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!
Working on a Propel Form Builder…
Tonight I started working on a set of classes that will build forms for Propel objects. While Propel already has implementations of PatForms and HTML_QuickForm, they are both not up-to-date in svn. They both also require Creole for gathering metadata, [...]
Quick PHP Debugging with FirePHP
Recently when browsing past issues of php|architect magazine, I came across mention of a Firefox add-on called FirePHP. For those who have not heard of it, FirePHP is both a Firefox add-on and a PHP library used to send messages [...]
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 [...]
Application Caching with Cache_Lite
When developing a web application using PHP, it is important to follow best practices for optimizing memory usage, database access, and file sizes. All these thing taken into account for, you will likely still find parts of an application to [...]
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 [...]
To PHP or not to PHP…Let the Framework Debate Begin! (Part 1)
While PHP Frameworks have become quite popular with web developers over the last two years, they have their drawbacks. They can be bulky and/or bloated, bringing the simplest of tasks into a fold of dependencies and data calls. They can [...]
