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Award Winners by Author of 2008

Rank Author Packages Points
1 Cesar D. Rodas Paraguay 4 28
2 Debug United States 3 19
3 Vagharshak Tozalakyan Armenia 3 17
3 Marius Zadara Romania 2 17
5 john mustafa yontar Turkey 2 15
6 Andrey Nikishaev Ukraine 1 14
6 Daniel Neville 2 14
8 Tom Schaefer Germany 2 13
9 bobak France 2 12
9 Martijn Beulens The Netherlands 1 12

Award Winners by Country of 2008

Rank Country Packages Points
1 United States United States 16 69
2 Brazil Brazil 9 49
3 Romania Romania 5 39
4 Ukraine Ukraine 3 33
5 Turkey Turkey 4 29
6 United Kingdom 7 28
6 Paraguay Paraguay 4 28
8 France France 5 25
9 India India 3 23
10 Germany Germany 3 22

Winners of December of 2008

Rank Class Author Score Points Prize
1 Facebook Notification Class
Send e-mail and notifications to Facebook users
Md. Mahmud Ahsan Bangladesh 36.00% 7 One copy of the Zend Studio
2 SQL Parse and Compile
Parse and compose SQL queries programatically
Tom Schaefer Germany 20.00% 6 One copy of VS.PHP
3 adv_net
Analyze the local network with nmap
Tomasz Malewski Poland 16.00% 5
4 Console Progress Bar
Draw a progress bar in ANSI console
Alex B. Snet Russian Federation 14.00% 4
5 Dash Media Player
Embed the Dash Media player in a Web page
Travis Tidwell United States 8.00% 3 One book of choice by O'Reilly
6 Name Parser
Parse a person full name to retrieve its parts
G. Miernicki United States 4.00% 2 One book of choice by Apress
7 IAF decoder coder
Parse and generate Outlook IAF configuration files
ruslan kononov Russian Federation 2.00% 1 One downloadable copy of Komodo IDE

Winners of November of 2008

Rank Class Author Score Points Prize
1 Open Inviter
Get contacts of friends of different networks
Open Inviter United States 30.77% 6 One subscription to the PDF edition of the PHP Architect magazine
2 SQL Parse Convert to Tree Array
Build a tree to represent an SQL query
François NEUMANN-RYSTOW France 26.92% 5
3 pl2method
Execute PgSQL stored procedures as class functions
Ivo Augusto Nascimento Brazil 15.38% 4 One book of choice by O'Reilly
4 Bluetrait
A multi-user blog system
Michael Dale Australia 13.46% 3 One book of choice by Manning
5 Flood Assassin
Check whether a message can be spam
Benjamin Falk Austria 7.69% 2 One downloadable copy of Komodo IDE
6 Console
Control output of text to an ANSI console
Alex B. Snet Russian Federation 5.77% 1 One book of choice by Apress

Winners of October of 2008

Rank Class Author Score Points Prize
1 Spell Corrector
Suggest corrected spelling text in pure PHP
Felipe Ribeiro Brazil 21.31% 7 One copy of the Zend Studio
2 mysqli.so.php
Access MySQl databases with MySQLi compatible API
Baris Yuksel Turkey 19.67% 6 One downloadable copy of Komodo IDE
3 JavaScript PHP Documentor
Generate documentation for Javascript scripts
Rafael M. Salvioni Brazil 16.39% 5 One license of ScriptCase Enterprise edition
4 Torrent RW
Create and parse Torrent files
adrien gibrat France 14.75% 4 One subscription to the PDF edition of the magazine by PHP Architect
4 Threading
Create parallel processes with the PHP CLI program
Alex B. Snet Russian Federation 14.75% 4 One book of choice by O'Reilly
6 Url short URL dynamic
Create and redirect URL shortcuts
Igor Herson Aquino de França Brazil 9.84% 2 Book of choice by Apress
7 Alexa
Get site ranking information from Alexa site
Sergey [YS.PRO] Belarus 3.28% 1 One book of choice by Packt

