PHPDeveloper.org http://www.phpdeveloper.org Up-to-the Minute PHP News, views and community en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:07:47 -0600 30 <![CDATA[Scott Mattocks' Blog: What is PHP-GTK?]]> http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/5428 http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/5428 According to this new post from Scott Mattocks today, there's a new article in a new section of the php|archtiect site detailing the evolution of PHP-GTK.

This article is a first in a series of PHP-GTK articles. My goal is to start with PHP developers that have never heard of PHP-GTK and slowly but surely get them to the point where they can develop their own PHP-GTK apps with minimal headaches. Part one of this series doesn't jump into any development. It simply gives a bit of background. This article explains where PHP-GTK came from and how it can be useful in the real world. As always, I welcom comments, ideas and suggestions, not just about this article but also about future articles that you would like to see written.

The article looks at PHP-GTK from its humblest beginnings (the filesystem functions) out to what it is and what it's used for. There's also a brief discussion of where it's headed as well, including links to a few different resources on the topic.

]]> Tue, 23 May 2006 11:57:11 -0500 <![CDATA[Marco Tabini's Blog: Security Is As Security Does]]> http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/4716 http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/4716 Chris Shiflett's post on the "insecurity of PHP", Marco Tabini has voiced his opinion over on his blog as well.

Via Chris' blog, I came across this posting that discusses the perceived lack of security in PHP. Others have already made excellent points in response to the author's claims'"which, basically, boil down to the fact that he seems to confuse security with a limitation in functionality.

What? Is he serious? Well, yes'"and for one simple reason: security means different things to different people. The level of input filtering that may be needed for my software does not necessarily fit the requirements of other people's needs. The goal of the language is to remain as simple, powerful and efficient as possible. It is then up to the developer to determine the level of additional functionality that he requires and implement it'"and that includes security.

He goes on mentioning things like the Zend Framework and eZ Systems - all development platforms that are working to provide a secure environment for any developer to work in. Of course, not all developers need that much "protection" in their code, and are happy to work within something a bit more lean (he gives an example of Rasmus)...]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2006 06:39:52 -0600