A general titillation around the PHP ecosystem
A 2nd** Magical PHP Surprise Early today (Monday) morning before starting my working day, I was having a hot cup of tea (Mauritius has one of the finest black tea) while just hovering through my 7PHP email quickly. One email caught my attention, it was from the Creator of The Magical elePHPant, I named Vincent… Read more 7PHP Has Been Blessed Today By The ‘PHPather Spirituel’ aka Elroubio
My Heart Started Beating.. That day (some weeks back in November**) I was busy with my new PHP mission – a Prestashop-based project for a client (NeoPost.com) – yep I’m the (new) sole PHP guy behind Neopost France & Neopost Benelux since the last 6months. I was very motivated and was peacefully focusing on my… Read more Look The Green Zend elePHPant Is In Mauritius With 7PHP
Icon Of The PHP Community Completes Half A Century! “The PHP community may very well be the greatest feature of the language. So many great people that are all willing to sit down and share what they know” – Cal once revealed on 7PHP. So if The Community is the greatest feature of the PHP language, Cal… Read more Icon Of The PHP Community Turns 50 – Happy Birthday Cal Evans!
A Small Intro.. Have you ever tried to use Slim PHP micro framework? Or you are in a confusion whether to choose it or not? Well, today I bring you a small chat with Jeremy Kendall [@jeremykendall] who’s been using Slim PHP for quite some time now and he is even using it on his side… Read more Slim PHP Micro Framework Through The Lens Of Jeremy Kendall
How To Win The Free Ticket Two possible ways to participate: Just make a comment below, that’s it! Also do provide your active email so that I can contact you easily and quickly! If you are on my email list, you will receive an email soon to which you just have to blank reply for your participation So,… Read more [NomadPHP European Time – 19 December 2013 Tickets] – Win Free Tickets To Hear Matt Frost Talk About “Mocking Dependencies in PHPUnit”
How To Win The Free Ticket Two possible ways to participate: Just make a comment below, that’s it! Also do provide your active email so that I can contact you easily and quickly! If you are on my email list, you will receive an email soon to which you just have to blank reply for your participation So,… Read more [NomadPHP US Time – 19 December 2013 Tickets] – Win Free Tickets To Hear Sara Golemon Talk About “Scaling PHP with HipHop”
What I Want To Achieve When coding a project, at times (or most of it?) some classes might have more than 3 fields (for whatever reason it suits you) So instead of each time writing and repeating setters and getters (accessor methods), I would like to have a piece of reusable code for all my… Read more How To Auto Generate Properties Dynamically For All Your Classes Using Magic Methods & Reflection
This is week is a major step in the Jetbrains PHP world, yes PHPstorm 7 is out and full of awesomeness. So before I install phpstorm 7, I want to completely remove the previous phpstorm 6 on my Mac OS X 10.8. Here are the steps I did: Make sure you disable or uninstall any… Read more Mac OS X 10.8 + How To Completely Remove / Uninstall PHPStorm – Jetbrains PHP IDE
What Is This About? Here I am again for another NomadPHP Ticket(s) give-away. Two tickets will be given away – to the 1st & 2nd draw winner! If you did not know, NomadPHP is virtual PHP User Group mainly for people who do not have the chance to avail of a local PHP user group.… Read more [NomadPHP US Time – 24 October 2013 Tickets] – Win Free Tickets To Hear Adam Culp Talk About “Clean Application Development”
A Small Intro.. Today I bring you an interview with someone (named Michael Wallner, @_m6w6) who has been hired to work full-time on PHP. Yes you heard it right: this guy is paid to work on The Core of PHP. As you know PHP is open-source, so why would a company hire someone to work… Read more PHP Interview With Michael Wallner A Full-Time Core PHP Developer – Try To Understand How Things Work & Why They Work That Way
Welcome To The New PHPWomen >> A brief history of PHPWomen The 8th of October, 2006 as a call for the women of PHP to “stand up and be counted” Ligaya Turmelle and Elizabeth Naramore founded PHPWomen. Since this time, PHPWomen has grown as a group and now has an active community spanning the globe.… Read more Welcome To The New PHPWomen – Interview with Michelle Sanver and Lineke Kerckhoffs-Willems
What Is This About? Here I am again for another NomadPHP Ticket(s) give-away. Two tickets will be given away – to the 1st & 2nd draw winner! If you did not know, NomadPHP is virtual PHP User Group mainly for people who do not have the chance to avail of a local PHP user group.… Read more [NomadPHP EuropeanTime – 17 October 2013 Tickets] – Win Free Tickets To Hear Chris Cornutt Talk About “Dispelling the Myths About Authentication & Authorisation”
