PHP Archive
Implementing the ArrayAccess Interface
This is the second part of an occasional series looking at practical uses for the PHP SPL and predefined interfaces. The first post in the series looked at implementing the Countable interface, this one will examine the ArrayAccess interface.
What is the ArrayAccess Interface?
ArrayAccess allows you to treat an object that...
Read More Using the Countable Interface
PHP provides a number of predefined interfaces and classes that can really make your life as a developer easier but which are often overlooked. The functionality offered by the Standard PHP Library (SPL) and the predefined interfaces is extremely cool and very powerful but very underutilised. I've found myself reaching more and more...
Read More Using SalesNet Web Services from PHP
I've been working on some projects recently where I've had to make heavy use of the SalesNet CRM API. I've written some code that makes basic access of the API easier and I thought I would write about it a little here. The SalesNet API is vast in scope (the...
Read More Zend_Form and Validating Values for Multiple Column DB Keys
I've recently started developing my first project fully in Zend Framework and I've been loving it so far. There are so many components in the framework that make a developers life easier, among which is the combination of Zend_Filter, Zend_Validate and Zend_Form. I love how easy it is to create...
Read More Guelph PHP Users Group
Colin DeCarlo and I have been working on a PHP users group for South Western Ontario for a while and we're pleased to announce the first meeting of the Guelph PHP Users Group. The group will be meeting on the last Wednesday of every month, starting on September 28th, at...
Read More Easy File Encryption
I've read in two different books that the streams extension of PHP is one of the most useful but least utilised parts of the language. I've always paid lip service to that idea but something I saw the other day really bought this home to me and I thought I'd...
Read More ConFoo Round-Up
I've just got home from attending the ConFoo conference in Montreal and I thought I'd write up a few of my thoughts about the conference. All of the talks I heard were good but some stood out more than others for me. I'll discuss each day in turn along with...
Read More Some More PDO Weirdness
I've said before that I'm a great fan of PDO and use it wherever possible. That said there are some annoying quirks in it, one of which I encountered today. I'll outline what I was trying to do, what I expected to happen and what actually happened. I'm also curious...
Read More Getting Started with PHPUnit
I haven't written here for ages. Things have been slightly quiet on the interesting work front and life has also got in the way. Anyway, I recently started work on some larger projects and have a few ideas on what to blog about from that. One of the projects is...
Read More Creative Switching
The switch statement is one of the basic control structures in PHP and many other languages. At its simplest it can be used to quickly 'choose' between a series of different values but with a little imagination it can do much more than that. I find it extremely easy to...
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