Debunks the myth that PHP is inherently insecure, attributing its reputation to FUD, its ubiquity, and its forgiving nature for beginners.
A technical guide from 2011 on programmatically checking into Foursquare venues using its API, including authentication and location spoofing.
A developer describes building a website and custom mods for a friend's Minecraft server using LAMP, WordPress, and PHP.
A guide to using the ImportImages.php script for bulk uploading images to a MediaWiki installation, covering both Windows and Linux.
A guide on setting up and using Memcached for distributed caching on Windows Azure, specifically for PHP applications.
A developer's first look at the newly launched Google+ API, covering initial impressions and the potential for new applications.
Introducing Glimpse for PHP, a client-side debugging tool that provides insights into server-side operations, similar to Firebug for the client.
Microsoft and RealDolmen release version 4 of the Windows Azure SDK for PHP, adding storage, management API, and command-line tools.
Explores a hidden command-line parsing tool within the Windows Azure SDK for PHP, simplifying script development.
Explains how to use scaffolders and packaging tools in the Windows Azure SDK for PHP v3.0 to streamline Azure project deployment.
Microsoft releases version 3.0 of the Windows Azure SDK for PHP, featuring a management API, logging, and autoscaling capabilities.
Compares traditional .htaccess redirects with Rails' application-level approach, highlighting cleaner code and server independence.
Announcing the beta release of Windows Azure SDK for PHP v3.0.0, featuring a management API, improved logging, and DateTime object support.
A developer shares insights from a WordPress meetup talk on HTML and PHP basics, explaining how to edit code without breaking a site.
A guide to manually deploying PHP applications to Windows Azure with a custom, lightweight setup, including creating package templates and configuration files.
A technical guide on implementing auto-scaling for PHP applications on the Windows Azure cloud platform, including certificate setup and a CLI tool.
A guide to building a WordPress plugin that uses regex to convert Microsoft Word footnotes into a web-friendly format for the Simple Footnotes plugin.
A PHP function to fix serialized data after converting from single-byte encoding to Unicode UTF-8 by recounting string lengths.
Analyzing the unofficial XML API behind George Washington University's course schedule and campus map iPhone app, with provided endpoints and a PHP wrapper.
Announcing rgba.php v1.2 with an improved, easier-to-use URL syntax for generating RGBA color fallbacks, now hosted on GitHub.
