Community News: Packagist Latest Releases for 08.16.2013
Recent releases from the Packagist:sarasa/core (v0.2.16, v0.2.15) PHP Core Framework for PHP 5.3 herrera-io/silex-wise (2.2.0) A Silex service provider for Wise. schmutzka/nettetranslator (2.0.9,...
View ArticlePHP.net: PHP 5.4.18 Released!
The PHP development group has officially released the latest version of the PHP 5.4.x series today - PHP 5.4.18: The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.4.18. About 30...
View ArticlePhil Bennett: Dependency Injection as a Tool for Testing
Phil Bennett has a new post today talking about a way that you could use dependency injection in your testing, making it easier to work your system by using stubs, fakes and mocks. Dependency...
View ArticleCommunity News: The League of Extraordinary Packages
A new site has started up that's trying to provide a listing of the "highest quality packages" out there for PHP based on PHP-FIG standards and good practices - the League of Extraordinary Packages....
View ArticleReddit.com: Tools to test a REST API?
On Reddit.com today there's a post asking for suggestions of tools to test a REST API from the outside (like a user, not unit testing). Does anybody know of any tools to test a rest API from the POV...
View ArticleFrancesco Tassi: Switching From TDD to BDD With Behat and Symfony2
In this new post to his site Francesco Tassi shares his experience making the switch from doing just test-driven development on his Symfony2-based applications to behavior-driven development using...
View ArticleCommunity News: Packagist Latest Releases for 08.17.2013
Recent releases from the Packagist:mateusz/frontend (0.2) Provides frontend widgets that nicely integrate with a SilverStripe site. phundament/gii-template-collection (0.12.1) Gii Template Collection,...
View ArticleCommunity News: Packagist Latest Releases for 08.18.2013
Recent releases from the Packagist:mjohnson/admin (1.1.1) A CakePHP admin plugin. toin0u/digitalocean (1.3.0) DigitalOcean API PHP 5.3+ library willdurand/geocoder-bundle (1.4.3, 1.4.2, 1.4.1, 1.4.0)...
View ArticleCommunity News: Packagist Latest Releases for 08.19.2013
Recent releases from the Packagist:bitgandtter/user-bundle (0.2) Symfony BIT UserBundle flaviozantut/skorry (v0.0.1) Make fast your personal site! toin0u/digitalocean-laravel (0.1.0) DigitalOcean API...
View ArticleGonzalo Ayuso: Building a BDD framework with PHP
Gonzalo Ayuso wanted to look into BDD (behavior driven development) in PHP and was looking around for a tool to fit his needs. He didn't find one right away and so decided to create a simple one as a...
View ArticleVG Tech: Using PHP's Built-in Web Server in Behat Tests
On the VG Tech blog there's a recent post showing you how you can use the built-in PHP web server to help with running your Behat (a behavior-driven development tool) tests. Behat is a tool for...
View ArticlePHPMaster.com: Using Facebook's Realtime Updates and Subscription API
On PHPMaster.com there's a new tutorial showing you how to use the Facebook API and get real time subscription information and updates using this code as a base. Facebook's real-time updates allow us...
View ArticleNetTuts.com: Adding Bitcoin Payment Processing to Your Website
On NetTuts.com there's a new tutorial that shows you how to integrate an up and coming payment method into your site's flow - Bitcoin. The tutorial uses a combination of Javascript and a PHP backend...
View ArticleCommunity News: Latest PECL Releases for 08.20.2013
Latest PECL Releases: event 1.7.5 Fix: build error with custom libevent installation prefixes like /lib(John Wamer) ps 1.3.7 no more crashes on 64 bit ev 0.2.10 Fix: segmentation fault after watcher...
View ArticleCommunity News: Default JSON Support Licensing Issues in PHP
Despite the misleading title, this post on Reddit talks some about a switch that some Linux distributions are making when it comes to JSON support in PHP. They're moving away from the built-in support...
View ArticleSite News: Blast from the Past - One Year Ago in PHP
Here's what was popular in the PHP community one year ago today:Reddit.com: Fastest MVC PHP Framework Benchmark Chad Minick: PHP frameworks are obsolete NetTuts.com: Automatic Testing for TDD with PHP...
View ArticleCommunity News: Packagist Latest Releases for 08.22.2013
Recent releases from the Packagist:kumatch/dateclock (0.1.1, 0.1.0) Creates current date/time, or stop. dispatch/dispatch (2.2.8) a microframework/front-controller mjohnson/transit (1.4.3) A file...
View ArticleSitePoint PHP Blog: Push Notifications with Prowl
On the SitePoint PHP blog there's a new tutorial posted (by Lukas White) about connecting PHP with Growl notifications using the Prowl iOS-based tool. Suppose, however, you want a quick and easy way...
View ArticleDreamInCode.com: Securing Login Forms From Brute-Force Attacks Using Queues
On the Dreamincode.com forum there's an interesting approach mentioned for security login forms from brute-force attacks using a queueing system rather than the usual real-time requests. Login forms...
View ArticleGreg Freeman: Your PHP Framework Choice doesn't Matter
In this new post Greg Freeman suggests something contrary to what most PHP developers (and framework supporters) believe - your choice of PHP frameworks doesn't matter...if you're basing it on speed....
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