php|architect has released their latest issue - April 2005 for public consumption.

Some of the articles it includes are:

• Database Abstraction in PHP (Lukas Smith)
• Secure SOAP Transactions in Command Line Applications (Ron Korving)
• Advanced Sessions and Authentication in PHP 5 (Ed Lecky-Thompson)
• Test Pattern: Spring Cleaning (Marcus Baker)
• An XML approach to Templating using PHPTAL - PART 2 (Jose Pablo Ezequiel Fernandez Silva)
• Security Corner: BBCode (Chris Shiflett)

If you're not already a subscribing customer to this fine publication, you're missing out on a monthly dose of excellent content and commentary. At only $30.79 USD/$39.99 CAD, it's quite a deal. If you're not up to paying for the whole subscription, you can purchase the single copy for only $8.39 USD/$10.95 CAD.