Weekly newsletter of Sunday - 2012-02-12
Contents
o PHP Classes site tip of the day
o Latest PHP specialists forum threads
o Latest PHP jobs
o Latest PHP Classes blog posts
o Top friends of the site
o Latest regional PHP User Group submissions
o Innovation award results
o Latest support forum threads
o Latest package entries
o Latest news
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PHP Classes site tip of the day
o *Find blog posts about the classes published in the PHP Classes site*
http://www.phpclasses.org/tips.html?tip=trackback-links
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http://www.phpclasses.org/tips.html?tip=beta
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o PHP/Web/MySQL/iOS Developers needed! (2 days ago)
http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/post/1839-PHP-job-PHP-Web-MySQL-iOS-Developers-needed-.html
Posted on: 2012-02-10
City: San Francisco, CA, United States
*May work remotely from another country*
o Programador PHP sênior (2 days ago)
http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/post/1840-PHP-job-Programador-PHP-s-nior.html
Posted on: 2012-02-10
City: Campinas, Brazil
o Senior CakePHP Developer (Work from home 100%) (2 days ago)
http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/post/1838-PHP-job-Senior-CakePHP-Developer-Work-from-home-100-.html
Posted on: 2012-02-10
City: Dallas, TX, United States
o Full-Time WordPress Developer (3 days ago)
http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/post/1837-PHP-job-Full-Time-WordPress-Developer.html
Posted on: 2012-02-09
City: Savannah, GA, United States
o Need a senior Wordpress developer (4 days ago)
http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/post/1836-PHP-job-Need-a-senior-Wordpress-developer.html
Posted on: 2012-02-08
City: Hyderabad, India
*May work remotely from another country*
o php developer (4 days ago)
http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/post/1835-PHP-job-php-developer.html
Posted on: 2012-02-08
City: New York, NY, United States
o PHP champion (5 days ago)
http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/post/1834-PHP-job-PHP-champion.html
Posted on: 2012-02-07
City: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Latest PHP specialists forum threads
o Subject: Import CSV files
Summary: import many csv files
Updated on: 2012-02-10 14:53:34
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/topic/specialists/forum/general/thread/483/
o Subject: please reply
Summary: The protection video flv from downloads
Updated on: 2012-02-08 03:27:05
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/topic/specialists/forum/general/thread/465/
o Subject: MIME type for Quicktime .mov
Summary: What is the correct MIME type for Quicktime .mov files?
Updated on: 2012-02-08 01:10:55
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/topic/specialists/forum/general/thread/482/
o Subject: reportool group totals
Summary: print rowcount as group total
Updated on: 2012-02-06 05:15:06
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/topic/specialists/forum/general/thread/481/
o Subject: SSH server monitoring
Summary: By any Programming language
Updated on: 2012-02-06 05:13:04
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/topic/specialists/forum/general/thread/480/
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o Another Serious Security Bug on PHP 5.3.9 (9 days ago)
http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/175.html
Posted on: 2012-02-03
Summary: PHP 5.3.9 release was mostly meant to fix a security bug, but
it introduced a new more serious bug. PHP 5.3.10 was just released to
fix this issue.
Meanwhile Debian Linux maintainers decided to stop enabling the Suhosin
extension by default. This extension is used by several Linux
distributions to provide protection against present and future security
bugs of PHP.
Read this article to learn more about the just fixed bug what you
should do to avoid these security issues. You can also learn more what
is the current PHP security status and the importance of the Suhosin
extension to prevent PHP security problems.
o MicroPHP vs Complicated PHP - Lately in PHP podcast episode 20 (11 days ago)
http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/174.html
Posted on: 2012-02-01
Summary: Earlier in January Ed Finkler announced the MicroPHP
manifesto. It seems to be a rant about against the practices of
developers that make PHP development more complicated than it should
be. This is one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Ernani
Joppert in the episode 20 of the Lately in PHP podcast.
They also discuss the final release of PHP 5.4.0 and whether you should
upgrade it or not, the repercussion of the PHP Hash Collision
Vulnerability, as well the trends of PHP world based on the analysis of
the PHP Zeitgeist 2011 initiative.
