Community News: Latest PEAR Releases for 07.09.2007
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Latest PEAR Releases:Auth 1.5.3Auth 1.5.4HTML_BBCodeParser 1.2.2PEAR_Info 1.7.0RC2Validate_FI 0.4.0File_Fortune 0.9.2File_Fortune 0.9.1PHP_DocBlockGenerator 1.0.0I18N_UnicodeNormalizer 1.0.0RC1I18N_UnicodeNormalizer 1.0.0RC2PHP_DocBlockGenerator 1.0.1MP3_IDv2 0.1.2Testing_Selenium 0.3.2OpenDocument 0.1.1HTML_Template_PHPLIB 1.3.3File_Fortune 1.0.0RC1
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On CodePoets.co.uk, there's a new tutorial posted by David Goodwin showing how to use PHP with the PEAR MDB2 component to access your database backend.   While writing some PHP Training materials for Pale Purple, I thought I'd add an updated guide on PHP and database access. I've already done one on PEAR::DB, but PEAR::MDB2 is it's successor and has a slightly different API.... and as PEAR::DB is now deprecated, it's probably about time I rewrote it anyway.   David looks at what the MDB2 package is, how to install it, connecting to your database and including some error handling as well. He (thankfully) also touches on one of the most handy features of the package - the prepared statements and the security they can offer.
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Here's what was popular in the PHP community one year ago today:onPHP5.com: Clickable, Obfuscated Email AddressesJacob Santos' Blog: PHP BlackjackThe Bakery: RESTful Web Services With CakePHPDeveloper.com: Developing a Ajax-driven Shopping Cart with PHP and PrototypeGreg Beaver's Blog: Mac OS X ships with security hole-laden PEAR - how to upgrade immediatelyNexen.net: English Articles and a Single Distribution ResourceJob Posting: Red Ventures Seeks Several LAMP Developers (Charlotte, NC)The Bakery: Checking for duplicate records (unique record)DevShed: The Basics of Abstract Factory Classes in PHP 5NewsForge.com: A DIY calendar control in PHPDevGuide.net: Dynamic Bitmap Graphics with PHP and GDRichard Heyes' Blog: Browser DetectionInternational PHP Magazine: Poll Question: Which is the Most Important Feature of PHP 5?Builder.au: Dynamic XML document construction with the PHP DOMCommunity News: PEAR Version 1.5.0 Released
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From the PEAR blog today comes a new post talking about the introduction of a much requested option when accessing the PEAR source code - SVN over CVS.   As part of the PEAR2 project we are making that happen. I'm happy to announce that we now have an SVN repo ready for testing. Web access at http://svn.pear.php.net with the SVN url being http://svn.pear.php.net/repo.   The access isn't quite available yet, but it will be as soon as they figure out how they want people to be able to access the parts of the PEAR2 source code. Keep an eye on the PEAR Blog for the latest.
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A few more of the International PHP Conference slides have surfaced for your enjoyment:  Sandro Zic - A comparison of PEAR Installer, Phing, and ZZ/OSS Installer alan@akbkhome.com - PEAR and PHP 5 (blog entry)
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Elizabeth Naramore points out the recent publication of the latest International PHP Magazine issue for July of 2007:   I was happy to contribute to their recently released June edition. I did an interview with the new PEAR Group on the future of PEAR. I'm glad to see such enthusiasm and collaboration among the newly elected group.   You can check out the issue and order your copy from the International PHP Magazine website (here's the table of contents too showing the rest of the articles/columns in this month's edition.
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Joshua Eichorn has posted some slides that he presented at a local PHP User Group meeting just passed that serve as an introduction to PEAR.   I'm hoping to improve the slides a bit and give this presentation at lots of other places. If any PHP User groups on the west coast would like me to do a presentation about PEAR drop my a line.   To help further the cause of PEAR, he's also offering the slides in an archived file for presentation anywhere.
