PHP Classes blog

90. Blogs for class packages

Posted on: 2009-03-05

The PHPClasses site is launching a new feature that allows authors to publish interesting articles about their classes in specific blogs that are being made available for each class.

The site main blog is also open to every user for submissions of articles of general interest to the PHPClasses site users.

Compensation will be made available to top contributors.

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89. Quickly importing data from CSV file into PHP applications

Posted on: 2009-02-21

In this article you may learn how to quickly import data from CSV files into your application with help of PHP.

It also covers a tool that provides a Web based user interface for importing CSV data into a MySQL database table with support for mapping CSV columns into arbitrary MySQL database table columns.

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88. Automating Backup Tasks Remotely with PHP and PECL SSH2 extension

Posted on: 2009-02-18

This article teaches how to setup automated backup PHP scripts using the PECL SSH2 extension to copy files to a remote server.

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87. 10 steps to migrate Web site servers with the least of problems

Posted on: 2009-01-30

Sometimes you need to migrate a site between two servers. This article provides advice about which steps a server migration procedure should follow to prevent the problems that may happen.

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86. 2008 balance and 2009 plans

Posted on: 2008-12-23

This post gives a brief summary of the most important features implemented in the PHPClasses site in 2008.

It also presents several features that are planned to be implemented in 2009 and asks for your feedback about which features you would like to see implemented first.

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85. What is Microsoft up to with PHP?

Posted on: 2008-12-18

Microsoft has been participating in several initiatives that benefit PHP. This post talks about such initiatives.

It includes an interview with an Microsoft Open Source Labs leader, and a review of a what happened at summit that Microsoft organized in their headquarters in Redmond with several influential PHP community people.

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84. Ask difficult questions to PHP specialists

Posted on: 2008-11-30

The PHPClasses site provides dedicated forums that now allow any PHP developers to post questions about difficult problems that he is having. These forums are frequented by skilled PHP developers that are willing to help by providing good solutions or suggestions to solve those problems.

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83. Slide presentations of talks about classes

Posted on: 2008-11-14

Authors may now submit slide presentations about their classes and have them rank higher in the users rated packages ranking.

Also if you live near the Seattle, Washington area in the United States, you may also want to attend an informal PHP meetup next week, to which several well known PHP developers will also attend.

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82. PHP Object-Relational Mapping: ORM or ROM?

Posted on: 2008-10-09

This article talks about what is Object-Relational Mapping (ORM). It also talks about PHP ORM solutions that can make you more productive by allowing the development of your PHP database driven sites progress faster.

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81. Site design theme editor

Posted on: 2008-09-01

The site is launching an editor that allows designs to propose new site design themes.

This is the initial beta version of the site design editor, but it already allows any designer to try different presentation designs.

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