Listen to the podcast or read the transcript now to learn more in
detail about these interesting PHP topics.
o PHP 5.4 Features: Shall you Upgrade to the newer PHP Version? (14 days ago)
http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/173.html
Posted on: 2012-01-29
Summary: PHP 5.4 is being released after many months of development and
tests.
Read this article to get a brief overview of the features of this new
release and learn about criteria that you may follow to decide if and
when you should upgrade to the new version.
o PHP Zeitgeist 2011 (25 days ago)
http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/172.html
Posted on: 2012-01-18
Summary: The PHP Zeitgeist is an initiative that allows us to
understand what were some of the main new trends and concerns of the
PHP developers in the past year.
Read this article to learn about what new things PHP developers have
been searching more in 2011 and what are their needs that probably
still need to be fulfilled.
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Top friends of the site
Friends of the PHP Classes site is a initiative to provide recognition
to the users that contribute to the growth of the site community.
For more information on how to become a friend of the site look here:
http://www.phpclasses.org/friends.html .
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|Rank| Friend |Referrals|
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| 1 |Arturs Sosins | 112|
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| 2 |Olaf Lederer | 15|
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| 3 |solomongaby | 11|
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| 4 |Alexander Skakunov| 10|
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| 5 |Cesar D. Rodas | 10|
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| 6 |Roberto Aleman | 8|
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| 7 |lixlpixel | 8|
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| 8 |Richard Munroe | 7|
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| 9 |Protung Dragos | 4|
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| 10 |William Lang | 3|
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o Noakhali PHP Forum (5 days ago)
http://npf.noakhalisoft.com/
Country: Bangladesh
Location: Noakhali
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/group/bycountry/bd/
Responsible: Muahmmed Imran
email contact:
http://www.phpclasses.org/contact/group/nph/
o Shiraz Developers (6 days ago)
http://www.wel.comeze.com/
Country: Iran
Location: shiraz
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/group/bycountry/ir/
Responsible: mehdi behzadi
email contact:
http://www.phpclasses.org/contact/group/shzdvlprs/
o PHPFlanders (17 days ago)
http://www.comaser.be/phpflanders/
Country: Belgium
Location: Destelbergen
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/group/bycountry/be/
Responsible: Rudi Vansnick
email contact:
http://www.phpclasses.org/contact/group/phpflanders/
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If you make part of a regional PHP User Group not listed here, submit
your user group .
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Innovation award results
Congratulations to Nathan Bruer!
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Winners of December of 2011
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1. Web Socket Service (35.00%)
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7259.html
Author: Nathan Bruer
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/author/414455.html
2. Paypal Invoice API (25.00%)
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7269.html
Author: Mubashir Ali
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/author/746514.html
3. APC_handler (20.00%)
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7230.html
Author: Eper Kalman
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/author/1028966.html
4. Login with Linux passwd or shadow (10.00%)
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7234.html
Author: Marcus Brasizza
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/author/342223.html
4. RoboTamer Backup (10.00%)
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7264.html
Author: Dennis T Kaplan
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/author/288082.html
6. Arroba (<1.00%)
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7262.html
Author: Evaldo Barbosa
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/author/1001489.html
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Award page
http://www.phpclasses.org/award/innovation/
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Nominees to win the award of January of 2012
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o Class: Image Font
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7304-PHP-Render-images-with-text-using-graphics-as-fonts.html
Description: Render images with text using graphics as fonts
Author: Arturs Sosins
Age: 24
Country: Latvia
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o Class: Simple Array
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7305-PHP-Manage-arrays-with-keys-of-any-type.html
Description: Manage arrays with keys of any type
Author: Martin Lacroix
Age: 35
Country: France
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o Class: bkTree
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7309-PHP-Insert-and-search-text-in-a-Burkhard-Keller-tree.html
Description: Insert and search text in a Burkhard-Keller tree
Author: Brian
Age: ???
