Posts Tagged ‘php’

02/2/09

Review: Essential PHP Security

phpseccover

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…)

01/23/09

New features of PHP 5.3

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.
(more…)

10/7/08

SWAT at ZendCon 2008

This year SWAT marked its first year of presence at the Zend/PHP Conference, also known as ZendCon. Neil Broers and I were chosen for the mission of going to ZendCon and bringing back all we could learn. (more…)