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CIO.com: PHP's Enterprise Strengths and Weaknesses, Take 2

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:19:37 -0500

As is pointed out both by Cal Evans and the Zend Developer Zone, there's been another article posted due to the response from the (now infamous) CIO article - "PHP's Enterprise Strengths and Weaknesses, Take 2" (by Zend's John Coggeshall).

So, in the digital toolbox of the developer, where has PHP been designed to work best? And where is it, perhaps, not the best tool for the job? [...] While other languages can surely be used to solve The Web Problem, in this article I explain why PHP is the premier solution for server-side Web scripting.

John talks about how PHP was written for the web, how it approaches and handles web requests, the security of the language and some of the major software packages that are being used in PHP development today (like the Zend Framework, PHPUnit and PECL extensions).

International PHP Magazine: Poll Question: Major Strengths of Sympony Over its Competitors Are?

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 13:39:00 -0600

The International PHP Magazine conducted a poll this past week that asked visitors to vote on which of the options was the biggest strength that the Symfony framework had over the competition.

Of the four options given, the one that came out on top was that the project is still under active development and was being added to all the time. Coming in second place was an appreciation for the level of documentation that the project offers.

Be sure to get your votes in on this week's poll that takes a step back and asks visitors to pick which of the options is their favorite framework. Options include WACT, CakePHP, Prado, Phrame, and others. Head over and cast your vote today.

Mike Bernat's Blog: PHP Cookies vs Sessions - The Breakdown

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:58:00 -0600

In a recent post to his blog, Mike Bernat gets down to basics with one of the key pieces of functionality in PHP data persistence - cookies vs. sessions.

Knowing the basics of cookies and sessions is essential to any successful PHP programmer. It is useful to store pieces information on the users computer for later use. Things like when they last visited, language of choice, age, etc. Cookies and Sessions are the perfect solution to our needs.

He talks about both, including demonstration code to clarify some points and a chart at the end to compare their features, strengths, and weaknesses.