php|architect has released their latest issue of their magaizne - May 2005 (Electronic edition).

Included in this edition are articles such as:

• XML Pull - Author Markus Nix explains this relatively new technology by introducing you to one of PHP's newest extensions, xmlReader.
• Solving the Unicode Puzzle - Michael Toppa will introduce you to Unicode, and describe the method he used to make his web applications work, no matter what the language. (this month's sample article)
• Advanced Sessions and Authentication in PHP 5 - Ed Lecky-Thompson tackles sessions from the ground up; from recapping PHP's built-in support right through to the development of a sophisticated brace of classes, especially optimized for session handling and authentication in PHP 5.
• The Anatomy of a Hit - John Zaleski Ph. D. will show you how to capture web page access statistics, and chart the results, to give a graphical indication of your sites' taffic, all with only a basic knowledge of PHP and MySQL.

There's much more in this issue as well, including Chris Shiflett's Security Corner. If you're not recieving php|architect yet, what's stopping you? With their month-to-month payment option, you can't go wrong with at least checking it out and subscribing today!