Microsoft has put their new SQL Server Driver (for Microsoft SQL Server 2005+ and hopefully the replacement for the aging mssql extension that uses dblib) on Codeplex under their BSDish Microsoft Public License - and YES, that is OSI approved
It’s a C++ extension and after a brief glance I see a number of things […]

Production websites should not have big ugly php errors. If you leave display_errors on you are asking for trouble. Even worse is when this mistake is made on a site frequented by geeks of all flavors. PHP already has a “bad rap” for security (deserved or not).
The latest site to be a perpetrator […]

You know a student who needs to make some cash this summer AND likes programming? The Google Summer of Code project is open for student applications, and PHP is one of the organizations in on the fun.
There’s a list of ideas on the PHP wiki - with a wide range of skill sets, from […]

I use a lot of google’s services - gmail for a nice generic address, analytics for my website, google bookmarks to keep my stuff organized. I hadn’t had any problems - until today.
About 5:45 eastern time my email kicks up an error asking me to reenter my password. Now I’ve had a little […]

yes, goofy name… the goal? All dependencies for PHP (and GTK so PHP-GTK runs smoothly) and PECL compiled on at least Visual Studio 2005 - in a completely transparent process where source changes and project files and built binaries are available to anyone.
So, I’ve been slowly working on getting Open Source libraries compiling […]