PHP Developer - January 31st, 2008
On the Zend Developer Zone, jonwage has posted about an ORM (Object-Relational mapping) he came across that can help abstract out your interface with your backend database - Doctrine.
One of its key features is the ability to optionally write database queries in an OO (object oriented) SQL-dialect called DQL inspired by Hibernates HQL. This provides developers with a powerful alternative to SQL that maintains a maximum of flexibility without requiring needless code duplication.
The project’s page gives the full details on the features it offers and has links to the latest downloads so you can try it out for yourself. There’s even a blog you can subscribe to to keep up to date.
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Dev Shed - January 31st, 2008
In this conclusion to a six-part series on Apache configuration and installation you will learn how to use chroot to put Apache in jail how to prepare PHP to work in jail and more. This article is excerpted from chapter two of em Apache Security em written by Ivan Ristic O Reilly ISBN 596 7248 . Copyright 2 6 O Reilly Media Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission from the publisher. Available from booksellers or direct from O Reilly Media….
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PHP Developer - January 31st, 2008
The latest version of the CodeIgniter framework has officially been released - version 1.6:
EllisLab is proud to announce the release of CodeIgniter 1.6, our open source web application framework. The release marks a new turn in the development of the framework, and has received considerable attention from both EllisLab developers and the community.
There’s lots of new features in this new release including a Database Forge class, improvements to their Active Record implementation, an extendable Model class, and the addition of extendable Helpers.
You can find out more about the framework on the project’s homepage or just head straight to the downloads section and grab the latest updates.
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PHP Developer - January 30th, 2008
The PHP Web Services blog has a helpful hint on getting a custom SOAP request all ready to go:
How do you get this [custom] XML to be output by the SoapClient?
Using the SoapVar method and a few newly created objects, making a custom structure is simple. It’s just a matter of encoding the object and setting it with the base() method in the PHP SOAP extension. Check out the blog post for an example of both the custom XML and the code to produce it.
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