Command Objects in PHP 5″.

I’m going to extend the creation and use of command objects to use the pattern in a more helpful fashion. Essentially, I’m going to explain how to utilize command classes for defining and handling self-saving objects, that is objects capable of storing a copy of themselves on a database, text file, etc.

They start by defining the core modules and classes for the creation of the objects. They build the other functionality on top of that, creating the save and load mechanisms. The wrap things up and add a few more small bits of functionality before giving a real-life example of the pattern and code in action.

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Jacques Marneweck’s Blog: Smarty tip for including multiple javascript files

Jacques Marneweck has a tip for Smarty users out there looking for a simpler way to include multiple Javascript files into their templates.

Previously one would have a good chunk of lines to include different javascript files based on what your form was requiring for effects, in the template file where you include the header.tpl file you would specify which set of javascript files to also include.

His solution combines the normal Smarty calls for the different Javascript files into a single, simple insert calls for as many Javascript files you’d like to include.

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Using Self-Saving Objects with Command Objects in PHP 5

If you were looking for an approachable guide on how to create and use command objects with PHP 5 then look no further because your search is over. Welcome to the final part of the series Creating command objects with PHP 5. Comprised of three comprehensive tutorials this series walks you through the basics of how to apply the command pattern in PHP and it accompanies its corresponding theory with numerous code samples….

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Aaron Wormus’ Blog: Blast from the Past - IPC2k4 Pictures Up

If you attended the International PHP Conference back in 2004, you might want to check out this new post from Aaron Wormus concerning some pictures:

Finally I got around to posting some of my old pictures from IPC2k4. A lot of the regulars, some faces who we haven’t seen in a while. Enjoy.

Be sure not to miss the shot of one of Zend’s “founding fathers” immortalized in a coupon.

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