Country: United States
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o Class: POT Creator
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7312-PHP-Build-application-translation-files-for-gettext.html
Description: Build application translation files for gettext
Author: Peter He
Age: 27
Country: China
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o Class: VMware ESX/ESXi
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7327-PHP-Control-a-running-VMWare-instance-via-SSH.html
Description: Control a running VMWare instance via SSH
Author: Amir Keshavarz
Age: 15
Country: Iran
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o Class: Complexity Analyzer
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7328-PHP-Evaluate-the-complexity-of-classes-code.html
Description: Evaluate the complexity of classes' code
Author: Philipp Strazny
Age: 45
Country: United States
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Vote
http://www.phpclasses.org/vote.html
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Latest support forum threads
o Subject: Great class, thanks =D
Summary: Package rating comment
Posted on: 2012-02-12 05:11:12
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/package/6798/thread/2/
Class: Auto form
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/6798-PHP-Generate-HTML-forms-to-manipulate-MySQL-records.html
o Subject: Très bien, je vais gagner du temps, merci !
Summary: Package rating comment
Posted on: 2012-02-11 18:29:47
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/package/6798/thread/1/
Class: Auto form
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/6798-PHP-Generate-HTML-forms-to-manipulate-MySQL-records.html
o Subject: Abstraction
Summary: How is it an abstraction layer?
Posted on: 2012-02-11 12:36:27
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/package/7349/thread/1/
Class: Simple DAL
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7349-PHP-Simple-MySQL-database-abstraction-layer.html
o Subject: directions
Summary: assistance
Posted on: 2012-02-11 01:42:22
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/package/6825/thread/3/
Class: CURL Client
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/6825-PHP-Send-HTTP-requests-using-CURL.html
o Subject: Error
Summary: Error
Posted on: 2012-02-10 17:54:11
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/package/5601/thread/3/
Class: FTP Sync
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/5601-PHP-Synchronize-two-hosts-via-FTP.html
o Subject: Secure get error please
Summary: Secure get error.
Posted on: 2012-02-10 13:58:05
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/package/7336/thread/2/
Class: Secure Get
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7336-PHP-Generate-and-validate-URLs-to-prevent-tampering.html
o Subject: Secure get error
Summary: Secure get error.
Posted on: 2012-02-10 13:56:59
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/package/7336/thread/1/
Class: Secure Get
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7336-PHP-Generate-and-validate-URLs-to-prevent-tampering.html
o Subject: there are already classes in php for HTML elements
Summary: Package rating comment
Posted on: 2012-02-10 09:34:09
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/package/7283/thread/3/
Class: Html_dner
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7283-PHP-Generate-HTML-composed-programatically.html
o Subject: Not running
Summary: Package rating comment
Posted on: 2012-02-09 10:56:38
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/package/5985/thread/2/
Class: Facebook Chat
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/5985-PHP-Send-chat-messages-to-friends-in-Facebook.html
o Subject: Any good suggestions about barcode generator?
Summary: barcode generator
Posted on: 2012-02-09 07:14:45
http://www.phpclasses.org/discuss/package/2484/thread/1/
Class: Bar Code Generator
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/2484-PHP-Generate-bar-code-graphics-for-payments-in-Brazil.html
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Latest package entries
o Simple DAL
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7349-PHP-Simple-MySQL-database-abstraction-layer.html
Author: Shibly
Date: 2012-02-10 (2 days ago)
Groups: Databases
Description:
This class is a very simple MySQL database abstraction layer.
There is a base abstract class and an implementation of class that
can connect to MySQL databases, execute queries, retrieve query
results and get the last inserted table record identifier.
o Web Video Players
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7339-PHP-Embed-remote-video-players-in-Web-pages.html
Author: Angelos Staboulis
Date: 2012-02-09 (3 days ago)
Groups: HTML, PHP 5, Video
Description:
This class can embed remote video players in Web pages.
It can generate HTML to embed players of several video sites.
