MSSQL, SQLSRV, PHP and UTF-8

Aug 15, 2011 | MSSQL, SQLSRV, PHP and UTF-8 Recently I was trying to setup Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for PHP application with UTF-8 support. Looking like a trivial task I hoped to solve the issue within 1-2 hours. In fact, I spent 2 .. Read more »

Benchmarking PHP performance 5.0 to 5.3

Jul 25, 2011 | Benchmarking PHP performance 5.0 to 5.3 Recently I stumbled over article by Johannes Schlüter announcing amazing +20-30% performance increase in new PHP release. I started to wonder about performance gains between major PHP versions. Here are my benchmark results for versions 5.0.0 .. Read more »

Testing PHP mail locally with hMailServer and Outlook on Windows 7

May 24, 2011 | Testing PHP mail locally with hMailServer and Outlook on Windows 7 Since Microsoft removed SMTP server service from Windows 7, it is not possible to use PHP mail() function to send emails via local SMTP service anymore. This might be .. Read more »

A must-know for professional PHP developer

Apr 26, 2011 | A must-know for professional PHP developer Programming requires years of studying and gathering the experience. And in the end it's actually not only about writing pretty code, or having solid knowledge of code syntax. It's about writing secure, stable and well performative .. Read more »

Compiling PHP 5.3.3 under CentOS 5.5 with Oracle instantclient 10.2 and OCI8

Feb 2, 2011 | Compiling PHP 5.3.3 under CentOS 5.5 with Oracle instantclient 10.2 and OCI8 Centos 5.5 is distributed with PHP 5.1.6 and will not be upgraded for any future CentOS 5.X distribution :-( However, many developers need to use newer version of PHP. .. Read more »

The Best of PHP 2010 - 2011

Jan 15, 2011 | The Best of PHP 2010 - 2011 During last 6-8 months I did quite extensive research regarding various PHP open source or dual licensed (e.g. community editions) applications. Here is my list of what I found best currently available PHP software. Please .. Read more »

Why is using GOTO statement bad programming practice

Sep 1, 2010 | Why is using GOTO statement bad programming practice Recently, I looked over newest changes in latest release PHP 5.3.2 and astonished noted amongst others introduction of the GOTO statement available since PHP 5.3. Recalling all my experience since early '90, when .. Read more »

Protection against session ID injection

May 1, 2010 | Simple protection in PHP against session ID injection (session hijacking & fixation) Vulnerability of PHP session is often an issue. Apart from other security measurements, there are few ways to increase security of PHP application in an easy way. This .. Read more »