A Small Intro.. In this edition I talk with Maarten Balliauw who is the technical evangelist at Jetbrains (the php ide PHPStorm is one its product you can recall). @maartenballiauw is of those few programmers who is indulged closely with both PHP and .NET worlds – meaning this interview will also have questions on both… Read more PHP Interview With Maarten Balliauw Technical Evangelist at JetBrains – Learn From Others & Talk About What Your Experiences And Issues Are
Who Are James Titcumb & Organisers Of PHP Hampshire? Last time I welcomed the PHP Hampshire User Group here on 7php – where James talked about the group, the crew, how it all started and everything else.. How-To PHP User Group From The Experience Of James Titcumb & Organisers Of PHP Hampshire >> What are… Read more How-To User Group – Hear It From James Titcumb & Organisers Of PHP Hampshire – “Be Decisive & Take The Lead”
A Small Intro.. Whenever we talk about web development nowadays, there has to be an awareness or at least an interest towards cloud computing. We, as PHP Developers, should be aware of what development in the cloud has to offer and how we can leverage it to stay in the game. To this end, I… Read more A Chat About Cloud Computing & PHP Development In The Cloud
A Small Intro.. In this edition I talked with Corey Ballou who is the co-organizer of the Queen City PHP meetup group. @cballou has also been working as a developer with the cool mojoLive team. To be noted that Corey will be the speaker for the next, 3rd NomadPHP Online Talk this week and he… Read more PHP Interview With Corey Ballou Co-Organizer Of The Queen City PHP Meetup Group – Start A Web Development Blog & Write About New Things You Learn
What Is This About? NomadPHP is already on their 3rd edition and I’m hence also on my 3rd Ticket(s) give-away. So by now you should have heard about NomadPHP. If you still haven’t, you should probably read: the (first) Ticket Give-away here the second ticket give-away +++ also read about the NomadPHP interview with Cal Evans – The… Read more [NomadPHP July 2013 Tickets] – Win (TWO) Free Tickets To Hear Corey Ballou Talk About Creating Realtime Applications with PHP and Websockets
A Small Intro… Previously on thursday 27th July 2013 (8pm CDT), NomadPHP hosted their 2nd talk which was about “Laravel 4” – the speaker being Phil Sturgeon. I also announced my 2nd free ticket giveaway for this online event – a generosity awesomely made possible by the ever-awesome @NomadPHP organizer; Cal Evans. In this short (as… Read more Speaker & Attendee Feedback Of The Previous Laravel4 Talk Of NomadPHP June 2013
Welcome To The PHP Hampshire User Group >> Could you, the leader(s), tell us a bit about yourself.. I am James Titcumb (@Asgrim) – I’m part of a team of 5 organisers of the PHP Hampshire user group – the other 4 are: Richard Holloway – (@richardjh_org) Lee Boynton – (@leeboynton) Simon Wade Jon Wigham… Read more Know Thy PHP User Group Know The PHP Hampshire User Group – Find An Independent Venue Rather Than Conference Venues
A Small Intro.. In this edition I talked with Phil Sturgeon who is the founder of the CMS named as PyroCMS. He also wrote a book about it called “Catapult into PyroCMS“. @Philsturgeon is very much involved in The PHP Community; he regularly participates in conferences, is a prominent voice and voting member of The PHP-Fig… Read more PHP Interview With Phil Sturgeon The Man Behind PyroCMS – Follow A Standard It Doesn’t Have To Be PSR-1 or PSR-2
What Is This About? If you did not hear about NomadPHP, you should probably read about the previous (first) Ticket Give-away here and also read about the interview with Cal Evans – The NomadPHP organizer. NomadPHP is already on their 2nd edition and a 3rd one also is looming around. For more info, see their… Read more [NomadPHP June 2013 Tickets] – Win (TWO) Free Tickets To Hear Phil Sturgeon Talk About Laravel 4
A Small Intro.. In this edition I talked with Vito Chin who is a multi-talented, cool geek; @vitoc has a first class honors degree in Software Engineering, is a co-founder of lentor.io, is the lead maintainer of the Gmagick extension for PHP and is the co-author of the PHP book “PHP Development in the Cloud… Read more PHP Interview With Vito Chin Lead Maintainer Of Gmagick Extension For PHP – Learn More About The Ecosystem That PHP Is Usually Part Of
A Small Intro… (Last) Wednesday 22nd May 2013, NomadPHP hosted their first talk which was about “Zend Framework 2” – a talk by Rob Allen. I even announced a two-ticket giveaways which was made possible by NomadPHP. In this article you’ll find short interviews which will showcase the opinion, feedback and suggestions from the NomadPHP… Read more Things You Don’t Know About NomadPHP + The ‘After-First-Talk’ Of NomadPHP – Features 5 interviews with The Organizer, The Speaker & 3 Attendees
How-To PHP User Group From The Experience Of Craig Willis >> Could you tell us a bit about yourself + the user groups you created I’m Craig Willis, the founder/organiser of LeedsPHP >> What is a user group Our user group is aimed at PHP Development. >> What is the aim of a user group?… Read more How To Start A PHP User Group – Hear It From Craig Willis Founder Of The LeedsPHP Usergroup – “The Meetup Must Have A Theme”
