Mex-hex: US still cooking
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CHICAGO -- There was more on the line than usual in the Gold Cup final between the United States and Mexico yesterday, the winner qualifying for the 2009 Confederations Cup and a potential multimillion-dollar payoff.
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Ilia Alshanetsky has noted that the latest release canidate for the PHP 5.2.x series, PHP 5.2.5RC1, is now available for download.   This RC includes a fair number of fixes since our last release and predominantly works on improving the stability of the 5.2 tree as well as including a small number of minor security fixes. I'd like to ask everyone to test this release against your code and setups, we are aiming for a quick release cycle and user feedback is critical for a successful release.   You can download this new edition directly from here (no Windows builds yet).
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Tapas _ the Spanish finger-food that is delighting palates around the world _ have a complex new champion: a delicacy of roast peppers, pickled eggplant, horse mackerel and dried leeks.Comment
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By Katherine Cromer Brock, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep.
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Hey, somebody in Times Square put my Pakistani chicken meat patty on a miniature bagel. And, if that's a turnoff, then try it on a hot-dog bun. Mmmm, not bad for a buck, buck-fifty.
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Flatbread prices rising in Mexico Demand for eco-friendly bio-fuels in the US is being blamed for a massive rise in the price of corn in Mexico. The recent 400 per cent increase in the price of a tortilla has driven thousands of Mexico's poorest people onto the streets in protest.â¦
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As Alexey Zakhlestin points out today, Lukas Smith has made the announcement that the MySQL group is finally recognizing the efforts of the PDO developers and supporting them:   Ok, it seems that MySQL AB is finally committing to fix up PDO_MySQL and  to generally accept the fact that PDO is the future. Of course mysqli  will also be actively maintained. But they will also make mysqlnd play  nicely with PDO etc.   There's budgets and time lines for the project so things are already moving along and developers to the project will soon be assigned. Lukas also mentions updated on PHP's side - validating that the documentation for the extensions (mysql and mysqli) are up to date and correct.
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On the O'Reilly OnLamp.com blog, chromatic voices some concerns about the latest PHP statistics being released.   It's been three months since PHP Versions in the Wild. What does Nexen report about PHP version adoption statistics for November? [...] Nexen's PHP Adoption Stats for November 2006 show that PHP 4.4 has surpassed PHP 4.3. PHP 5 is in the double-digits, but it's still a fraction of PHP 4's popularity, despite its climb.   He also comments that, for those working towards a PHP6 release, it "must be frustrating" to see PHP5 adoption having taken such a long time to really get a foothold.    Developers and users alike were comfortable in their PHP4 world and didn't want to branch out to this newfangled thing that is PHP5. They hear stories of how it breaks things and only causes trouble and don't want to make the move. But finally, some brave souls put their feet in the water, saw that there were no piranhas in sight and dove right in. Thankfully, more and more have followed them hearing the success and ease with which PHP5 has made things in their applications.   So, what's your excuse? Why haven't you made the switch? And will you follow those leader's example and dive right into PHP6 when it comes around?
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Now that it's all wrapped up, Chris Shiflett has posted his own look back at the PHP Advent calendar he coordinated.   Coordinating this turned out to be a lot of work, but I hope to do it again next year. [...] With a little bit of prodding, we all hopefully learned a little more than we would have otherwise, and the people who were gracious enough to share something deserve our thanks.   You can check out his post (and, of course, our own) for a complete list of all twenty-four days.
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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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California Pizza continues to signal that it's on the right track.
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Some of the recording industry's copyright arguments can easily be applied to popular food, and they still don't go down easy. Commentary by Jennifer Granick.
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Both Chris Shiflett and Eli White has posted reminders/comments about the upcoming DC PHP Conference happening November 7th through the 9th in Washington, D.C..   Eli mentions the talk he will be giving ("my stock 'High Performance' talk") and Chris points out the two talks being given by other OmniTIers - Paul Jones on framework and application benchmarking and Nate with a look at CakePHP   Registration for the conference is still open so you can still get in on this great three day event with sessions on topics like API design, MySQL security, lots of Facebook talk and where PHP fits in with today's politics.
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Sifting through the best that Mexico has to offer.
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By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb.
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PÃ¡draic Brady has a quick update today pertaining to the PHPSecInfo project - a new manual (currently in development).   I'll keep adding to it over the days, weeks and months ahead. The current form is going to be mainly a draft. When it's done, I'll go through it and do some serious editing. Next priority is getting in the material on actually using and implementing PHPSpec...   You can find the manual at http://dev.phpspec.org/manual/ with quite a bit of content already filled out. Topics currently covered include installation guides, your "first steps", testing the code and some examples of it in use.
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Farewell freedom fries. Hello, maybe, to the freedom omelet? So far, there are no indications Spain's signature dish is paying the price on Capitol Hill for the latest transatlantic discord.