By adding Java to their App Engine, Google has opened the door for a whole slew of languages that have been implemented on the JVM, now including PHP via Quercus.
This weekend I decided to give it a try and deploy an old tutorial of mine - PHP Tutorials - on GAE.
I must admit that I was pleasantly surprised by how effortless it was. OK, it’s a very rudimentary PHP application, the only PHP code used was to run the examples described on the code blocks and do some includes; nevertheless I didn’t feel the need to change a single line of code.
Approximately 2 years ago I’ve written a set of PHP Tutorials that served as a guideline for a Beginner’s PHP Training Course. These tutorials were made with the WAMP solution stack in mind.
Since I’ve been working with Java EE Technologies and Servers recently, I’ve decided do add another one explaining how to install JBoss Web 1.0.1 GA with PHP support (PHP Handler Servlet).
This was based on a tutorial by Philippe Fievet that is now offline for some reason.…
Web applications frameworks support the development of Java web applications for years. They aim to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities like internationalization, automated form validation, caching, Ajax, and more.
Only recently have they started playing an important role in PHP, more specifically since the release of the PHP 5.
There are already some awesome PHP frameworks out there like PRADO, CakePHP, and Zend Framework, but the one that seems the most stable, enjoyable, and most feature-packed is Symfony.…
Actuate Corporation and Zend Technologies have teamed up to allow PHP developers to quickly add reporting capabilities to web applications using Actuate BIRT.
The collaboration between Zend and Actuate has resulted in new capabilities in the 3.0 version of the Zend Platform. Zend Platform 3.0 allows PHP developers to quickly integrate reporting capabilities, including charting, to web applications by calling Actuate BIRT reports via the Zend Java Bridge. Web application developers are often faced with strong end-user demands for reports that integrate and summarize application data.…
Alexander Netkachev has a nice set of articles in his site about Zend Framework (MVC-based framework written in PHP) and its features, how to integrate it with others frameworks like PRADO (component-based and event-driven framework written in PHP5) or Dojo library (Javascript/AJAX toolkit), and more.
Have a look at Alex @ Net.…
Framework contributor Chris Shiflett has teamed up with php|architect magazine, another Zend Framework partner, to publish a great new tutorial on getting started with the MVC architecture of the framework.…