Latest PHP Classes blog posts

JavaScript Innovation Award Challenge

Mon, 21 May 2012 18:01:38 GMT

By Manuel Lemos

The JSClasses site is going to replicate the success of the PHP Programming Innovation Award organized by the PHPClasses site in order to provide more recognition and prizes to developers that submit innovative components.

The JavaScript Innovation Award is not yet started but can start soon with your help.

Read this note to learn more about this new award and what you can do to help getting it started sooner rather than later.

Using DaDaBIK to create a PHP CRUD Database Front-End without coding

Wed, 09 May 2012 17:50:42 GMT

Using DaDaBIK to create a PHP CRUD Database Front-End without coding

By eugenio tacchini

DaDaBIK is an Open Source PHP project which allows you to create Web front-end and simple database applications without coding. The new stable version 4.4 of DaDaBIK was released recently.

Read this article to learn more about DaDaBIK and how you can use it to productively create your PHP applications.

Will it ever Matter if PHP Sucks? - Lately in PHP podcast episode 23

Mon, 07 May 2012 18:54:57 GMT

Will it ever Matter if PHP Sucks? - Lately in PHP podcast episode 23

By Manuel Lemos

Once in a while we see fans of other languages writing long articles on why PHP sucks and you should not use it. But will that ever matter?

That is one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Ernani Joppert in the episode 23 of the Lately in PHP podcast, for the first time also recorded in video using Google Hangouts On Air.

They also covered other polemic ideas for future PHP versions like the pure PHP script proposal, making function names case-sensitive and the option to skip optional function parameters.

Another interesting topic discussed in this podcast is about the proposals for HTTP 2.0 protocol.

Listen to the podcast, watch the video recording or read the transcript to learn about these and other interesting PHP related topics.

Making the Web Faster with HTTP 2 Protocol

Thu, 03 May 2012 20:24:10 GMT

Making the Web Faster with HTTP 2 Protocol

By Manuel Lemos

The HTTP protocol version 2.0 is in the process of being defined. There was a call for proposals and several researchers submitted specifications and ideas that can make the Web faster and better in several other aspects.

Read this article to learn about the details of these proposals and what Web developers can expect to prepare to take advantage of the planned improvements of the HTTP 2.0 protocol.

Participate in the Lately in PHP podcast in Video with Google Hangouts

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:28:16 GMT

Participate in the Lately in PHP podcast in Video with Google Hangouts

By Manuel Lemos

The upcoming episodes of the Lately in PHP podcast will be recorded in video using the Google Hangouts service.

This is a brief note on how you can participate in the recording sessions if you are interested to have a voice and interact with other podcast participants giving your opinion on the different subjects that we will discuss.

Will PHP development Migration to Git improve non-Core Developer Contribution Interest? - Lately in PHP podcast episode 22

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:32:47 GMT

Will PHP development Migration to Git improve non-Core Developer Contribution Interest? - Lately in PHP podcast episode 22

By Manuel Lemos

The PHP development migrated to a Git repository. With the integration with GitHub it became easier for non-core developers to submit pull requests with bug fixes and new feature improvements to PHP.

Will this new possibility make it PHP core developers accept more contributions from non-core developers? That is one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Ernani Joppert in the episode 22 of the Lately in PHP podcast.

They also talk about the upcoming PHP 5.4.1 release, as well about the repercussion of a recently article that aims to encourage more PHP developers to embrace Object Oriented Programming, and the top packages of the PHP Programming Innovation Award edition of 2011.

Listen to the podcast or read the transcript to learn more about this and other interesting PHP topics.

PHP Programming Innovation Award Winner of 2011

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:48:05 GMT

PHP Programming Innovation Award Winner of 2011

By Manuel Lemos

Richard Keizer from the Netherlands is the winner of the PHP Programming Innovation Award winner of the 2011 edition.

Despite Richard has been very busy with his own projects, he finally made time to give an interview about his participation in the award, as well about other nominated classes of other authors that he thinks are worth mentioning.

Richard also discusses a few very interesting features that he would like to see in the PHP Classes site to make it more useful for developers that submit nice contributions to the site and users that benefit from them.

Read this article to learn more about Richard work and his great ideas to make PHP Classes an even better PHP community site.

Why is it better to develop in PHP with classes (OOP)?

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:49:51 GMT

Why is it better to develop in PHP with classes (OOP)?

By Manuel Lemos

Some developers code their PHP projects writing classes of objects.

Others also write classes but do it just because they see others doing it without being able to explain why classes are a good thing.

Others do not write classes but reuse other people code written in the form of classes.

Others completely refuse to write or reuse other developer classes because they do not see much point in doing it.

Read this article to learn why it is better to develop your PHP projects based on object classes.

You may also learn how to convert your global code based classes into properly written classes that you can reuse in multiple projects besides other benefits of using Object Oriented Programming in PHP.

Is PHP Source Quality really Good or is it still Insecure? - Lately in PHP podcast episode 21

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:17:33 GMT

Is PHP Source Quality really Good or is it still Insecure? - Lately in PHP podcast episode 21

By Manuel Lemos

A study from Coverity claims that the source code of Open Source projects such as PHP has a low defect rate.

Meanwhile, a few weeks ago, the security expert Stefan Esser claims that PHP source security bug prevention has a lot to be desired because PHP core developers do not have the habit of using source code auditing tools to prevent security bugs.

The matter of the PHP source code quality and security bug prevention was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Ernani Joppert in episode 21 of the Lately in PHP podcast.

Among other interesting topics, they also discuss the new features of Apache 2.4 and whether it is already possible for PHP sites to take advantage of this new Apache release.

Listen to the podcast now or read the transcript to learn about these and other interesting PHP related topics.

Good Friends Bring More Friends to Make the Site Better

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:19:23 GMT

Good Friends Bring More Friends to Make the Site Better

By Manuel Lemos

Since 2002 the PHPClasses site has a feature that allows giving credit to friends of the site that bring more new users to the site.

This feature has been enhanced and now it is easier to lead more new users to the site and get even more recognition for that.

Read this article to learn how to take advantage of the new features and help making the site even better with the help of new contributors that you may bring to the site.

Learn also how to make other suggestions to improve the site further.