Testing if Your Site is ‘Down for everyone’
A friend at work introduced me to a site that I found quite handy. It is http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ Down for everyone or just me? tests a URL to see if the corresponding site is available from their server. If the site [...]
NuSphere Releases PhpEd 5.9.5
Yesterday I received a message in my inbox that I had not seen in quite some time: “New Release of PhpED. 5.9.5 is here” Over my 2+ years as a PhpED Professional subscriber, I like most became accustomed to regular [...]
PHP and Javascript Combine with PHP.JS
I wanted to write a quick post about a library one of my co-workers stumbled upon this week. It is called php.js and is a compilation of php functions ported to javascript. That sounds pretty convenient!
Get Propelled!
About two years ago I read of an emerging ORM-solution called Propel. Having just finished my first full readthrough of PHP 5 Object, Patterns, and Practice by Matt Zandstra, I was eager to research object relational mappers that differed from [...]
Product Highlight: Nu-Coder by NuSphere
With PHP becoming a bigger player in the realm of enterprise web application design, there are several questions that the PHP developer must ask his/herself. One such question is licensing, and whether or not an application should be open or [...]