November, 2009


29
Nov 09

Interesting topics

When I started this blog I already had some topics on my mind and tonight I thought “Why not put them online?” so that’s exactly what I did. Below I have written down some interesting topics I like and want to write about in the forthcoming days/weeks.

  1. Bootstraps (already working on this)
  2. Compiling PHP (an idea by Jasper)
  3. More “PHP, Hell or Heaven?”
  4. Running multiple PHP scripts at once (and let them communicate!)
  5. eZ Components (especially the Console Tools)
  6. Text analysis with PHP

(You may have noticed that I copied some from the Mai Ocean introduction post.)

When I was writing this I also came up with some questions: What do you think about these topics? Which do you prefer and do you have anything to add? Especially for the series “PHP, Hell or Heaven?” I would like to know what you like about PHP and (maybe even more) what you hate. Thus for all people out there that hate (or dislike) PHP: This is your time to speak! ;)

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27
Nov 09

PHP, Hell or Heaven: Data types

Hell or Heaven?

Hell or Heaven?

This is the first post of the new series “PHP, Hell or Heaven?”. Today I’m going to talk about data types in PHP and compare their usage with other languages.

In PHP there are multiple data types but the main difference between other languages (especially more low level languages such as C++) is that you can assign any value to any variable. This is also called type juggling. Therefore in PHP the type of an variable is defined by its content and not by the developer or by the way it’s been set-up. Continue reading →

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25
Nov 09

Unit testing in PHP

Unit testing with PHPUnit

Unit testing with PHPUnit

‘Everyone’ says unit testing is important. If I quote Wikipedia you should under stand why:

In computer programming, unit testing is a software verification and validation method in which a programmer tests if individual units of source code are fit for use.

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24
Nov 09

Assertions, protection against yourself

When I write new code (especially objects) I tend to build in extra security measures to protect the code against myself or other developers. Please note that I do not mean users but only the people who use the code. Continue reading →

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23
Nov 09

Mai Ocean, a PHP bot server

Mai Ocean Logo

Mai Ocean Logo

Besides studying and living I like to work on my Open Source project Mai. Mai is a project that consists of several sub projects and one in particular, Mai Ocean, I want to discuss here. It is currently my focus of development because it is an vital part of the Mai Project.

So what is Mai Ocean exactly? In a few words you could say that it is a bot server written in PHP. Of course this doesn’t say much so let me explain further. Continue reading →

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23
Nov 09

Securing forms with form keys

Secure Your Forms With Form Keys

Secure Your Forms With Form Keys

A few months ago I wrote an article for Nettuts+ about securing forms with form keys (or nonces). It is a great way to add some extra security to your forms. The original tutorial can be found here:

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/secure-your-forms-with-form-keys/

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22
Nov 09

The beginning

Hi! Welcome at Behind The View, a blog about code development, PHP and other topics behind the view. It took me a while before I started with the development of this blog. Continue reading →

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