ProDevTips.com has posted part nine of their long-running series about using the Zend Framework (and Smarty) to create a CMS/Community website.

This piece covers creating a proper folder structure so that we can have a skin system. I’ve also created a folder for the admin section which is fully contained with it’s own controllers folder and [...]

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On the Developer Tutorials site today, there’s a new tutorial posted that walks you through some of the useful features that PHP’s CLI functionality can bring to your system administration.

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use PHP-CLI, the command line interface for PHP, to get your maintenance under control using the technologies you’re [...]

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Cal Evans has posted a tutorial on the Zend Developer Zone (posted today) about using the PEAR Structures_DataGrid package to create quick and easy data tables.

In this article, I’ll be introducing you to the Structures_DataGrid package, showing you how it can be used to display structured data in tabular form. I’ll be showing you how [...]

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The Developer Tutorials blog has a new article that talks about their method for creating simple geotargeting for your visitors.

In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at the technique of geotargeting, or serving content to users based on their physical location. The technology is invaluable; with simple techniques, you can target advertising to specific users, [...]

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DevShed has started up yet another PHP-related series today with this new tutorial covering part of PHP5’s object functionality - destructors.

This article, the first part of a five-part series, introduces you to destructors and their use with PHP 5 programs. [...] The word “destructor” relates to certain methods or functions of a determined programming language [...]

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Cory Borrow has posted a tutorial he’s created to show how to harness the power of PHP and GD to create thumbnail images out of the contents of a text file.

Today, I’ll give a little info on how to achieve the process of creating a thumbnail using PHP, GD and the text from a text [...]

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Cory Borrow has posted a tutorial he’s created to show how to harness the power of PHP and GD to create thumbnail images out of the contents of a text file.

Today, I’ll give a little info on how to achieve the process of creating a thumbnail using PHP, GD and the text from a text [...]

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DevShed has posted part two in their series looking at the use of destructors in PHP5. This time they focus on their use with multiple objects inside of an application.

Destructors can be used in all sorts of clever ways in the context of a given PHP 5 application, mostly in those cases where it’s necessary [...]

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The Bakery has lots of new things they’ve posted recently - information on new components, tutorials, and details on new releases of the framework. Here’s a sampling of some of the latest:

New Year, New Beta
Getting started quickly with Scriptaculous effects
Getting Tidy
Acts As Emailable
Introducing the cakephp-instaweb webserver
Overriding specific HTML tags before using helper methods
Smarty View for [...]

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Cal Evans has posted a tutorial on the Zend Developer Zone (posted today) about using the PEAR Structures_DataGrid package to create quick and easy data tables.

In this article, I’ll be introducing you to the Structures_DataGrid package, showing you how it can be used to display structured data in tabular form. I’ll be showing you how [...]

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