Winners of September of 2008

Rank Class Author Score Points Prize
1 Binary search
Search for data in files using binary search
Alex Fourth Ukraine 21.43% 9 One book of choice by Apress
2 Synchronize DB
Synchronize two MySQL databases
Cristian Vrinceanu Romania 19.64% 8
3 debugTools
Display PHP execution information in a page
Andreas Christodoulou Cyprus 14.29% 7 One downloadable copy of Komodo Pro
4 MemNestedSet
Manage a nested set of elements stored in arrays
Alan H. Lake Finland 12.50% 6 One book of choice from Manning
5 Intelligent Censor
Replace rude words by acceptable alternatives
sk89q United States 10.71% 5 One copy of the Zend Studio
6 Relink
Rewrite URLs based on mod_rewrite configuration
Benjamin Falk Austria 7.14% 4 One book of choice by O'Reilly
7 Curl Auto Site Form Post Class
Submit forms using values retrieved from a page
john mustafa yontar Turkey 5.36% 3
7 Check backup
Manage backup copies of files
zengwenjie China 5.36% 3
9 Price Comparison Shopping by DataFeedFile.com
Generate price comparison site with DataFeedFile
Andrew Nurcahya United States 3.57% 1

Winners of August of 2008

Rank Class Author Score Points Prize
1 PAX
Interpret XML command scripts with PHP classes
Marius Zadara Romania 16.33% 11 One copy of the Zend Studio
2 PHP color
Format PHP code as colored HTML
hazem ali Egypt 14.29% 10 One book of choice from Manning
3 Friendly class
Provide friend access to protected functions
Rubens Takiguti Ribeiro Brazil 12.24% 9 One book of choice by Packt
3 phpQuery
Manipulate HTML and XML documents like jQuery
Poland 12.24% 9
5 GtkMozEmbed Screenshot
Take page screenshots on Linux with Mozilla widget
Daniel Anechitoaie Romania 10.20% 7 One book of choice by O'Reilly
6 Alexa Web Information Service Class
Retrieve site traffic information from Alexa
Kunjesh janakkumar Sukhadia India 8.16% 6
8 Subtitle timestamp adjust
Adjust subtitle times for split movie files
Luis Martinez Ulloa Peru 6.12% 4 One license of ScriptCase Enterprise edition
8 Gerenciamento do windows por COM
Manage users and folders on a Windows system
Diego B. Pimentel Brazil 6.12% 4 One downloadable copy of PhpED Professional
10 News Script
Manage and publish news stored in a MySQL database
Andrew 4.08% 2
11 Knockout tournament scheduler
Manage knockout tournament games
Nicholas Rathmann Denmark 2.04% 1

Winners of July of 2008

Rank Class Author Score Points Prize
1 Little PHP Proxy
Show remote pages as if they from the current site
Andrey Nikishaev Ukraine 18.37% 14 One book of choice by Apress
2 From Browser - Youtube Upload
Upload videos to YouTube from another site forms
Cesar D. Rodas Paraguay 14.29% 13 One book of choice by O'Reilly
3 CSS Comparer
Compare two CSS style definitions
Martijn Beulens The Netherlands 10.20% 12 One copy of the Zend Studio
3 File Search & Get Similar Files
Find files with similar names
john mustafa yontar Turkey 10.20% 12
3 YouTube API
Get the video download URL using the YouTube API
Er. Rochak Chauhan India 10.20% 12 One subscription to the PDF edition of the magazine by PHP Architect
6 TOTP
Generate and validate expirable one time passwords
Protung Dragos Germany 8.16% 9 One book of choice from Manning
7 Space maps
Generate map images for space strategy games
Danilo Castro Brazil 6.12% 8 One year server license IP to country region city database
7 Typo
Generate variants of words based on typing errors
Daniel Calvi Argentina 6.12% 8 One book of choice by Packt
10 Ping.FM Wrapper Class
Update multiple social networks using Ping.FM
Daniel Neville 4.08% 5 One copy of DWebPro Standard License
11 PHPPolygen
Generate phrases based on a grammar using Polygen
Andrea Tosone Italy 2.04% 4 One copy of Delphi for PHP
11 Authorize.net ARB
Manage recurring payments using Authorize.net
Joshua Bettigole United States 2.04% 4
11 SODA
Database abstraction layer that encrypt data
Salvan Grégory France 2.04% 4
14 unixDate
Manipulate dates using the UNIX date command
Carl Friis-Hansen Denmark <1.00% 1