Currently it can embed videos of YouTube, MetaCafe and DailyMotion.
o ical
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7337-PHP-Create-a-calendar-file-of-events-in-ICAL-format.html
Author: Floyd Resler
Date: 2012-02-08 (4 days ago)
Groups: PHP 5, Time and Date
Description:
This class can create a calendar file of events in ICAL format.
It can add events to a calendar given their start and end dates and
times, time zone, title, frequency, URL, notes and attendees.
The class can generate the calendar of events and return it as a
string in ICAL format.
o OpenGraph Reader with Template Output
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7345-PHP-Extract-and-display-OpenGraph-data-in-Web-pages.html
Author: Hensel Hartmann
Date: 2012-02-07 (5 days ago)
Groups: HTML, PHP 5, Web services, Social Networking
Description:
This class can extract and display OpenGraph data in Web pages.
It can retrieve a give Web page and parse it to extract OpenGraph
metadata.
The class can also generate HTML to display the extracted metadata
in a Web page using a given HTML template.
o Secure Get
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7336-PHP-Generate-and-validate-URLs-to-prevent-tampering.html
Author: Gianluca Zanferrari
Date: 2012-02-06 (6 days ago)
Groups: PHP 5, Validation, Security
Description:
This class can generate and validate URLs to prevent tampering.
It takes an associative array of parameters to pass in a link.
The class assembles the link parameter keys and values and adds an
extra parameter which is the SHA1 value of all parameters adding a
secret prefix and a suffix salt values.
The class can also verify if the parameter values are correct in a
page of the previously generated URL checking against the passed
SHA1 value.
o Data URI
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7326-PHP-Generate-data-URL-to-embed-binaries-in-links.html
Author: Uku-Kaarel Jo~esaar
Date: 2012-02-05 (7 days ago)
Groups: HTML, PHP 5
Description:
This class can generate data URL to embed binaries in links.
It can generate a URL that includes the data of a given file.
The class can set the URL character set and MIME type of the data
to given values, guess from the file name extension based on a list
of known extensions, or retrieve it from a given magic MIME type
file.
The generated URL can be used in a link or any other resource of an
HTML page that requires an URL.
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Latest news
Courtesy of PHPDeveloper.org .
o Cloud Out Loud Podcast: Interview with Ed Finkler
PHPDeveloper.org: 2012-02-10T19:59:07Z
http://www.phpclasses.org/newsletter/news/17529.html
o Reddit.com: What non-PHP stuff should a PHP developer know?
PHPDeveloper.org: 2012-02-10T15:27:02Z
http://www.phpclasses.org/newsletter/news/17528.html
o Community News: The Changelog Podcast
PHPDeveloper.org: 2012-02-10T14:50:41Z
http://www.phpclasses.org/newsletter/news/17527.html
o Site News: Popular Posts for the Week of 02.10.2012
PHPDeveloper.org: 2012-02-10T13:05:00Z
http://www.phpclasses.org/newsletter/news/17526.html
o Leaseweb Labs Blog: Migration to Symfony2 continued
PHPDeveloper.org: 2012-02-09T17:51:59Z
http://www.phpclasses.org/newsletter/news/17525.html
o SitePoint.com: How to Create Your Own Random Number Generator in PHP
PHPDeveloper.org: 2012-02-09T16:03:35Z
http://www.phpclasses.org/newsletter/news/17524.html
o Refulz.com: The __toString() Method - Objects as Strings
PHPDeveloper.org: 2012-02-09T15:27:19Z
http://www.phpclasses.org/newsletter/news/17523.html
o PHPMaster.com: Using Traits in PHP 5.4
PHPDeveloper.org: 2012-02-09T14:40:50Z
http://www.phpclasses.org/newsletter/news/17522.html
o Site News: Blast from the Past - One Year Ago in PHP
PHPDeveloper.org: 2012-02-09T13:08:28Z
http://www.phpclasses.org/newsletter/news/17521.html
o Ibuildings techPortal: DPC Radio: Implementing OAuth
PHPDeveloper.org: 2012-02-08T20:20:29Z
http://www.phpclasses.org/newsletter/news/17520.html
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