http://frontrangephp.org/ FRPUG Forums en http://backend.userland.com/rss http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=102#102 102@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: Rise of the Cloud. Demise of SQL? Message: Mike, What a coincidence. Our next Denver meeting (March 10) will feature a presentation about NoSQL databases. More details can be found here (http://frontrangephp.org/meetings). Thanks, David Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:26:04 -0700 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=101#101 101@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: Rise of the Cloud. Demise of SQL? Message: [url]http://arstechnica.com/business/data-centers/2010/02/-since-the-rise-of.ars[/url] Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:41:14 -0700 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=100#100 100@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: PHP and COM Functions Message: Hi, So from what I am reading you are trying to connect to a PostgreSQL database from a windows PHP server. PHP ships with drivers for Postgres, and they work great. There's not really any reason I can think of for needing to use PHP -> COM -> PG. You can create a PDO connection to the Postgres database or use the PG functions directly: http://php.net/PDO http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pgsql.php Personally I prefer PDO, but either way should work for what you want. Thanks, David Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:11:29 -0700 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=99#99 99@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: PHP and COM Functions Message: Hi, I'm a local PHP developer but relatively new to PHP. I have a current application where I've got to connect a PHP based site to a legacy Progress database via the DLL that has been provided by the vendor of the legacy system. The vendor has a extensive library of API calls that are accessible through the DLL that will allow queries and updates against the Progress database. I've used google and have found a number of articles that suggest using COM if the DLL "contains a COM server" (sic). I'm wondering if anyone local has hands-on experience with using the COM functions and would be able to provide a little advice? I don't have much information right now on the DLL itself but will have an opportunity soon to learn more. The first thing I really need is just to know what the right questions are to ask. For specifics: the site is running under IIS 6 on a Windows 2003 Server and the Progress database is running on a Unix/Linux machine, b Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:57:59 -0700 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=98#98 98@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: Have you used Smarty? What's your take on it? Message: Hi As a PHP cosultant and trainer (for Software Training Academy - ([url]http://www.SoftwareTrainingAcademy.com[/url]) we "had" to use smarty in a project in the past for. My impression is that it's not too powerful when compared to other frameworks dealing with logic / view separation. At first it was okay, but as the project became more complex it did not help as we had hoped. What other frameworks have you guys been used out there ? any feedback / insight ? cheers, Marc. Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:46:13 -0700 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=96#96 96@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: Contract job: PHP5 for 3 months Message: Hi All FRPUG members! Do you want to hear about job openings on this site? Please tell me!! If you do, please check out this one below. If not, please let me know and I will read tech topics instead of bugging you! ---------------------------- One of our favorite clients needs a strong PHP developer for their team. This position will start as a 3-month contract, but is likely to extend longer-term. The company is great and allows for plenty of room for creativity and new ideas, as well as room to learn. Even as a contractor, you are treated as an integral part of the team. The position will be responsible for designing and developing Web 2.0 applications in object oriented PHP5 from the ground-up. Since no structured framework is in place, very senior PHP 5 development skills using true object oriented practices are essential. The team is very collaborative and good communication skills and willingness to work closely in a tea Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:23:06 -0700 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=95#95 95@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: Smarty Message: Marc, I don't have much a lot of Aptana experience other than for javascript editing as an eclipse plugin, and I don't know much about smarty either. However, I can help you with the other part of your question. Googling any of these should take you right to them: Zend Framework CakePHP Symfony CodeIgniter Yii Prado Akelos And there's a ton more. The ones above are some of the more popular. Hope this helps. David Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:27:22 -0700 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=92#92 92@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: Zend Framework 1.9.6 released Message: Looks like a lot of bug fixes in this one: [url]http://framework.zend.com/changelog/1.9.6[/url] Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:09:53 -0700 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=90#90 90@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: Smarty Message: Hi everyone, I work for Software Training Academy ([url]http://www.SoftwareTrainingAcademy.com[/url])and we've been using the smarty framework for a while but have had problems with Smarty when using Aptana IDE. Has anybody used smarty with Aptana ? Do yu guys have links to other PHP/MVC framework ? Thanks, Marc [email=you@email.com][b]this is my email link[/b]marc@SoftwareTrainingAcademy.com[/email] Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:34:52 -0600 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=89#89 89@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: Zend Framework 1.9.5 released Message: Change log [url=http://framework.zend.com/changelog/1.9.5]here[/url]. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:46:00 -0600 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=86#86 86@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: Dynamic Assertions for Zend_Acl Message: Ralph Schindler has posted an article about Zend_Acl -- here's a taste: [quote]In Zend Framework 1.9.1, Zend_Acl gets two major issues resolved and a simple API change that now make it possible to create a more robust, more expressive ACL definition with less code. ZF issues ZF-1721 and ZF-1722, each nearly two years old, have both been solved. Over the last two years, I’ve seen a variety of duplicate issues come into the issue tracker, which stem from two fundamental flaws in Zend_Acl – “Zend_Acl::isAllowed does not support Role/Resource Inheritance down to Assertions” and “Zend_Acl assertions breaks when inheritance is required (ie DepthFirstSearch)”. In this article, we’ll explore the API changes that alleviate these two problems, and we’ll demonstrate how to leverage the Zend_Acl assertion system to create expressive, dynamic assertions that work with your applications models.[/quote] You can find the full blog post Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:48:52 -0600 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=85#85 85@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: ZF 1.9.1 now released... Message: Subject line says it all. You can find the list of changes [url=http://framework.zend.com/changelog/1.9.1]here[/url]. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:49:07 -0600 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=84#84 84@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: Zend Framework 1.9 released Message: Zend Framework 1.9 has been released, here's the laundry list of changes from 1.8: New features in Zend Framework 1.9.0 include: [ul] [li][b]Zend_Queue[/b] and [b]Zend_Service_Amazon_Sqs[/b], which provide the ability to use local and remote messaging and queue services for offloading asynchronous processes. (Contributed by Justin Plock and Daniel Lo)[/li] [li][b]Zend_Queue_Adapter_PlatformJobQueue[/b], a Zend_Queue adapter for Zend Platform's Job Queue. (Contributed by Zend Technologies)[/li] [li][b]Zend_Rest_Route[/b], [b]Zend_Rest_Controller[/b], and [b]Zend_Controller_Plugin_PutHandler[/b], which aid in providing RESTful resources via the MVC layer. (Contributed by Luke Crouch, SourceForge)[/li] [li][b]Zend_Feed_Reader[/b], which provides a common API to RSS and Atom feeds, as well as extensions to each format, caching, and a slew of other functionality. (Contributed by Pádraic Brady and Jurrien Stutterheim)[/li] [li][b]Zend_Db_Adap Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:03:49 -0600 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=83#83 83@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: Article: Migrating to PHP 5.3 Message: Cal Evans has written an article on migrating to PHP 5.3. [url=http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2009/06/30/migrating-to-php-5-3/]Link[/url] Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:49:28 -0600 http://frontrangephp.org/forums?task=viewtopic&pid=81#81 81@http://frontrangephp.org/components/com_agora/ Topic: PHP 5.3.0 is officially released Message: The long-awaited 5.3 version of PHP has been officially released today. From PHP.net: [quote]The PHP development team is proud to announce the immediate release of PHP 5.3.0. This release is a major improvement in the 5.X series, which includes a large number of new features and bug fixes. Some of the key new features include: namespaces, late static binding, closures, optional garbage collection for cyclic references, new extensions (like ext/phar, ext/intl and ext/fileinfo), over 140 bug fixes and much more.[/quote] The release notes may be found [url=http://php.net/releases/5_3_0.php]here[/url]. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:39:03 -0600