First off, this morning, we'll get things started with a good old favorite: the latest Zend Weekly Summary. This one mentions the "great bug hunt" that the PHP QA team did to try to help out the developers, as well as mentions about making the libxml library as a "default" part of a PHP install (much the way that the MySQL libraries are now). With the way that the web is progressing, you have to have XML support in PHP to be able to get anything done these days - whether it be web services or even just a config file for your PHP-GTK application.

Also, over on beta.usephp.net there's a new piece where Damien talks to Stig Saether Bakken about the current state of PHP and where he thinks PHP is going to be in the future (Stig is one of the larger contributors to the PHP codeset and cause). It's an interesting read, but doesn't feel whole - almost like the questions are just a little general - some are better than others, but there's nothing earth-shattering here. Thanks to Damien for pointing us to this article.

And, last but not least (definitely not least), Julio César Carrascal mentioned this article over on 15seconds.com about web application security. Everyone knows the routine on this one (even some contractors out there have had to deal with this at one time or another). You get your app all written and read to go, then the IT boys shoot it down because it isn't secure enough. This piece gives you a "checklist" of things that you, as an application designer, can go through to make sure that your web apps are all that the IT department expects them to be. I know a lot of you out there are the IT dept at your office, and this might be a good thing for you all to check out as well so that you know what the developers are having to put up with...