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phpPatterns.com: Creating XUL applications with PHP

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:19:00 -0500

Please note: this article was incorrectly attributed to PHPHacks.com. The correct author/site has been identified and the information below is the correct information.

phpPatterns brings another tutorial to the PHP community today with this guide to creating XUL applications with the help of PHP.

XUL, or the XML User Interface language, is the common thread running through all Mozilla-powered applications - both desktop and web-based. XUL is a way to describe an application's user interface using XML. XUL is similar in many ways to HTML, while borrowing from, yet not exactly imitating its syntax.

To start off with, we need a simple XUL file that contains a form. This form could consist of anything, but for this example, I will be using a simple Login form that you might be familiar with while building web applications.

They provide the full code of the XUL, PHP, and Javascript to make everything worrk together. They explain how it all goes together and even some of the basics of XUL.

Zak Greant's Blog: php|works 2006 Followup Reports

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:19:43 -0500

Zak Greant has posted a series of items on his blog pertaining to the just passed php|works conference he attended. The topics range from eZ systems out to Mozilla. Here's the list:

Each of the posts summaries som eof his experiences at the conference (specifically in promoting eZ systems and the Mozilla Foundation), and a bit of the happenings following.

Joshua Eichorn's Blog: Webthumb

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:52:04 -0500

As an offshoot from a previous project, Joshua Eichorn has extended his code and created Webthumb, an automatic way to create thumbnails of any website out there.

So about 11 months (wow that long time ago, feels like last month) I used some code I had lying around to make some thumbnails of all the planet php blogs. Work priorities has finally allowed me to work on that code base again, and I was able to get things up to a usable state.

The result of this, is a new project. A website that lets you grab snapshots of any website at any time. The result is 3 different images, one at 800�600, one at 160�120 and one at 80�60.

He includes an example shot of his website to give you an idea of the results. You can also go to the project's page and enter in a URL of your choice to test it out. He also tries to answer a few questions about the script such as "How does it work?" and "Is there a webservice API?".