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Getting Started With PHP

Posted: 03 Sep 2007 | Tags: PHP, The Internet | Comments: 0

If I could only provide one link to the most useful PHP resource, then it will be PHP 101: PHP For the Absolute Beginner. PHP 101 is by far the best one-stop resource not only for absolute beginners, as the name implies, but also for novices and veterans of other programming languages who’re picking up PHP.

The sample projects used in this tutorial are among the most fun you’ll get on any PHP tutorials. From database usage to XML traversing, you’ll get up to speed on some of those Web 2.0 jargons

Seriously though, I find PHP 101 to be a perfect example of how a Getting Started series on a programming language should be written. Do you have your own favourites?

PHP4 Support Ends In 2007: More XOOPS Woes For Me

Posted: 16 Jul 2007 | Tags: PHP, Rants, Software | Comments: 0

Believe it or not, PHP4 has been around since 22 May 2000. Over seven years of providing web developers with a robust development language. However, 2007 is the final year that PHP4 will be supported.

Personally, I have no qualms about this. PHP5 is stable enough (at least I think it is) and has already been deployed on a lot of public servers. Even HTNet runs on PHP5; in fact, we’ve been running it since 2005.

However, my main concern is with the CMS platform being used by my company; XOOPS. I’ve played around with XOOPS on a PHP5 setup previously but it didn’t turn out too well.

A couple of important modules just simply won’t work at all. I know that I’ll be in for a hard time if I were to manually fix all the kinks. Nevertheless, I know that in reality I have these choices: