php[architect]

by Derick Rethans

It's the beginning a new year, and that means that major PHP contributor, Derick Rethans reflects on the past year of PHP happenings. Join him in looking at PHP's year in review.

by Johnnie, Jr. Rose

With operating systems popping up left and right for land-based machines, where's the equivalent for the Web? PHP's new object-oriented capabilities and the general gusto for newer versions suggest a right of succession for this level of application development to the online platform. Backbone is the first webware to breach this barrier, and creator Johnnie Rose Jr. explains how it works.

by Frost Lyle

Producing good XHTML and HTML code is time-consuming and repetitive work, and the end product is difficult to maintain. By developing classes representing complex Web elements that use style sheets and configuration files effectively, you can be liberated from these tedious tasks, and Lyle Frost explains how to do this in a simple manner.

by Marco Tabini

Say "dependency management," and most people will think "installation packages." In reality, many activities as diverse as managing projects and preparing food (not to mention taking your morning shower) can be expressed as a series of interdependent tasks. In this article, php|architect's publisher, Marco Tabini will show you how managing dependencies can be easy, useful and—if you happen to be the geeky type—fun.

by Ilia Alshanetsky

The vast majority of PHP users run their sites and applications on shared hosting accounts. In many cases, this code manipulates fairly sensitive data, such as credit card numbers for small stores, bulletin boards filled with personal information within user profiles, association user lists etc. In other words, treasure troves of information for a malicious hacker. In this column, security expert Ilia Alshanetsky explores the dangers posed by shared hosting for sites & applications.

by Jeff Moore

Inheritance is a fundamental aspect of object oriented programming, yet a difficult one to master. In this month's Test Pattern, Jeff Moore explores some guidelines for using inheritance.