Archive for August 10th, 2007
PHP Developer - August 10th, 2007
Christopher Jones notes in a new post that the latest version of the Oracle database has been released - Oracle 11g.
On the PHP front: the OCI8 and PDO_OCI8 extensions work with it but because library names have changed to 11.1, the install script needs to be updated. I will merge a build patch for this very soon to PHP’s CVS.
Until that patch is in place, he offers a quick fix to get things compiling and back up and working.
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PHP Developer - August 10th, 2007
A new article over on Stefan Mischook’s blog today talks about why PHP should be the language of choice as told from a business mindset.
I have written this article to speak to business owners and other non-nerd types. […] I concentrate on the business arguments and only touch on the technological issues underlying them
when it makes sense to mention the nerd stuff.
He talks about answers to the “business questions” (like “Is the language reliable?”), about how PHP was made for the web not adapted to it and a quick story of his own to back up his points (started a project with Java and moved to PHP for thousands of dollars in savings).
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PHP Developer - August 10th, 2007
Sam Hennessy submitted a link today to the PRADO Watch blog, a site dedicated to providing some of the latest information on the PRADO framework project.
PRADO is a component-based and event-driven framework for rapid Web programming in PHP 5. PRADO reconceptualizes Web application development in terms of components, events and properties instead of procedures, URLs and query parameters.
Recent updates to the blog include an interview with Dario Rigolin of foxcoverplay.com and several Prado Watch editions. Keep checking back for the latest updates on this great framework.
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PHP Developer - August 10th, 2007
The SEO Tips City website has posted a book review of one of Wrox’s latest PHP-related offerings, “Search Engine Optimization with PHP” (by Jaimie Sirovich and Cristian Darie).
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the last process I would think of when making my homepage. However, when fighting for customers or the possibility for an audience and thus advertising revenue through page clicks then understanding SEO and placing it in the center of your website’s design is vital for your personal/professional wealth.
They quickly share their impression of the book - a positive response that uses PHP code examples to describe some of the key features for making your site optimized.
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PHP Developer - August 10th, 2007
In response to this post on the ActsAsFlinn blog’s comments on ActiveRecord in PHP, Arnold Daniels has some comments of his own on the subject - specifically about the need for more work on the object oriented side of things in PHP natively.
Today I read an article about how Active Record is implemented in Ruby. In this article he lays down how things are done in Ruby and how that is not possible on PHP. Though I agree with him on a large part, there are a few site notes to make here.
Arnold talks about a solution to an issue mentioned in the ActsAsFlinn blog - the addition of methods to a preexisting class - via the runkit extension. He gives a PHP translation of the Ruby code from the other post and includes a few proof of concepts to show it in action. You can download the code if you’d like to try it out yourself.
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