Update: The php|architect exclusivity period has passed and I can now post the full version of the article:
PHP Architect Article (PDF) ()
Over the past few months I have been developing a free method of sending and receiving SMS messages via PHP. As I continued to add features and turn the method into a library, [...]
You know, over the past 8 years I have been through at least 10 different web hosts. This is partially my fault - I’m an extremely picky customer. I demand that a company has excellent customer support and maintains all of their guarantees, namely uptime.
I can say after all of these years, I have finally [...]
I usually don't update my blog for PHP versions but the announcement made at the beginning of the month really caught my eye. Changes to the Tick construct, Ternary operator, and the addition of the goto keyword are all included.
This is an old release announcement. Please visit http://phpwatch.net for the newest version.
I am pleased to announce that I have released phpWatch v1.0.6 Beta and it is now available for download.
phpWatch is a general purpose service monitor that is able to send notifications of outages via e-mail or text-message (SMS). The purpose of this system [...]
I have been using PHP for about six years now and have never stopped learning. These are a few things I wish I had known when I began programming in PHP.
I have wanted a way to send and receive text-messages (SMS) with PHP for some time now. The main problem isn’t that it is impossible — there are dozens of companies that provide PEAR or other gateways that do exactly this — it is the fact that I do not want to pay every [...]
These methods will most likely seem basic to a seasoned web host but until I was forced to switch web hosts I never had to seamlessly move sites between servers.
Almost all clients used numerous mySQL databases that had content being accessed 24/7 (forums and purchase requests to name two). Any entries that were added on the old server had to be placed on the new server in real time.
To start this blogging shindig I thought I’d share my story of why I even have this domain.
It all starts with my old web host which was owned by a single guy (and no I don’t mean he wasn’t married) running a server leased from ThePlanet. About three months ago I started noticing my [...]