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Synchronizing Drupal Modules with Adobe AIR
Whether you’re an enterprise developer working in a large shop or setting up a blog for yourself, you’ve almost certainly been tasked with keeping your development code in sync with some type of stable release. Whether a project is big or small, you still need to ensure that the core code you work with remains consistent. This article will walk you through the development of an Adobe AIR and AJAX application used to synchronize the modules of a site developed in Drupal, the popular free and open-source content management system used in thousands of sites across the Internet.
A php code beautifier that works
A tool to reformat your php code and make it more readable
Example Zend Framework Blog Application Tutorial - Part 7: Authorisation with Zend_Acl and Revised Styling
You'd never think a guy could write so much about a blog application but to date after 6 parts we have covered a mass of detail from initial setup of our project's directory structure to Authentication of users. To date the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive to this series and I'm presently collecting comments regarding improvements for later inclusion.
Today's entry concerns authorisation. We previously covered how to authenticate an author to the blog, but we still have nothing ensuring only authenticated authors can access the new Administration Module. This is the domain of Zend_Acl, an implementation of an Access Control List system which limits access to resources by the roles assigned to a user.
I want enums in PHP
I'm currently working about equally in PHP and Java. I can't say I've fallen in love with Java. But Java does have a feature or two that would be useful in PHP. One of them is the Enum (enumeration, that is), which is traditional in some languages and DBMSes (including MySQL) and was introduced in Java 1.5 (or is that 5.0? I'm sure they do that just to expose people like me as Java amateurs).
PHP Has No Culture of Testing
Charles Nutter, a Sun engineer who has worked on the JRuby project, commented on PHP in a panel discussion at Sun's CommunityOne conference.
I will not join the "PHP vs. Ruby on Rails" "discussion" here, as the comparison of a programming language to a web application framework for another language does not make sense, IMHO. Instead, I would like to comment on two of Charles Nutter's points.
Which is the most popular version of PHP today
Which is the most popular version of PHP today and will release of PHP 6 increase the adoption of PHP 5.
PHP Community on Twitter
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The PHP community has an active twitter presence. If you use twitter, come and join us. Here I’ve listed all of the community memeber’s accounts that I have and that have given me permission to.
A PHP Guy’s Look At Python
Against all odds, I found myself with a little spare time this week. Rather than do something sensible like clean the garage or get some exercise, I took the opportunity to learn a new programming language: Python.
PHP Abstract Podcast Episode 39: Interview with Derick Rethans
Today I’m going to talk to Derick Rethans. Derick Rethans provides solutions for Internet related problems. He has contributed in a number of ways to PHP, including the mcrypt, Date and input-filter extensions, bug fixes, additions and leading the QA team. He now works as project leader for the eZ components project for eZ systems A.S. In his spare time he likes to work on Xdebug, watch movies, travel and practise photography.
Use Excel business logic in PHP
In many companies, business logic resides in Excel. This business logic is sometimes created by business analysts and sometimes by business users who want to automate parts of their everyday job using Excel. This same Excel-based business logic is often copied into an application (i.e. a website) and is maintained on 2 places: if the Excel logic changes, the application should also be modified.
Decorators with Zend_Form
Zend_Form has been lauded by many as a welcome addition to Zend Framework, and a flexible solution to the problem of forms. That said, one point of flexibility it offers has proved to be a pain point for many developers: decorators. This tutorial aims to shed some light on decorators, as well as provide strategies for creating your own decorators and combining them in creative ways to customize the output your forms generate.
Ibuildings Blog: Accessing object properties by reference
Over on Ibuildings’s blog they’ve posted another good tutorial. This one is on “Accessing object properties by reference”.
