PHP Community Magazine

PHP eFax v1.1 Released

2008-10-17T11:50:15Z

ORANGEVALE, Calif.- October 16, 2008 - In 2007, Made to Order Software created a software package to support the eFax protocol using the PHP language. Early in 2008, we offered the PHP eFax package for developers to send faxes from your web server to anywhere in the world.

Now we offer PHP eFax version 1.1 that not only sends faxes, but also accepts inbound faxes. With a single call to the PHP eFax object, you will know everything you need to know about your incoming faxes, including whether they worked and how many pages were received.

eFax® is a j2 Global Communication company offering a reliable system to send and receive worldwide faxes cheaply. Because of its high reliability, it is used by major bank and insurance companies. Their system works with the Internet and is directly accessible to your web server, whether it is local to you or far away from your company offices.

ZZEE PHPExe 2.0 released

2008-10-06T07:09:28Z

Paul SlavicPaul Slavic wrote to told us about the availablity of version 2 of ZZEE PHPExe, a step towards better compatibility with lots of legacy code, including various frameworks (such as Zend framework) and applications. Many significant changes are made, making it much easier to compile legacy PHP code and use standard PHP tricks.

ZZEE PHPExe compiles PHP, HTML, Javascript and other web files into Windows GUI programs. More information and downloads available here: http://www.zzee.com/phpexe/.

ZZEE PHPExe Features :

Includes a compact webserver, a built-in webbrowser and embedded PHP
Compiled applications don't conflict with any webservers (neither Apache nor IIS), other PHP installations, proxies and firewalls
Compiled applications don't occupy any TCP ports
More than one copy of a compiled application can run at a time
The program uses ISAPI (not slow CGI) interface for optimal performance
ZZEE PHPExe v 2.0.0 ships with PHP v 5.2.5
The program includes lots of PHP extensions
You can use your own PHP extensions
Built-in webbrowser is based on Internet Explorer and thus compatible with the most popular webbrowser
Internal webbrowser runs with high permissions, providing the possibilities that are often disabled in regular webbrowsers for security reasons
Many debugging options are available

Read also on Enterprise PHP Magazine :
ZZEE PHPExe, Compile PHP Scripts into Windows GUI Exes

Develop web Applications using the MVC CakePHP Framework with New Book + Sample chapter

2008-08-20T11:16:35Z

A new book that teaches users a step-by-step introduction to rapid web development using the MVC CakePHP framework has been announced by Packt Publishing. Written by Anupom Syam and Ahsanul Bari, the book aims to assist PHP programmers to develop and deploy well-crafted and robust web-based applications with the open source MVC CakePHP framework.

CakePHP is an open source web application framework written in PHP. It uses well-known design patterns and provides a structured framework that enables PHP users to develop robust web applications, without any loss of flexibility. The user can code faster, better, and it makes writing Web 2.0-style applications easier.

The book introduces the user to installing the MVC Framework and building his first application, and follows with looking at each main component of a CakePHP application in detail. The book also teaches how to build Web 2.0 style applications using a case study application. PHP Magazine Readers can download freely the chapter 4 Controllers: Programming. Application Logic [PDF 909KB]

PHPEclipse 1.2.0 Released

2008-07-13T10:43:19Z

PHPEclipse 1.2.0 have just been released to include support for XDebug. This release is targeted for Eclipse 3.3 and fix several bugs. PHPEclipse runs on all the major OS platforms and has the following features:

Syntax Coloring
Brackets Matching
Code folding
Code Completion
Parameter hints
Mark Occurrences
Hover Tooltips
PHP Manual integration
Code templates
XDebug support
DBG Support
CVS
SVN++
SSH/SFTP ++
FTPS ++

DBTyP.NET 2008 R3, The Cross-Database Comparison Tool

2008-07-08T08:46:09Z

Today, BYPsoft announced the availability of DBTyP.NET 2008 Release 3, the newest version of the cross-database comparison tool that compares SQL Server, MySQL and Oracle databases (schema and data). DBTyP.NET 2008 Release 3 is available for download from http://www.bypsoft.com.