Welcome To The Leeds PHP User Group (LeedsPHP) >> Could you, the leader(s), tell us a bit about yourself Hi. I’m Craig Willis. I’m a PHP Web Developer based in Leeds, UK. I’ve been a PHP Developer for about 7 years. >> What is a user group? In my opinion a User Group is a… Read more Know Thy PHP User Group Know The Leeds PHP User Group (LeedsPHP) – “Choose A Sponsor That Is Actually Interested In Promoting PHP In The Community”
A Small Intro.. Adminer, formerly known as phpMinAdmin, is a full-featured database management tool to be used as a more simple, effective and fast alternative to the famous PHPmyAdmin. Being curious about it, I had a chat with the creator of Adminer, Jakub Vrana. Who Is Jakub Vrana? Last time I did a thorough PHP… Read more A Chat About Adminer – A Simple, Yet Effective, Database Management tool written in PHP
What Is This About? This is about winning a (two giveaways) free ticket to attend a premium online PHP talk by a PRO PHPer, organized by NomadPHP.com scheduled for Wednesday 22nd May 2013 You do not have to travel, you just have to sit in front of your pc! What Is NomadPHP? NomadPHP is like… Read more [NomadPHP May 2013 Tickets] – Win (TWO) Free Tickets To Hear Rob Allen Introduce Zend Framework 2
Welcome To The Dutch PHP Conference (DPC) & The Dutch Mobile Conference (DMC) >> Could you, the leader(s), tell us a bit about yourself? Our conference work is a company wide effort done through Ibuildings, a Dutch agency specializing in web and mobile app development. Everyone helps out in different ways, from graphic design to… Read more Know Thy PHP Conference Know The Dutch PHP Conference (DPC) & The Dutch Mobile Conference (DMC) – “If You Can Do It Ahead Of Time, No Matter What It Is, Do It!”
A Small Intro.. In this edition I talked with Jakub Vrana who is a co-author of The Official PHP Manual. @jakubvrana is also the creator of the two successful projects namely Adminer and NotORM. I invite you to know him better and to learn from his 7php PHP interview. And Now The Interview… >> Please… Read more PHP Interview With Jakub Vrana Co-Author Of The Official PHP Manual – Learn How To Use Arrays + Use Classes In A Smart Way
upd: The below template has been discontinued 7downStrap – A Clean HTML5 Template For “download pages” 7downStrap is to be used as a website template for a page where you need to present a downloadable content. For example, on the 7downStrap demo page, I present the download of 7downStrap itself. In brief, 7downStrap is a… Read more 7downStrap – A Free Clean Simple Responsive Fluid HTML5 Template Using Twitter Bootstrap For Single Download Pages
WordPress Keeps Updating Like Hell If you use wordpress (like me) to power up your blogging engine, you would know that wordpress keeps on releasing new versions. Year 2012 saw 15times releases! That can get irritating at times, but you have no choice than to keep your software/systems up-to-date. You can see all the releases… Read more How I Update WordPress Manually On A VPS Server Like Linode.com
Purpose Of This Interview This is the 3rd set of Zend Certification Tips and Advice to help anyone taking either of the two Zend Exams powered by Zend Technologies: the Zend PHP Certification Exam and/or the Zend Framework Certification Exam. The aim being to help people who want to sit for those exams and inform… Read more Zend Certifications Tips & Tricks – Hear It From Zend Certified Engineer Eric Hogue
A Small Intro.. In this edition I talked with Manuel Lemos who is the founder of the famous and huge PHPClasses.org. @ManuelLemos has been rambling a lot about PHP, doing all sorts of stuffs on phpclasses back since 1999 – podcasts, interviews, sharing scripts, writing scripts, blogging, shouting and I even doubt he drinks-eats-sleeps there… Read more PHP Interview With Manuel Lemos Founder Of PHPClasses.org – Focus On The Problems Rather Than The Means To Solve Them
A Small Intro.. In this edition I talked with Lineke Kerckhoffs-Willems who is the Co-Founder Of ProTalk. @the_linie is the third #phpwomen I’m hosting on 7php.com after Lorna and Ligaya. Lineke is a very active member of and promoting the purpose of PHPwomen.org. She is indulged in a lot of stuffs; she attends a lot… Read more PHP Interview With Lineke Kerckhoffs-Willems Co-Founder Of ProTalk.me – Start Learning PHP Properly First Before Diving Into Any Frameworks
A Small Intro.. In this edition I talked with [Stefan Priebsch @spriebsch] who is one of the Elite members of The PHP Consulting Company, thePHP.cc. He is regarded as a highly knowledgeable gentleman, has rewritten an array of books related to Software Development and software life cycles; in short Stefan is an acclaimed expert for PHP… Read more PHP Interview With Stefan Priebsch A Co-Founder Of The PHP Consulting Company aka thePHP.cc – Look Beyond PHP!
