This Week’s Link List (May 13th, 2011)
I happen to think that Friday the 13th is a lucky day (note that I’m knocking on wood as I write that). In any case, once again, lots of good reading this week. Actually, this list is made up of links I’ve collected over the past two weeks (since I didn’t publish a Link List last week). Enjoy…
- Microsoft-PHP interoperability…
- The SQL Server Driver for PHP blog is seeing some activity again...and with a new author: https://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlphp/archive/2011/04/29/introduction-and-removal-of-php-driver-for-sql-server-1-1-download-links.aspx
- Video (11 min.) on consuming Odata with PHP: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/gg602478
- Resources for migration to SQL Server: https://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2011/05/02/sql-server-migration-roll-up.aspx
- How to install PEAR and Phploc on Windows: https://www.phpkode.com/tips/item/how-to-install-php-pear-and-phploc-on-windows/
- WebMatrix: Why PHP developers should pay attention: https://css.dzone.com/articles/webmatrix-why-php-developers
- On development patterns and practices…
- Cloud computing and the importance of code diagrams: https://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2011/05/03/cloud-computing-and-the-importance-of-code-diagrams.aspx
- This is an interesting read - NoSQL and the Windows Azure Platoform: https://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlazure/archive/2011/05/04/10160671.aspx
- On how PHP dependency injection creates more maintainable code: https://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/php-dependency-injection/Jason_Gilmore04292011.php3
- What are your thoughts on the use of stored procedures? Here's some performance info when using PDO: https://gonzalo123.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/performance-analysis-of-stored-procedures-with-pdo-and-php/
- Want to be smarter developer? Check out php|tek 2011 Hackathon: https://caseysoftware.com/blog/phptek-2011-hackathon
- Framework-related news…
- You can now use Zend Framework 2 autoloaders with PHP 5.2: https://weierophinney.net/matthew/archives/262-Backported-ZF2-Autoloaders.html
- CodeIgniter users, take note: https://blog.astrumfutura.com/2011/05/codeigniter-2-0-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-fixes-and-recommendations/
- Testing Web Services in Zend Framework 1.X: https://www.littlehart.net/atthekeyboard/2011/05/02/testing-web-services
- Zend Framework, IIS, and 500 errors: https://css.dzone.com/news/zend-framework-iis-and-500
- How to set up, use, and add page controls with Zend_Paginator: https://akrabat.com/zend-framework/exploring-zend-paginator/
- WordPress-related news…
- A new version of the WinCache Object Cache plugin for WordPress is available: https://ruslany.net/2011/05/wincache-object-cache-plugin-for-wordpress/
- How to add pagination to any WordPress theme without a plugin: https://www.webtricksblog.com/how-to-add-pagination-in-any-wordpress-theme-without-any-plugin.html
- Two new interviews on Voices of the Elephpant:
- Tips and tricks…
- This is a great tip for essentially creating a "public" directory for a web app running in Azure: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5971423/public-folders-with-php-on-azure
- Nifty tips about some PHP "magic" functions: https://www.webdeveloperjuice.com/2011/04/28/php-magic-functions-best-part-of-object-oriente-php/
- Answers to some commonly asked questions about working with Date and Time in PHP: https://webmonkeyuk.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/working-with-date-and-time-in-php/
- Using jQuery, AJAX, and JSONP to do cross-domain calls with PHP: https://www.giantflyingsaucer.com/blog/?p=2682
- Using jQuery and PHP to do advanced form validation: https://www.montanaprogrammer.com/learn-php/advanced-php-form-validation/
- An interesting proof-of-concept - PHP UML generation from a live object graph: https://css.dzone.com/articles/php-uml-generation-live-object
- Just for fun…
- The statistics in this article defy intuition (as statistics often do)...so much so that I'm not sure I believe it: https://1000memories.com/blog/75-number-of-people-who-have-ever-lived
- Are SSDs so hot that you're willing to put up with their craziness? https://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/05/the-hot-crazy-solid-state-drive-scale.html
Have a great weekend!
-Brian