With its rich support for schema and data cross-database comparison, DBTyP.NET takes the mystery out of databases, making their comparison practical and easy for programmers and database administrators everywhere. Over and above its powerful comparison capabilities till now, BYPsoft added to the DBTyP.NET 2008 support for schema comparisons for Oracle databases. Full cross database comparison family includes now support for SQL Server, MySQL and Oracle databases in the latest release of DBTyP.NET 2008 for a fraction of the cost of single-database solution.

dbQwikSite Developer Edition Released

2008-06-05T11:54:08Z

TheDevShop Ltd today announced the release of dbQwikSite Developer Edition, a special edition of its popular website building software targeting the advanced needs of web developers and web designers.

What is dbQwikSite?

dbQwikSite is a web code generator producing dynamic web pages that interact with an online database.

dbQwikSites advanced code generation creates all the scripts for web pages to display, search and edit online database content. Using dbQwikSite users focus on the design and flow of their web pages rather than the syntax of web scripting. To create a web site, users choose the design options that they want using an integrated page designer and wizards.

Building Dashboards With PHP and Flex

2008-06-03T08:36:24Z

Zend Developer Zone have an interesting article about building dashboard with PHP and Flex written by Jack Herrington. In this article Jack explores - using a combinations of different technologies including PHP, Flex, ILOG Elixir, AMFPHP, and FlexLib - the possibility to create an advanced 3D interactive graph to show your website traffic.

Let's face it: Interactive graphs and dashboards have never been easy to put together on the web. Sure, there are graphing libraries out there for PHP, but to get something that looks really good and that a user can play with has been tough. Or at least, it was yesterday. Today, I show how to use a combination of PHP for the back end and Adobe Flex for the front end that will put interactive 3D within your grasp. Right now.

From CVS, SVN, to Mercurial ... Advanced Revision Control for your projects

2008-06-03T07:51:53Z

If you are used to work with revision control tools such as Git, CVS or Subversion, you might be interested to Mercurial, a lightweight revision control solution, easy to learn and use, scales excellently and easily customizable. I was using CVS, then migrated to SVN during the last years, and really noticed the difference between the two solutions. But there are many missing features in SVN, for example to track merges between branches in history, resolve conflicts, ...etc. In Mercurial you can easily import revision history from a Subversion repository as well from CVS, Git and Darcs, so you can test and see yourself the performance before to decide to switch. This have been said, SVN remain better if you are working with binary files.

Another advantage in Mercurial is its documentation and built-in help. You will find yourself quickly very friendly with "hg" commands, to clone, commit, push, pull, update, ... etc over a local repository or a network. Major features of Mercurial include :

IMP H3 4.2 and Horde Suite 1.1 Released

2008-05-28T10:17:18Z

IMP, the robust Internet Messaging Program powered by PHP, have just released version 4.2 in the Hord 3 branch. In addition to accessibility compliance, the new release include many new features and improvements :

Mailbox and message caching.
A rewrite of many of IMP's core libraries.
WCAG 1.0 Priority 2/Section 508 accessibility guidelines compliance.
Javascript improvements/increased functionality.
Multiple browser windows now works.
Sent mail logging.
Customizable rate limiting, non-modifiable folders, and maximum inline display size.
Symmetric PGP encryption and PGP public key fetching from keyservers.
Auto-completion of contact list searching in the compose screen.
RSS/Atom mailbox feeds.
IDN support.
Greatly improved PHP memory usage, better caching, and more efficient IMAP server interaction.

More information and download about IMP from http://www.horde.org/imp/. IMP 4.2 H3 could be downloaded directly from Horde ftp.

In addition to IMP, the enterprise ready browser-based communication suite by Horde have just released version 1.1. Horde Groupware Webmail Edition allow users to read, send, and organize email messages and manage and share calendars, contacts, tasks, and notes with the standards compliant components from the Horde Project.

Jcx.Software released VS.Php for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

2008-03-25T17:34:12Z

Jcx.Software have recently announced the immediate availability of VS.Php 2.4 for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. This is the new edition to the VS.Php family of products. VS.Php users that are planning to upgrade to Visual Studio 2008 should upgrade to this edition. VS.Php 2.4 continues to be providing unique value to PHP developers. This release includes support for both XDebug and DBG debugging engines.

