MIH SWAT

This year I was honored by being invited to participate as a member of the PHP Community in Microsoft’s Web Developer Summit. I used the opportunity to represent the huge PHP community in Brazil and highlight the community’s work. (more…)

October 2009 saw my return to San Jose for one of the top conferences on the PHP calendar – ZendCon. Other than taking place a month later and the conference venue shifting locations slightly, much of the format of this year’s ZendCon was the same as last year’s. (more…)

In the past I blogged about SPL (the Standard PHP Library) and how it makes PHP Developers’ life’s easier. Since then i have noticed a lack of SPL recipes on the web. If you are getting to know SPL, the use of the available classes can be a real mystery. So I decided to add more posts on SPL for Google to add to its index. This is the first in a series of posts. (more…)

Security is a recurring topic when discussing Technology. Taking security for granted when you are developing an application, even if it is a very simple application is a huge mistake which can have grave consequences. (more…)

This year the PHP Community promoted the PHPTestFest in various places around the globe and it was a success. I participated in the event promoted by the PHPSP UG (PHP Sao Paulo User Group) which ended up as being the team with the most tests committed. After participating in the event I kept going and have since obtained an SVN account and karma to be an official test committer to PHP. (more…)

This review has been pending for a while, but recently I finished reading Derick Rethans’ book: Date and Time Programming. At first glance the topic of the book might lead you to think “why do I need a book to teach me about such a simple topic” ? But further investigation and hard experience will show you that handling date and time in software development is not always as straightforward as “Its twelve o’clock”. (more…)

By a show of hands, how many people here have ever heard of SPL? How many have used it? Chances are most of you did not raise your hands, and some might even have a confused look on their faces. Not many know what SPL is, so let’s explore. (more…)

Rafael Dohms, one of SWAT’s PHP experts and a leading proponent of PHP in Latin America attended the 2009 php|tek conference in Chicago. This conference is hosted by MTACon, the company behind php|architect magazine, one of the most influent PHP publications in the world. Rafael tells the story of the conference in this post. (more…)

Even though it was published in 2005, the issues that “Essential PHP Security” addresses is still very relevant today. Written by Chris Shiflett, the book goes through various security aspects associated with a PHP application, and for that reason its content can be considered up to date and applicable to various day-to- day situations faced by developers. (more…)

Almost every PHP developer is tracking the changes that will be present in the next release of the language.
For those who have not been tracking the changes, or who have lost track of them – I am here to expose to you everything that PHP 5.3.0 is going to make possible.

The 5.3 release of PHP is the most important release ever, and adds a lot of new features – leading to a delay in its release date. We will look at the most important feature enhancements from version 5.2 to version 5.3.
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