A Simpler AJAX Path: Great AJAX Tutorial
Things have steadily improved for web developers with the advent of
standards-compliant browsers, CSS, DHTML, and the DOM. Pervasive
broadband access has made web apps feel a lot snappier. Now something
called the XMLHttpRequest object makes it even easier to develop full-
blown, superinteractive applications to deploy in the browser...
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/05/19/xmlhttprequest.html
Creating Graphs in PHP
I have just been bombarded by people asking me how I did all the
amazing things I did with my header graph(ic). In fact, when I logged
into Gmail I got a message from Google telling me I had maxed out
their capacity. I personally shut down Gmail with all the email
inquiries. Hundreds. Thousands … Zing! I’ll give your side a second to
recover from all the laughter. Better? Good. Anyway...
http://www.benjaminadam.com/archives/2005/05/13/creating-graphs-in-php
A simple PHP Command-Line Class
Recently I wrote a PHP Command line app. I was amazed how easy it was
to write command line app in PHP, and it really rocks. Here is very
simple Command Line handler class, it may be useful for your apps. It's
a very simple little script, but what I liked about it was his
inclusion of the "try these functions" ability in the run() function...
http://www.pure-php.de/node/16
"PHP 5 Power Programming" Mini-Review
I've been having a look at PHP 5 Power Programming by Andi Gutmans,
Stig Bakken and Derick Rethans. In the spirit of open source, there's a
free download of the complete PDF too. The most interesting parts for
me was the information on PEAR. I haven't really been following what
they have been doing, and it's covered here in mind-boggling detail.
However I think because of this deluge of information on PEAR, it shows
a bit of bias because it doesn't cover popular libraries outside PEAR
such as Smarty and the like...
http://phplens.com/phpeverywhere/?q=node/view/191#comment
Recommended Reading for All Programmers
You can learn a lot about somebody by the books they've read. And I've
always thought that if you read all the same books I read, you'll come
to think like me, too. So here it is -- Joel's Programmer's Bookshelf.
This is the short list of all the books that I honestly think that
every working programmer needs to read, with my own book hidden in
there in case you didn't notice because I get about two bucks if you
buy it...
http://joelonsoftware.com/navLinks/fog0000000262.html
PHP and JavaScript Interaction: Storing Data in the Client
Modern websites demand heavy interaction between server-side and
client-side programming. In the first part of this article series, we
will implement a simple mechanism to make PHP and JavaScript interact,
creating a function which can build an array structure and store
information in it. It will allow for programmatic data manipulation
without server interaction...
http://devshed.com/c/a/PHP/PHP-and-JavaScript-Interaction-Storing-Data-in-the-Client-part-1/
Oracle's InstallPHP Series
Coming Soon: The InstallPHP Series... Learn to install, configure, and
harness the power of your PHP runtime. The PHP revolution has finally
hit the enterprise: PHP is definitely making an impact on large
enterprise developments, and the open-source scripting language PHP
is moving to new horizons. In the Technical Article series "The
Hitchhiker's Guide to PHP," developers got a taste of the PHP language,
a look into what the future of that language, and exposure to
interesting, real-world experiences involving the use of PHP in large-
scale development projects. Equipped with this information, you may
have made the choice to use PHP in mainstream projects...
http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/installphp/index.html
IBM: Hosting PHP Apps on IBM's HTTP Server
The IBM DeveloperWorks Web Architecture site has this new article
posted today about "Hosting PHP applications on the IBM HTTP Server".
They explain what HTTP is (the IBM HTTP Server is Apache) and some of
the advantages to using it for your web serving needs. From there, they
get started with the tutorial - installing/running PHPNuke on your
newly installed web server. They step you through everything - from the
web server configure and install to the coordination of the server with
the software...
http://www.phpdeveloper.org/index/3131
PHP 5, Oracle, and the Future
PHP 5 (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor Version 5) was officially released
on July 13, 2004. Not surprisingly, the release was widely covered by
the media due to the leadership role PHP plays in the Web application
market. It is true that technologies such as .NET and J2EE have had
more exposure and hype than PHP, but ease-of-use, performance, tight
integration with the Apache Web server, and a large collection of
application building blocks have made PHP one of the leading Web
application development languages...
http://oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/php_experts/FutureofPHP.html
PHP Popularity Scoreboard
Apr. 2005 count of domains running PHP: 19,720,597 domains
Apr. 2005 count of IP addresses running PHP: 1,310,181 IP addresses
* Fresh data! :-)
Organizations using PHP
As usual, we'll wrap up with our traditional list of significant
organizations using PHP.
CapitalOne, NASA, the W3C, HP, Google, Deutsche Bank, Redhat,
Lycos, Cisco, Ericsson, Volvo, Motorola, SourceForge, Honda, Xoom,
WinAmp, Sony Music, Vodafone, CBS, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young,
the US Army, UPI, the New York Yankees, Southwestern Bell,
the San Diego Zoo, the Oakland Raiders, Audi, Subaru, VA Linux,
Winamp, Duke University, Quicken, The Village Voice, Undernet,
Access Micro, Columbus Dispatch, Indianapolis Star, Yahoo,
Indiana University, Deutsche Telecomm, Bang & Olufsen, Siemens,
Unilever, Philips, BMC, NTT, Air Canada, Lufthansa, Dialpad, BMC,
Mitsubishi, MP3.com, the Arizona Republic, Deloitte Consulting,
the US Navy, Nokia, Valero, Electronic Arts
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