php[architect]

by Simon Harris

The mobile Web is an exciting field, and one that provides the developer with a wide range of new challenges. In this article, I will discuss some of those challenges and introduce a few of the tools that can be leveraged by PHP developers to make developing for mobile devices a little more painless.

by Stefan Priebsch

You're already busy migrating your code from PHP 4 to PHP 5; why should you bother to look now at what's in store with the next PHP version? The answer, of course, is that there are several exciting new features to come in PHP 5.3 and PHP 6. However, in the third of his series of migration articles, Stefan will focus, not on those new features, but on ways in which you can prepare your application today so that future migrations will run smoothly.

by Chris Woodford

CRUD operations are found in pretty much every enterprise application, and usually involve some very tedious and repetitive code. In an ideal world, every Web developer would have a solution to hand that can be re-used in many different projects, without the need to worry about project specifics...

by Timothy Boronczyk

It's no secret that PHP can be used for more than just generating Web pages. Sure, that's where PHP shines the brightest, but it is also a capable general language, flexible enough to tackle almost any programming task you might want to throw at it.

by Steph Fox

What a time to be a part of the PHP world—if you're not worried about making PHP 4 code work in PHP 5, it's time to make sure your PHP 5 code will work in PHP 6!

by Hunter Jensen

Software patents constitute a major threat to the software development industry as a whole—and yes, that includes Web development.

by Matt Zandstra

Exploring the role of testing in integration automation strategies.

by Sean Coates

Are media companies and governments simply trying to drive us crazy with copyright laws?