Winners of June of 2008

Rank Class Author Score Points Prize
1 Screenshot
Take screenshots of pages with Internet Explorer
Daniel Neville 21.43% 9 One copy of the Zend Studio
2 MySQL Binlog Rotate
Rotates the binary logs in a MySQL 5 cluster
J. Pape The Netherlands 16.07% 8 One book of choice by O'Reilly
3 QSWFObject
PHP Wrapper to load Flash movies
Tom Schaefer Germany 14.29% 7 One copy of Delphi for PHP
5 SuperSocket
Handle multiple TCP socket connections
Debug United States 10.71% 5 One copy of VS.PHP
6 Maildir To Mailbox
Convert messages from maildir to mbox format
Charalampos Pournaris Greece 7.14% 4
6 SimpleWMI
Access Windows resources using WMI objects
Zsolt Munoz Canada 7.14% 4 One book of choice by Packt
8 GNU/Linux Stats
Retrieve information about Linux systems
Cesar D. Rodas Paraguay 5.36% 2 One downloadable copy of PhpED Professional

Winners of May of 2008

Rank Class Author Score Points Prize
1 Google - Did You Mean
Get spelling correction suggestions from Google
Diego Garrido de Almeida Brazil 21.43% 9 One book of choice by Apress
2 ASCII CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA validation using ASCII art text
Debug United States 19.05% 8
3 Form PDF
Create and load PDF forms in FDF format
bobak France 16.67% 7 One copy of the Zend Studio
4 Slide Show
Present a slide show of local or remote images
Barton Phillips United States 14.29% 6 One downloadable copy of Komodo Pro
5 io_dz
Serialize values to a compressed string
bobak France 9.52% 5
6 PHP Social Security Number (SSN) Generator Class
Generate and validate US social security numbers
Jacob Allred United States 7.14% 4 One downloadable copy of PhpED Professional
7 Easy ADSI
Query Microsoft Active Directory
Zsolt Munoz Canada 4.76% 3 One book of choice by O'Reilly
7 mhtml
Parse and extract files from MIME HTML archives
Uku-Kaarel Jo~esaar Estonia 4.76% 3 One subscription to the PDF edition of the magazine by PHP Architect
9 boxPlot
Render box plot charts from data sets
caio nakashima Brazil 2.38% 1 One book of choice by Packt

Winners of April of 2008

Rank Class Author Score Points Prize
1 SimpleXML for PHP4
Load XML files in PHP 4 like SimpleXML extension
Taha Paksu Turkey 27.87% 8 One book of choice by O'Reilly
2 Crypt_OpenSSL
Class created for manipulation with ssl certs.
Pavel Saparov Czech Republic 14.75% 7
3 DFL
Parse and run DFL language programs
Debug United States 11.48% 6 One copy of the Zend Studio
3 PHON
Unserialize values exported with var_export
Martin Alterisio Argentina 11.48% 6 One subscription to the PDF edition of the magazine by PHP Architect
3 Geocoder
Get coordinates of locations with geocode services
Bruyndonckx Belgium 11.48% 6
6 Easy Navigator
Generate breadcrumbs navigation based on the URL
Brandon Blincoe United States 9.84% 3 One book of choice by Apress
7 Secure Token Grid Authentication
Generate grid of tokens, authenticate user with it
André Liechti Switzerland 8.20% 2 One copy of VS.PHP
8 ezphpconfig
Converts xml config file into a set of php classes
David Wainwright 4.92% 1 One book of choice by Packt

