php
Speed Tests of Zend_Config Approaches
On a project I’m working on we are using bits and pieces from the Zend Framework. We want to utilize the Zend_Config functionality to be able to standardize and make it easier to setup as well as access config information. We also wanted a way to be able to have the config automatically reflect the [...]
PHP multibyte character dumbness
I got bit this week by something that I have somehow managed to avoid via complete dumb luck up till now. It’s the fact that PHP is retarded when it comes to handling UTF-8 strings.
I couldn’t figure out why a string kept coming out with gibberish on the end. The app was truncating the string [...]
Web Dev Communities
Ran across this article from Marco Tabini and along with being pretty insightful it cracked me up, and I thought was worth sharing:
The Accidental Businessman: Communities.
Now I’ve not actually been part of the Ruby community, but I can tell you that when I cross paths with someone who is from it, I generally come away [...]
Netbeans for PHP FTW
I ran across a post a while back talking about how Netbeans now has PHP support. My first thought since I had never used it, and the name makes no bones about it’s target language, was that this must just be some gimmick aimed at Java devs to make it comfortable for them to slide [...]