A Small Intro.. As much as learning is a continuous process, it’s also important to learn from different people. Going a step further, it’s insightful to learn from people that are doing different stuffs than you. As a software engineer, I see a programming language as a tool; but the concept and principles of software… Read more Interview With David Heinemeier Hansson – Creator Of Ruby on Rails
A Small Intro.. Zurmo caught my attention on social networks recently. With all the buzz words and cool stuffs it says it is using/implementing, I was was intrigued. It is also redefining the way CRM is used, introducing new concept as you will see. Since it’s PHP-based, I had a closer look and was quite… Read more A Comprehensive Interview With Zurmo CRM Tool + What Is A CRM & Its Relevance In Today’s Era
A Small Intro.. If you are pretty much hooked to The PHP World and like to keep abreast with PHP frameworks, you have surely heard of The PHP Meta Framework called as The PPI Framework. It is said to be moulded by “taking the good bits from Symfony 2, ZendFramework 2 & Doctrine 2“. PPI… Read more Interview With PPI – The PHP Meta-Framework
Purpose Of This Interview This is the 2nd set of Zend Certification Tips and Advice to help anyone taking either of the two Zend Exams powered by Zend Technologies: the Zend PHP Certification Exam and/or the Zend Framework Certification Exam. The aim being to help people who want to sit for those exams and inform… Read more Zend Certifications Tips & Tricks – Hear It From Zend Certified Engineer Lorna Jane Mitchell
Purpose Of This Interview This is the 1st set of Zend Certification Tips and Advice to help anyone taking either of the two Zend Exams powered by Zend Technologies: the Zend PHP Certification Exam and/or the Zend Framework Certification Exam. The aim being to help people who want to sit for those exams and inform… Read more Zend Certifications Tips & Tricks – Hear It From Zend Certified Engineer Michelangelo van Dam
Assumptions You are using a linux distro, in my instance I’m using Linux Mint, but this is applicable to any deb-based linux for example Ubuntu or Debian Your LAMP Stack is XAMPP You are familiar with using phpize and can install it You know how to configure your web server Overview Installing the xdebug extension… Read more Linux Mint + XAMPP + How To Install Xdebug Extension For PHP
A Small Intro.. In this edition I talked with Paul Dragoonis who is the CTO at BestBuys.com. He is to the PHP Community what the young talented and awesome footballer Javier Hernández aka Chicharito is to The Manchester United Football Community! With varied skill-sets and having his hand at so many aspects and projects as… Read more PHP Interview With Paul Dragoonis CTO At BestBuys.com – Expand Your Connections Via Twitter, IRC & Google Plus
A Small Intro.. In this edition I talked with Timothy Boronczyk who is the Managing Editor of the famous PHPmaster.com – which is a network (venture?) of the eminent SitePoint (an online media company). @zaemis is also the co-author of the book “Beginning PHP 6, Apache, MySQL 6 Web Development“. And Now The Interview… >>… Read more PHP Interview With Timothy Boronczyk The Managing Editor of PHPmaster.com – No Substitute For Real-Life Experience Of Writing & Debugging Code
A Small Intro.. In this edition I talked with Derick Rethans the Father Of The PHP developer’s Swiss-Army Knife aka Xdebug. Derick is an expert when it comes to the PHP Internals; no wonder he is viewed as a vibrant and “man of action” within The PHP Community. As a PHP Core Contributor, he has… Read more PHP Interview With Derick Rethans The Father Of The PHP Swiss-Army Knife aka Xdebug – Get Familiar With PHP Security!
A Small Intro.. In this edition I talked with the full time Goddess, Ligaya Turmelle who is the Co-Founder Of PHPwomen.org – The PHP Women User Group. [Ligaya @lig] is also the Principal MySQL Technical Support Engineer at Oracle. @lig is the second #phpwomen I’m hosting on 7php.com. She has been speaking at so many… Read more PHP Interview With Ligaya Turmelle Co-Founder Of PHPwomen.org – Find A Mentor #php-mentoring
A Small Intro.. If you were having a sky-diving on planet Mars since the past months, or if you were too enthusiastic in getting lost within The Hobbit’s World – wake up Sid! There’s news concerning PHP Land! On “its” 10th birthday, last December 2012, your “PHP Magazine for PHP Professionals” (The one & only… Read more Interview With Musketeers.me On Taking Over PHP|Architect – Goal Is To Make Existing Processes More Efficient With Fresh Bloods