Winners of March of 2008

Rank Class Author Score Points Prize
1 Phonetic
Generate phonetically similar words
Alexander Skakunov Ukraine 21.13% 10 One book of choice by O'Reilly
2 DHTML and CSS CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA validation using colored boxes and AJAX
Alexander Selifonov Russian Federation 18.31% 9 One downloadable copy of PhpED Professional
3 Time Engine
Get the location and time zone of an address
Hasin Hayder Bangladesh 16.90% 8 One copy of the Zend Studio
4 awfDialog Wizard
Generate wizard-like Web user interface using AJAX
AW Ford United States 14.08% 7 One book of choice by Packt
5 ExifSort
Read EXIF information from picture files
Marius Zadara Romania 11.27% 6 One downloadable copy of Komodo Pro
6 Persistent Array
Access flat file databases like arrays
Cesar D. Rodas Paraguay 7.04% 5 One subscription to the PDF edition of the magazine by PHP Architect
7 Crawler
Extract links and images from remote Web pages
Md. Shaiful islam Bangladesh 5.63% 4 One copy of Delphi for PHP
8 Print Anything
Make a browser print a given HTML document
Vagharshak Tozalakyan Armenia 4.23% 3 http://www.apress.com/
9 packagex
Load multiple class with Java-like import commands
Carlo Tasca 1.41% 2 One year server license IP to country region city database

Winners of February of 2008

Rank Class Author Score Points Prize
1 Akismet class
Check whether a text is spam using Akismet service
Cesar D. Rodas Paraguay 25.86% 8 One book of choice by O'Reilly
2 Sortable Elements
Display MySQL records in a sortable HTML table
Sean Dempsey United States 18.97% 7 One book of choice by Packt
3 PHPBiDi
Get visual representation of right to left strings
Efthimios Mavrogeorgiadis Greece 17.24% 6 One copy of the Zend Studio
4 Magic Array
Provide enhanced array functionality
Bao Nguyen Quoc Viet Nam 13.79% 5 One subscription to the PDF edition of the magazine by PHP Architect
5 XCS Parser
Parse and compress XCSS files
Ve Bailovity 12.07% 4 One downloadable copy of PhpED Professional
6 Kenny Translator
Translate text to Kenny speech and vice-versa
Nemanja Avramovic Serbia 6.90% 3 One license of PHPEdit Professional
7 preg_magic
Extract data from text using regular expressions
Shannon Wynter Australia 3.45% 2 One downloadable copy of Komodo Pro
8 Multi-Dimensional Array Handler
Access multi-dimensional arrays with a single key
Colin Jermain United States 1.72% 1 One copy of Delphi for PHP

Winners of January of 2008

Rank Class Author Score Points Prize
1 pop3-stream
Stream wrapper to access POP3 messages (old)
Rick Hodger 19.51% 8
2 Newsletter Queue
Queue newsletters in MySQL for delivering later
solomongaby Romania 14.63% 7 One copy of the Zend Studio
2 Pure PHP radius class
Authenticate users with a RADIUS server
André Liechti Switzerland 14.63% 7 One copy of DWebPro Standard License
4 Output Buffering handler
Manage multiple handlers to filter the page output
Jon Gjengset Norway 12.20% 5 One book of choice by O'Reilly
4 SWF to JPG
Render Flash canvas image as JPEG
Gurdeep Singh India 12.20% 5 One downloadable copy of Komodo Pro
6 Web montage
Generate a montage of random pictures from the Web
R.L. Renkema Portugal 9.76% 3 One book of choice by Packt
6 HTML Compactor
Reduce HTML document size by removing white-spaces
Oliver Lillie Finland 9.76% 3 One subscription to the PDF edition of the magazine by PHP Architect
8 Robots_txt
Test if a URL may be crawled looking at robots.txt
Andy Pieters 7.32% 1


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