Jcx.Software founder, J. Rivera explains: "VS.Php for Visual Studio 2008 is an exciting release because it continues to show how the innovation on the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) adds value to PHP developers. Jcx.Software is committed to making PHP a first class citizen in Visual Studio 2008. Visual Studio along with Eclipse are the only two real development platforms for developers that offer a wide range of tools and languages. Visual Studio with VS.Php provides a very compelling offering for PHP developers to enjoy the performance of Visual Studio and its usability and productivity features."

PHP e-Fax Solution launched

2008-03-14T06:17:31Z

This month, Made to Order Software presents PHP eFax, a ready to use solution to send Fax right from your PHP applications using eFax Developer. When you get an eFax Developer account, eFax gives you a full documentation and sample code in Active X and Java, but no PHP. Made to Order Software filled up the gap. With PHP eFax and an eFax Developer account, your website will be ready to send faxes in hours instead of a week or two. For more information and to get PHP eFax, check out http://www.m2osw.com/efax.

PHP Function Finder Windows Vista Gadget

2008-02-14T11:36:13Z

Zipline Interactive has released the second version of their free PHP Function Finder Gadget for Windows Vista. The tool can be downloaded directly from the Zipline Interactive website at: http://www.gozipline.com/23,phpfunctionfindergadget. You can also download the latest version by going to the PHP.net website sidebar page located at: http://www.php.net/sidebars.

The new version of the PHP Function Finder includes the following enhancements:
- It is smaller, V.2 requires about 60% less sidebar space.
- It is now rectangular and fits nicely with other gadgets on your desktop.
- Removed blink that occurs when a search is performed.

PHP 4.4.8 Security Release Available

2008-01-08T06:13:01Z

A new release in the PHP 4.4 branch is now available PHP 4.4.8, focused on security and stability since there will be no longer new features on the PHP4 branch. The security releases of PHP4 will stop anyway by 2008-08-08. Users of the PHP 4.4 branch are urged to update as soon as possible. Changes in this release include :

Improved fix for MOPB-02-2007.
Fixed an integer overflow inside chunk_split(). Identified by Gerhard Wagner.
Fixed integer overlow in str[c]spn().
Fixed regression in glob when open_basedir is on introduced by #41655 fix.
Fixed money_format() not to accept multiple %i or %n tokens.
Addded "max_input_nesting_level" php.ini option to limit nesting level of input variables. Fix for MOPB-03-2007.
Fixed INFILE LOCAL option handling with MySQL - now not allowed when open_basedir or safe_mode is active.
Fixed session.save_path and error_log values to be checked against open_basedir and safe_mode (CVE-2007-3378).

Full list of changes in PHP 4.4.8 is available in the Changelog

Gul 2.0, XUL Parser For PHP-GTK 2

2008-01-06T08:12:14Z

Gul 2.0 is a free XUL interpreter for the PHP-GTK2 extension. It enables you to simplify the developer's work and supports cascading style sheets (CSS) to customize applications. XUL can then be used just like Glade to build the UI for your PhpGtk applications. The first beta of Gul 2.0 have just been released (97% of it) announced Thomas Favennec on the PHP-GTK community website. You can find snapshot of Gul 2.0 here, documentation available here. Gul 2.0 is open source project released under GPL.

Learn to create practical Mashups in PHP with new book from Packt

2007-12-18T08:19:09Z

Packt is pleased to announce details of a new book designed to teach users how to create practical mashups in PHP. Written by experienced programmer Shu-Wai Chow, PHP Web 2.0 Mashup Projects teaches users how to create PHP projects that grab and mix data from the likes of Google Maps, Flickr, Amazon, YouTube, MSN Search, Yahoo!, Last.fm, the Internet UPC Database, and the California Highway Patrol Traffic service!

A mashup is a web page or application that combines data from two or more external online sources into an integrated experience. PHP Web 2.0 Mashup Projects is written as an entryway to the world of mashups and Web 2.0. Users will create PHP projects that grab data from one place on the Web, mix it up with relevant information from another place on the Web and present it in a single application.