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Christopher Jones' Blog:
New AJAX & PHP Book from Oracle Press
0 comments :: posted Friday May 09, 2008 @ 09:33:25
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Christopher Jones has a quick post pointing out a new PHP and Oracle-related book from McGraw-Hill (written by Lee Barney and Michael McLaughlin covering web development with Oracle, PHP and Ajax:

The prolific Michael McLauglin just sent me a copy of his other new book "Oracle Database AJAX & PHP Web Application Development", co-written with Lee Barney.

The book looks at how to build "faster, lighter and more responsive Web applications while reducing code support and creation time". There's chapters on scalability, the basics of Ajax, PDO and multimodel communications.

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SitePoint PHP Blog:
A PHP Guy's Look At Python
0 comments :: posted Friday May 09, 2008 @ 08:48:46
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Focusing on PHP day in and day out is nice, but sometimes it's good to branch out a bit. Kevin Yank agrees and decided to give Python a try. He's written up this post to the SitePoint PHP blog as he explores the language from a PHP developer's perspective.

Like may SitePoint readers, I cut my teeth on PHP. I've become very comfortable with it over the years, warts and all. PHP continues to be a dependable choice, but PHP hasn’t changed a whole lot lately. [...] Python has a lot in common with PHP: it’s a dynamically typed, open source scripting language with excellent documentation and a thriving community around it.

He includes a few basic "Hello World" kinds of examples in Python just to introduce you to the language structure (indenting for code structure? that's crazy talk for us PHPers) and some of the handy features of the language like sequences and the language's automatic namespace support.

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IBM developerWorks:
The future of PHP
0 comments :: posted Friday May 09, 2008 @ 07:55:54
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In a new post on the IBM developerWorks page, Nathan Good takes a look at some of the features of the up and coming versions of the PHP language including things like namespaces, changes in the XML handling and a few things taken out.

PHP's next edition, V6, includes new features and syntax improvements that will make it easier to use from an object-oriented standpoint. Other important features, such as Unicode support in many of the core functions, mean that PHP V6 is positioned for better international support and robustness.

New features he mentions include namespace support, improvements to the native Unicode support as well as a few of the things that will be permanently retired like the php.ini settings for magic_quotes and register_globals.

tagged with: future namespace unicode language xml soap registerglobals magicquotes


Job Posting:
Humanitas Holdings Seeks Senior Web Software Engineer (El Segundo, CA)
0 comments :: posted Thursday May 08, 2008 @ 16:19:37
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Company Humanitas Holdings, Inc.
Location El Segundo, CA
Title Senior Web Software Engineer
Summary

Company Overview:
Our client specializes in creating premiere digital content monitoring systems for major Cable Television companies. Their innovative products provide unparalleled visibility into video streams and digital services delivery in real time

Job Description:
The Senior Web Engineer is a key member of the engineering team who designs and builds the entire presentation application layer of the advanced transport stream monitoring and reporting system back-end to the front-end user interface.

Qualifications:

  • Experience in developing high-performance, database-driven websites or web applications
  • 3-5 years of development experience
  • 2 years of solid PHP development experience with medium to large scale projects
  • Working knowledge of database design and SQL standards
  • Knowledge of PostgreSQL and/or MySQL datbase
  • Great communication skills and able to work in a dynamic fast-paced environment
  • A BS in CS or similar field

H1-B Transfership of title accepted.

Please send resumes to Humanitas714@gmail.com with appropriate title.

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Zend Developer Zone:
PHP Abstract Podcast Episode 39 Interview with Derick Rethans
0 comments :: posted Thursday May 08, 2008 @ 15:23:10
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The Zend Developer Zone has posted the latest episode of their PHP Abstract podcast series - an interview with 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 practice photography.

The three usual ways to get this latest show are all still there - just the mp3, using the in-page player or by subscribing to the feed to get this and more great PHP content.

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Job Posting:
Integraclick (Clickbooth.com) Seeks PHP/MySQL Developer (Sarasota/Miami, FL)
0 comments :: posted Thursday May 08, 2008 @ 14:31:59
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Company Integraclick, Clickbooth.com
Location Sarasota, FL & Miami, FL
Title PHP/MySQL Developer
Summary

Are you looking to work on cutting edge technologies? Are you a great PHP/MySQL coder that can pick up new ways of doing things and new languages quickly? Are you looking for an opportunity to be a major part of one of the most talented teams in the world?

