1. dynClass as a better PHP stdClass
Updated on: 2017-04-12
Posted on: 2017-04-12
Blog: dynClass package blog
Package: dynClass
PHP has a default built-in class for generic objects named stdClass but it is very limited in terms of functionality.
Read this article to learn why I have written the dynClass extending the stdClass to provide better dynamic features.
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Updated on: 2017-04-11
Posted on: 2017-04-11
Over time PHP deprecated and remove some of its functions and variables that were supported in past versions.
This package parse PHP code and find known issues of functions, variables and php.ini configuration directives that are deprecated. It can also suggest replacements for the code that uses deprecated features.
Read this article to learn more details about how this notable PHP package works.
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This package parse PHP code and find known issues of functions, variables and php.ini configuration directives that are deprecated. It can also suggest replacements for the code that uses deprecated features.
Read this article to learn more details about how this notable PHP package works.
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Updated on: 2017-04-06
Posted on: 2017-04-06
JSON has become the de facto standard format for exchanging structured data types in the form of readable text, thus replacing XML for similar purposes.
There are many XML libraries for creating, parsing and querying XML documents.
This package provides a pure PHP solution for parsing and querying JSON data similar to XML query libraries.
Read this article to learn more details about how this notable PHP package works.
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There are many XML libraries for creating, parsing and querying XML documents.
This package provides a pure PHP solution for parsing and querying JSON data similar to XML query libraries.
Read this article to learn more details about how this notable PHP package works.
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Updated on: 2017-04-05
Posted on: 2017-04-05
This is the March 2017 edition of the podcast hangout recorded by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins to comment on the latest outstanding PHP articles published recently.
In this edition they discuss articles about the difference between using the old MySQL extension, MySQLi and PDO, controlling an Android device using PHP code running on the device with Termux, and a comparison of WordPress security plugins.
Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video to learn more about these PHP articles.
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In this edition they discuss articles about the difference between using the old MySQL extension, MySQLi and PDO, controlling an Android device using PHP code running on the device with Termux, and a comparison of WordPress security plugins.
Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video to learn more about these PHP articles.
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Updated on: 2017-04-04
Posted on: 2017-04-04
Many PHP developers are now writing code that follows PSR recommendations from the FIG (Framework Interoperability group), so it becomes easier to collaborate in projects on which all developers follow the same coding standard recommendation.
However, there are many developers that have not converted their code because it takes too much effort to do it manually.
This package can do it automatically for you. It can parse your PHP code and rewrite it to comply either PSR-1 or PSR-2 recommendations.
Read this article to learn more details about how this notable PHP package works.
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However, there are many developers that have not converted their code because it takes too much effort to do it manually.
This package can do it automatically for you. It can parse your PHP code and rewrite it to comply either PSR-1 or PSR-2 recommendations.
Read this article to learn more details about how this notable PHP package works.
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Updated on: 2018-03-05
Posted on: 2017-03-28
If you ever tried to get attention to your Open Source software work but it did not get very far, now you can learn how to fix that.
Thanks to basic data mining techniques on search engine traffic statistics and business intelligence methods, it is possible to help you to optimize the content that you publish to promote your Open Source work beyond the traditional methods of publishing the code in a repository and waiting to see what happens.
Read this article and watch a demo video about search engine optimization tool that is being used to optimize the content of many Open Source projects to leverage the number of interested users.
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Thanks to basic data mining techniques on search engine traffic statistics and business intelligence methods, it is possible to help you to optimize the content that you publish to promote your Open Source work beyond the traditional methods of publishing the code in a repository and waiting to see what happens.
Read this article and watch a demo video about search engine optimization tool that is being used to optimize the content of many Open Source projects to leverage the number of interested users.
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Updated on: 2017-03-27
Posted on: 2017-03-27
Many sites display videos in various formats. Videos are often large size media that may take some time to download and view.
This package can generate previews of videos by extracting its frames and generating an animated image in the GIF format.
This way you can show previews of videos on Web pages without taking much time or bandwidth to download.
Read this article to learn more details about how this notable PHP package works.
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This package can generate previews of videos by extracting its frames and generating an animated image in the GIF format.
This way you can show previews of videos on Web pages without taking much time or bandwidth to download.
Read this article to learn more details about how this notable PHP package works.
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Updated on: 2017-03-23
Posted on: 2017-03-23
This is the March edition of the Innovation Award podcast hangout recorded by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins to comment on the outstanding features of all the past month nominees and winners PHP and JavaScript packages, the prizes that the authors earned, starting with the nominees from the month of December 2016.
Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video to learn why the nominated packages were considered to be innovative, as well the current rankings of the Innovation Award Championship by author and by country.
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Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video to learn why the nominated packages were considered to be innovative, as well the current rankings of the Innovation Award Championship by author and by country.
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Updated on: 2017-03-22
Posted on: 2017-03-22
Nutritionists and other health experts often need to keep track of the patients body measures such as weight, waist length, etc.
This package provides means to keep track of as many health measures as necessary in a database.
It stores the measure values and dates, so it can render evolution charts to see how the patient evolved.
Read this article to learn more details about how this notable PHP package works.
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This package provides means to keep track of as many health measures as necessary in a database.
It stores the measure values and dates, so it can render evolution charts to see how the patient evolved.
Read this article to learn more details about how this notable PHP package works.
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Updated on: 2017-04-09
Posted on: 2017-03-21
Blog: PHP OAuth Library package blog
Package: PHP OAuth Library
Many applications use OAuth authenticate users using their information retrieved from social network accounts with their permission.
However, each social network requires an additional API call to retrieve those user details. That API call is specific to each network, so its URL and parameters vary.
OpenID Connect is an extension of the OAuth2 protocol that allows to retrieve the user details without additional API calls.
Read this article to learn how it works and how you can benefit from OpenID Connect to get the user details faster without social network specific API calls.
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However, each social network requires an additional API call to retrieve those user details. That API call is specific to each network, so its URL and parameters vary.
OpenID Connect is an extension of the OAuth2 protocol that allows to retrieve the user details without additional API calls.
Read this article to learn how it works and how you can benefit from OpenID Connect to get the user details faster without social network specific API calls.
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