For everyone out there that hasn't managed to hear about it yet, php|architect has released their latest issue - January 2004.

Headlining this issue is an article covering "Writing PHP Extensions" - a guide to writing PHP in C to create specialized libraries. This can help cross those bridges that regular PHP code just can't quite seem to manage.

Other article in this issue include:

• Writing Custom Session Handlers,
• Exploring the Google API with SOAP,
• The XPHP Filter Chain and
• Testing Made Easy with Mock Objects

So, if you're interested in any of the above topics (and much, much more), check out this month's edition of php|architect today!