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Latest PEAR Releases:PHP_CodeSniffer 0.0.5PEAR_PackageUpdate_Gtk2 0.3.2PEAR_PackageUpdate 0.5.2HTML_QuickForm_DHTMLRulesTableless 0.1.3HTML_QuickForm_Renderer_Tableless 0.3.4PHP_CodeSniffer 0.1.0Auth 1.4.0RC3HTML_QuickForm_Livesearch 0.3.2PHP_CodeSniffer 0.1.1Net_UserAgent_Mobile 0.28.0
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As Greg Beaver mentions in his latest blog entry, the main website for PEAR, pear.php.net has been mirrored as part of an effort to restructure and "revamp" the PEAR wesbite.   I'm excited to announce the first two mirrors of pear.php.net are now actively mirroring the installer REST files and actual .tgz files of package releases.  They are http://us.pear.php.net (provided by Joshua Eichorn and bluga.net) and http://de.pear.php.net (provided by Christian Weiske).  The option exists at a future date of mirroring the entire website, but this will not be possible without further changes to the infrastructure.   Using these servers is only slightly different than the main site, setting the preferred_mirror setting in your configuration to use one of the above.
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Travis Swicegood is teasing us with some output from a script in his latest blog post:   So my free time of late (what there is of it) has been spent on a project that's getting really close to v0.1 release. In other words, its first functional release. If you've ever run a test using the PEAR installer or know what a .phpt file looks like, you might be able to guess what I've been up.   Keep an eye on his blog for more information on his "secret project".
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Greg Beaver points out today that the sample chapter [pdf] of the "PEAR Installer Manifesto" has been posted by Packt Publishing.   Packt has put up a sample chapter, Chapter 5 "PEAR Channels: releasing to the world" up at http://www.packtpub.com/files/SampleChapter-The-PEAR-Installer-Manifesto.pdf. Check it out to see what you're missing if you don't already own the book.   The chapter he points to talks about setting up a channel (using Chiara_PEAR_Server) and why they're the "killer features in PEAR 1.4.x+".   You can get the full information on the book from its page on the Packt Publishing website and order it directly or from another retailer.
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Popular posts from PHPDeveloper.org for the past week:RefreshinglyBlue Blog: PHP vs Ruby - Practical Language DifferencesAndreas Gohr's Blog: Determine StumbleUpon RankingsPHP.net: PHP 5.2.4 ReleasedThe Bakery: Five New Posts - Custom Views, CSS, ViewInFile, ActsAs and Email ValidationPHPBuilder.com: File uploads made easyStefan Mischook's Blog: Turning on display_errors in WAMP - Video Tutorialphp|architect: Pro::PHP Podcast - Newscast for August 2007MT-Soft Blog: Creating a secure PHP production environment from Source CodeCommunity News: Andi Gutmans to Present at AjaxWorld 2007HowTo Forge: How To Set Up A Facebook RSS Feed Reader
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Latest PEAR Releases:File_Cabinet 0.1.0Validate_IE 1.0.0Net_SMTP 1.2.11pearweb_phars 1.4.1PHP_CompatInfo 1.6.0PHP_CompatInfo 1.6.1VFS 0.2.0Structures_DataGrid_DataSource_Array 0.1.4Services_OpenSearch 0.2.0
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Latest PEAR Releases:Mail_Queue 1.2.1PHP_DocBlockGenerator 1.1.1PHP_FunctionCallTracer 1.0.0File_PDF 0.3.0CodeGen_MySQL_Plugin 0.9.1devCodeGen_MySQL 0.9.1dev
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Latest PEAR Releases:Config 1.10.11Auth 1.5.2Net_LDAP 0.7.3HTML_Progress2 2.3.0HTML_CSS 1.2.0Console_Getopt 1.2.3DB_Table 1.5.0RC3Structures_DataGrid_DataSource_DataObject 0.2.0PhpDocumentor 1.4.0a2PHP_LexerGenerator 0.3.3PEAR_PackageFileManager 1.6.1Games_Chess 1.0.1PHP_Parser 0.2.1Mail_mimeDecode 1.5.0Mail_Mime 1.5.0Auth_PrefManager 1.2.0
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On the PEAR blog today, they're asking for thoughts on some of the standards for the coming PEAR2 development environment:   Please read the following document and post your comments on the wiki using the discussion page. Comments are opened for a period of two weeks. It is very important that you comment as these standards will define PEAR2.   The standards can be found here and include everything from the base requirements and package approach down to specific package-related rules (for things like directory structure, class-to-file conventions and handling dependencies).
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Latest PEAR Releases:HTTP_Session 0.5.6PEAR_Info 1.7.0PEAR_PackageFileManager_Cli 0.3.0Math_Fraction 0.4.1QA_Peardoc_Coverage 1.1.0PHP_DocBlockGenerator 1.0.2