Internet Marketing Firm IntegraClick, Inc., and its subsidiary, Clickbooth.com, are seeking highly motivated, intelligent, and trustworthy employees to whom we can extend excellent career growth opportunities at our Miami and Sarasota locations. We are firmly established as a leader in our industry and have been extremely profitable for over 5 years. If you are looking for a San Francisco or New York pace, this is the place for you.

Qualifications

  • PHP 4.0/5.0 (4+ years experience)
  • MySQL 4.x/5.x (3+ years experience in development - extra weight given to candidates with administrative experience)
  • Javascript (4+ years experience)
  • HTML/DHTML/XHTML (4+ years experience)
  • XML
  • AJAX
  • Web services - SOAP, XMLRPC
  • HTTP, SMTP protocol knowledge a plus

Expertise in coding, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed/redundant advertising systems a plus.

Additionally, the right candidate will possess

  • A strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
  • A strong ability to adapt and problem solve.
  • Proven technical troubleshooting and performance tuning experience.

Required Education
BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar degree preferred but similar relevant experience acceptable

Contact Delia Arteaga-Bussalleu for more information: Delia@clickbooth.com

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Job Posting:
Cyber Switching, Inc Seeks PHP Developer (San Jose, CA)
0 comments :: posted Thursday May 08, 2008 @ 13:47:02
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Company Cyber Switching, Inc.
Location San Jose, CA
Title PHP Developer
Summary

Cyber Switching, Inc. designs and manufactures a comprehensive line of power management devices that provide solutions for remote access, rebooting, and power cycling of any attached device, anywhere in the world. The company began developing products in 1994, incorporated in 1999 and employs a team that is dedicated to turning ideas into solutions.

We are expanding our team to include PHP Web Developers for future product innovation.

Our product line includes both embedded power management hardware as well as centralized software for command & control of our hardware products. Cyber Switching offers an innovative and dynamic environment where you can learn and grow your skills by participating in the design and implementation of our core products.

Qualifications:

  • Design and architecture experience with scalable N-tier systems and MVC design patterns
  • Solid experience in web development, programming languages, and database systems (PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, AJAX, etc.)
  • BS or MS in related field
  • 2-5 years experience
  • Ability to innovate new solutions to solve customer needs
  • Good communication and teamwork skills

Candidates with experience/exposure in the following will be given preference:

  • PHP 5 object oriented programming
  • Zend Framework (preferred), Symphony, or CakePHP experience
  • Knowledge of basic network protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, SNMP, etc.)
  • Knowledge of application and web security
  • Experience with high availability, high volume web applications

To apply or find out more, please e-mail me at chrisv@cyberswitching.com or call our main number at 408-436-9830.

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Larry Garfield's Blog:
Drupal 7 gets introspective code registry
0 comments :: posted Thursday May 08, 2008 @ 12:53:14
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Larry Garfield talks about a new feature of Drupal 7 in a new post to his blog - the new introspective code registry that's been introduced in this latest version.

As a GHOP Task , Cornil did a performance analysis of Drupal and found its two largest performance drains were the bootstrap process and the theming layer. Quite simply, Drupal spends too much time including code. [...] Fortunately, Drupal 7's self-learning code registry system has just landed, which should obliterate most of the wasted bootstrap cost.

Larry describes the "heart of it all", the token_get_all call, that parses through an entire PHP file, splitting out things like classes included and functions called. This is passed through a function_exists call to the current script and, if it's already there, the file isn't included repetitively.

tagged with: drupal cms code registry tokengetall system functionexists

Richard Heyes' Blog:
Displaying Errors (based on hostname)
0 comments :: posted Thursday May 08, 2008 @ 12:03:57
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In a response to this post on the PHP 10.0 Blog, Richard Heyes offers a method for what Stas was wanting:

OK, then what we do if something weird happens in production and we want to see the errors, but we don't want others to see them? [...] Maybe PHP could have some setting like display_errors=local which would enable display_errors for requests originating from developer machine but would disable it when outsider accesses it?

Richard's solution checks the HTTP_HOST value of the current request and, based on whether it's marked as "live" or "dev", uses a ini_set to change the display_errors setting to true/false.

tagged with: displayerrors httphost server development production


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