Rails for PHP Developers
This review was originally printed in the June 2008 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Rails for PHP DevelopersAuthors: Derek Devries, Mike NabereznyISBN: 9781934356043 As someone…
Essential PHP Security
This review was originally printed in the June 2006 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Essential PHP SecurityAuthors: Chris ShiflettISBN: 9780596006563 As a PHP developer of…
Security support for PHP 8.0 ends in November 2023
Security support for PHP 8.0 ends in November 2023. If you're running a web application on 8.0, you need to update to 8.1 (supported until November 2024) or 8.2 (supported…
Security support for PHP 7 ends in November 2022
If you have an application or hosting solution which was set up several years ago, there’s a reasonable chance that you are still running PHP 7. Security support for 7.4,…
Pretty print XML in PHP
As part of my freelance work I send data to APIs, often using XML for data transfer. I log the XML sent and received for debugging and auditing, however the…
Security support for PHP 5 ends this year
If you have an application or hosting solution which was set up several years ago, there's a reasonable chance that you are still running PHP 5. Security support for 5.6,…
Programming language proficiency
As a freelancer, I have a degree of control over which languages I invest the time required to achieve a level of proficiency -- albeit somewhat guided by the market…
Support for PHP 4 to be dropped
There is an announcement on the official PHP website about PHP 4 reaching end of life at the end of this year, with no more development beyond the 31st December…