derick rethans  eZ systems employee

› php|tek conference

From April 26th to 28th I will presenting at php|tek in Orlando. On this third "cruise" I will hold three sessions. In the first talk I will be talking about rapid application developing, using examples from the eZ components. On the second day I'm trying something new: "Derick's Ranting Hour". During this hour I will be listening to the ranting of users about all things they don't like in PHP. If there are not enough people complaining than I will give a shot at it myself :). On the third and last day I will be talking about PHP's improved date and time handling.

As this time the "cruise" is not in the Bahamas or in Cancún, you should have less problems convincing your boss to send you to this conference. Hope to see you there!

13/01/2006 4:50 pm (UTC)   Derick Rethans   View entry   Digg!  digg it!   del.icio.us  del.icio.us

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› Community News: Andi Gutmans to Speak at SCALE 4x Conference

Ilan wrote in to let us know about a talk that Andi Gutmans, VP of Technology for Zend, is going to give at the upcoming SCALE 4x (Southern California Annual Linux Expo) this year.

Andi Gutmans (Zend Founder and a creator of PHP) will be speaking at SCALE 4x, the 2006 Southern California Linux Expo on Feb 11-12. He will discuss new features in PHP5, as well as planned features for PHP6.

SCALE is a non-profit community run event in Los Angeles, CA. Presenters include Jim Winstead (MySQL), John Terpstra (Samba), Chris Dibona (Google) and more.

You can still sign up and get tickets, but the Early Bird price has passed. Tickets are only $65 USD regular price/$32.50 for students - so you can't go wrong for a few days full of talks from respresentatives of companies like Google, RealNetworks, AMD, Sun, Novell, and, of course, Zend...

13/01/2006 2:51 pm (UTC)   PHP Developer   View entry   Digg!  digg it!   del.icio.us  del.icio.us

sandro groganz

› LinuxTag with "Information Web" Track (CfP 3 more days)

The LinuxTag 2006 will have three focus topics, one of them is "Information Web", which comprises CMSs, Wikis, Weblogs, etc.

If you got something important to say about this topic in English or German: the Call for Papers will end this Sunday, January 15th - only 3 more days!

After organising last year's OscomTag subconference at LinuxTag 2005 together with Markus Nix, the LinuxTag organizers asked me whether I would like to lead the team preparing the Information Web track this year. After contacting some of the OscomTag 2005 speakers, we got together a great group of 10 people:

I am very much looking forward to enjoying this event from May 3-6!

12/01/2006 10:14 pm (UTC)   Sandro Groganz   View entry   Digg!  digg it!   del.icio.us  del.icio.us

tobias schlitt  eZ systems employee

› Abject "sponsored link" practice on PHPFreaks.cim

As Vidyut pointed out, phpfreaks.com seems to automatically create a link everywhere on their website, where the word "PHP" appears. They do this even in user comments. Apparently this seems to be a nice service, if the link would direct you to php.net (or maybe some explaination page or something). But instead they link to some hosting provider which supports PHP (what also well known as a "sponsored link").

I have to admit that this is one of the largest brazennesses I every saw. Beside that, it's absolutely frowned upon in journalism circles (even the famous German "Bild-Zeitung" does not do advertisment in such a abject way, also they are wellknown for borderlining adverts) and in many states even completly illegal.

'You should really feel ashame, you strange PHPFreaks!

12/01/2006 7:06 pm (UTC)   Tobias Schlitt   View entry   Digg!  digg it!   del.icio.us  del.icio.us

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› SitePoint PHP Blog: The sysadmin view on "Why PHP"

On the SitePoint PHP Blog today, Harry Fuecks takes a look at why PHP from a sysadmin's perspective.

A funny from the Python crowd: phpfilter

12/01/2006 1:42 pm (UTC)   PHP Developer   View entry   Digg!  digg it!   del.icio.us  del.icio.us

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› phpRiot.com: Creating search engine friendly URLs in PHP

PHPRiot.com has a new tutorial today dealing with the creation of "search engine friendly" URLs for your site.

