In a move to generate interest in my upcoming article for International PHP Magazine on “Enterprise PHP Coding Standards”, the magazine has released this teaser article providing a glimpse into the issues involved. PHPDeveloper picked up the story and cited the major issue as, “coders who just don’t care enough”–when in fact I think a …
In Part One we looked at PHPDocumentor, and in Part Two we examined the power of template engines. Next, we will look at the third guideline: separate content from layout. One thing I forgot to mention in Part Two is that another major benefit of a template engine is division of labor. Programmers can program, …
In Part One we examined PHPDocumentor–a powerful tool to document your code, and some pointers on how to use DocBlocks. Now, the second directive is: Separate Code From Content. This means use a templating system. The most basic form of templating system is to simply use PHP itself to only output variables and maybe perform …
I have been thinking a lot lately about PHP coding standards. I recently became intimately familiar with the Pear Coding Standards through developing hands-on in that style. The truth is that while many points seemed valuable, on the whole a lot of the “finer points” of the coding standards did not really seem like the …
Bruce Scheiner repoprts that a reputable team in China appears to have found significant collision problems with the SHA-1 algorithm. Of course, this is just as I revised my old article on PHP Cryptography to include a footnote on the MD5 section that SHA-1 is now the preferred hashing algorithm for security purposes. Such is …
“Contributing to PEAR: An Insider’s Look At The Process Behind The Packages” (Cover Story) International PHP Magazine, February 2005 Have ever considered writing a package for PEAR or are just curious about how the whole process works? This article takes you behind the scenes with my own process of contributing my first PEAR package–offering tips, …
