My colleague in France, Bertrand Gugger, has been hard at work implementing SMS alert-sending capabilities for the Net_Monitor package. This functionality depends upon the nacient Net_SMS package, so we will be looking for ways to create end-to-end (from interaction with the gateway to display on the device) testing before release. It will be interesting to …
I released some code you might find useful for replacing mail() functions with the Pear Mail_Queue package. It is a simple drop-in replacement function (called mailq–so you only have to change one letter). I use it all the time to Mail_Queue-enable existing PHP applications. Instructions are available in the repository. Enjoy!
I have cleaned up the SimpleQuiz Online Testing System file structure a little bit and released it on Sourceforge. If you are interested in a basic online testing system written in PHP/MySQL, this package might be a good kickstart to your next project. The idea is to make it easy for teachers to create and …
My first ever attempt at a 3D animation using Blender came out pretty well. I decided I wanted to do a simple still life, and wanted to explore the power of Blender’s recent integration with Yafray. I had tried my hand at a raytracing program for Mac at least a decade ago, and had always …
C|Net announced that IBM is partnering with Zend to better support PHP. Besides a few minor mistakes (PHP does not stand for, “Personal Home Page” but rather the recursive GNU-style acronym: “PHP Hypertext Preprocessor”) the one point that stands out to me is that IBM is compelled to “spin” PHP as a language for small-to-medium …
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 …