One of the major reasons for using a server-side language such as PHP is for the ability to generate dynamic content. Often this will lead to single scripts that produce their content based on the input parameters (that is, the variables in the URL).

This article covers various techniques and methods for representing these parameters in the URL in a clean and "friendly" manner, as well as then how to read the parameters.

They start off with some examples of what they look like, and move right into how to use the Apache mod_rewrite functionality to take in the URL parameters and map them back to a PHP script. They also use the ForceType keyword in Apache to get the server to parse the URL string correctly. They then wrap it all up with the creation of a custom 404 page to handle the errors that might come up, and a summary of the whole project...

11/01/2006 2:03 pm (UTC)   PHP Developer   View entry   Digg!  digg it!   del.icio.us  del.icio.us

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› Evolt.org: AJAX Login System using XMLHttpRequest

On AjaxDeveloper.org today, there's this new post with a pointer to an Evolt.org article released today about the creation of a login form with Ajax (and some help from PHP).

I started a project on the weekend that I wasn't sure was possible: creating a fully secure "ajax"-powered login system, ideal for blogs, forums, and other similar sites. I had a barebones secure case working within a few hours, and a few more hours gave the final result that I will share today.

They talk about how it's all structured, how the Ajax and PHP work together to make it happen, and what the end result looks like. They also link to a demo of the scripts where you can also download the pieces to get your own login working...

11/01/2006 1:50 pm (UTC)   PHP Developer   View entry   Digg!  digg it!   del.icio.us  del.icio.us

zak greant  eZ systems employee

› On getting organized

Its not that my life is absolute, unrestrained chaos anymore … it is just that I have gotten quite busy in the last few years (especially in the last six months.)

Using the tickler file concept from Getting Things Done has been massively helpful. I forget fewer tasks and procrastinate less. Additionally, the general level of chaos in my life has reduced – it is rare that bills are overdue or that I complete lose important bits of paper or email. (I even wrote a some AppleScript to automate the process for Mail.app on the Mac – get a copy here. Be warned: right now the software is for power users only.)

The planning process from the book is also very helpful – I find that I do much less “brute force” planning and think much more clearly about my projects in general.

Other ideas from GTD are also helpful, I just need to develop the the habit of applying them consistently.

See more progress on: get more organized
11/01/2006 3:29 am (UTC)   Zak Greant   View entry   Digg!  digg it!   del.icio.us  del.icio.us

zak greant  eZ systems employee

› Attending the GPLv3 Launch at MIT

Bright and early Sunday morning, I will be flying off to Boston to attend the GPL version 3 launch at MIT. I am betting on heated discussions and a wild mix of Free Software fanatics, FSF staff from around the world, the Free Culture crowd (EFF, the super awesome Lawrence Lessig, Creative Commons staff, ...), corporate lawyers from major vendors (IBM, Intel, Novell, Sun, HP, Microsoft, ..), the Open Source business crowd (MySQL, RedHat, SpikeSource, ...), Open Source people, academics, etc. with one or ten trolls thrown in for good measure. I am also more than a wee bit curious to see how radical (or not) the first public draft of the GPL v3 will be.
11/01/2006 2:22 am (UTC)   Zak Greant   View entry   Digg!  digg it!   del.icio.us  del.icio.us

zak greant  eZ systems employee

› Speaking at the Vancouver PHP User Group on Thursday

The Vancouver PHP User Group has kindly offered to be a guinea pig for my session on copyright, contracts and licenses for software developers. I appreciate the opportunity to refine the presentation, as it will be a bear to get right - first, I have to sure that the audience clearly understands that I am not providing legal advice; second, the topics are complex and difficult to explain concisely. The session is particularly important to get right, as I may be (or am, in a few cases) presenting variants of the session at these events: If you are interested in the topic as well, come on down. The meeting starts at 6:30 and is held in the ActiveState/Sophos building. Be there on time or get left outside the secured building.
11/01/2006 1:58 am (UTC)   Zak Greant   View entry   Digg!  digg it!   del.icio.us  del.icio.us

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