Michael Kimsal has put together a small page to help you get started using the phpUnderControl continuous integration system:

If you're not using phpUnderControl, you owe it to yourself to check it out, as I think 'continuous integration' will likely change the way you think of development. I've used CruiseControl in the past for PHP, but the PHP-specifics phpUnderControl brings to the project are too much to pass up.

The page mentions some of the common issues you might have in getting started - installation problem, the use of the PHP Code Sniffer and the Project Mess Detector from PHPUnit.

The International PHP Magazine has wrapped up another pool this week - one that asked the question of what (of their choices) was the most common design pattern out there.

Choices for the poll were:

• Factory pattern
• Singleton pattern
• Observer Pattern
• Decorator Pattern
• Others

Top on the list was the Singleton pattern by a wide berth. Below it, coming in nearly twenty percent less was the Factory Pattern.

Be sure to check out and vote on this week's poll that asks, out of the given list of FAQ management applications, which does it the most effectively.