Monthly Archives: February 2010

Solar Framework approaches 1.0 release with Beta 4

Paul M. Jones, founder and lead developer of the Solar Framework for PHP, recently announced the release of Solar Framework 1.0.0Beta4. The very complete and copious release notes can be found here. In reading the release notes, the main change … Continue reading

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Microsoft schedules upcoming SQL Server service packs

Microsoft has announced a release of two new SQL Server service packs; SQL Server 2008 SP2 will be out in the third quarter of 2010, while SQL Server 2005 SP4 will see the light in the fourth quarter of 2010 The MSDN … Continue reading

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WordPress 2.9.2. fixes data leak vulnerability

A newly-released version of WordPress fixes a potential data leak issue with the popular blogging system. According to a post on the official WordPress Development blog, the problem at issue allows logged-in users to view trashed posts that belong to … Continue reading

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Apache Ant updated to 1.8.0

The Apache Ant project, whose main purpose is the building of Java applications, has been updated to version 1.8.0 on February 8. This update brings a number of enhancements to Ant, including a big speed improvement in certain cases caused by … Continue reading

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jQuery disables UI Downloader and Theme Builder

As of February 10th, 2010, jQuery has disabled two popular features, the UI downloader and the Theme Builder. Users visiting those pages on the web site are redirected to a page explaining the decision. We are aware of the problems … Continue reading

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Zend Framework improves manual

Slipped into today’s announcement that Zend Framework 1.10.1 was released was the news that the Zend Framework team has improved the manual. With the release of Zend Framework 1.10 and 1.10.1 the manual has added, among other things, user contributed … Continue reading

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New Classes! New Prices!

php|architect is proud to continue its long tradition of high-quality web developer training with two new classes, WordPress Essentials and HTML/CSS for Developers. Both of these classes are part of our new Everyday Web Series. WordPress Essentials Developers and deployers … Continue reading

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XHP: Inline XML For PHP

Anyone developing with PHP quickly learns that PHP’s ability to generate HTML is both a blessing and a curse. While PHP supports the ability to generate dynamic websites and HTML, it often creates kludgy and difficult code. Facebook, one of … Continue reading

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Podcast #2010-02: Stalker Edition

This edition, which shall henceforth be referred to as the one in which Arbi forgot to turn off the Stalker button on his microphone, features guest star Ben Ramsey as we cover one topic: Facebook’s HipHop Yes—that’s right: for the … Continue reading

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Announcing our support for Facebook’s HipHop

By now everyone in the PHP community – and most technical leads at companies who rely on PHP – should have heard about Facebook’s revolutionary new open source tool, HipHop. HipHop, like PHP itself, stands the chance of being a … Continue reading

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