The digest of interesting news and materials from the world of PHP over the past two weeks, №6 (01.12.2012 - 14.12.2012)

We bring to your attention another collection with links to news and materials.

Enjoy reading!

News and Releases

• Wordpress 3.5 release - A new version of the popular CMS with many changes has been released and has been downloaded more than 1 million times.
• 9th issue of Web And PHP magazine - The following topics are covered in the issue: How to complete many projects faster ?; What is the PHP site for Agile ?; PHP 5.4 Review (note on time); Why is the database slowing down? other.
• In PHP 5.5, ext / mysql is deprecated . In the last issue of the digest, we mentioned the debate about the need to encourage developers to use modern APIs to work with MySQL . And now, by voting, it was decided that in PHP 5.5 the use of ext / mysql will generate errors of the E_DEPRECATED class. And here is the commit itself.

Php

• Under the hood of objects in PHP - Excellent article, revealing in detail all the features of the internal implementation of objects in PHP. The author describes in detail the life cycle of an object, how objects are stored in memory, what is '$ this' and about many other things.
• Why do many people hate PHP? - The author gives a detailed answer to this question, highlighting several main reasons and answering each item in detail. The reasons, according to the author, are as follows: inconsistent signatures, PHP is HTML with logic, lack of standards, lack of packages (dependency manager), lack of awareness of the current state of PHP, elitism (“not using PHP is cool”).
• Why I refused coding standards - In his post, the author gives the reasons for which he decided to abandon coding standards, and also calls on other developers to reconsider the processes and, possibly, follow his example.
• How much memory does objects consume in PHP and is it worth using the 64-bit version? - An excellent study published on Habré, the results of which show that the use of the 64-bit version of PHP is not always justified.

Study materials

• Accelerate PHP development with HipHop VM - At the end of 2011, guys from Facebook announced the release of the Hip-Hop virtual machine that implements the JIT compilation approach for PHP. This post describes the latest updates of Hip-Hop VM, as well as deeply described some of the details of the virtual machine architecture and optimization strategies.
• Standard PHP Library (SPL) - Part 1: Data Structures - A good overview of SPL on Habré. We are waiting for the continuation.
• An example of a whole application on Phalcon PHP - Demonstration of a full-fledged web application, completely written in a PHP framework, supplied as a native extension. In this example, the authors have implemented a music library and demonstrate the work of the framework with a large amount of data:> 5,000 Artists,> 50,000 Albums,> 30,000 Tags,> 100,000 Tracks> 200,000 Photos. Demo and code .
• About template engines - A look at template making in web applications. The author gives a brief overview of past templating in PHP, and then talks about more modern tools, such as Mustache and their advantages.
• Iterator for data providers in Yii - A useful recipe for using CDataProviderIterator for data providers, when it becomes necessary to process large amounts of data, but it is not possible to load all data into memory at once.
• Metaprogramming in PHP - In the post, the author determines which tasks can be solved by metaprogramming and which are not, as well as which tools should be used in PHP to solve them.
• PHP Dependency Injection - A simple and straightforward article that explains what Dependency Injection is. An example of refactoring using DI is given, advantages are listed, and also typical use cases.
• References - Continuation of a series of videos from Anthony Ferrara. At this time, considered variables and links in PHP, their internal structure.
• Prepared Statements - In this video, Anthony Ferrara talks about the basic principles of Prepared Statements and the benefits of using them. The whole series.
• Inversion of control - In this post, the author tells in detail what Inversion of Control is. First dot the connection between DI and IoC, and then, using the example of a blog, shows the advantages of using inversion control.
• Handling the connection using the MongoDB driver for PHP - The article discusses the recently released MongoDB version 1.3 driver for PHP. The comparison with the connection processing in the previous version is given, the advanced features of the new driver are considered. Considered practical examples in PHP.
• We send letters using Swift Mailer - A simple example of using the basic features (sending text, letters with an application, templating) of a well-known library for sending letters.
• Building automation with scripts in Composer - Composer is an excellent tool for managing dependencies in PHP. But this is not all that he can! This article shows you how to use Composer as a simple tool for automating assembly.
• Love story for Silex - 'Embedded' PHP - The author tells about his first experience of using the Silex PHP microframe. The real example shows how code evolved during the development of a project.
• Automation using MySQL triggers - Although transferring application logic to database triggers is considered by many to be a bad idea, nevertheless, there are a number of cases where using them is justified and helps to solve the set tasks easier. This article describes the actual triggers, and provides examples of use.
• PHP errors: classification, examples, handling - If you are an experienced developer, then this article from Habra will help to structure knowledge. If you are working with PHP not so long ago, this post will provide an exhaustive amount of information on the topic of errors in PHP.
• 5 things that CodeIgniter cannot do - In the post, the author lists and describes 5 main features that are present in almost any modern PHP framework, but which are not yet available in CodeIniter: namespace, autoload, unit tests, migrations, and abstract database layer.
• PHPitfalls - In the post, the author has accumulated his experience with PHP and has given many useful recommendations for developers.
• Guide on cross-domain AJAX - In the post, the author talks about three main ways to implement cross-domain queries, as well as some of the nuances of each: CORS, JSONP, Iframe.
• Private methods - “for” or “against”? - On this topic broke a whole discussion. In response to his post, the author received a wave of comments, including, in return , a post from Anthony Ferrara . After which the author wrote another post in his defense . And then, a famous Drupal activist, Larry Garfield set out his own opinion on the subject .
• Tweetable PHP-Non Alpha - An interesting experiment in which the author writes a PHP script without using numeric and alphabetic characters.
• The Underground PHP and Oracle Manual - The guys from Oracle have updated and laid out an excellent free book that contains unique material on the PHP OCI8 extension for working with the Oracle database, as well as on other components from the PHP-Oracle ecosystem. The book tells PHP developers how to use PHP and Oracle together in a simple and effective way.

CMS / CMF

• Create a module "New Mail" for Magento , 2 - Simple and detailed tutorial on creating a module for Magento in two parts.
• We make WordPress websites fly using NGINX, PHP-FPM + APC and Varnish
• Insert widgets using shortcodes in WordPress
• How to become a top-notch professional on WordPress

• WordPress Plugin Releases

  
  
  • WP-Elasticsearch - replaces the standard WordPress search with ElasticSearch.
  • Fast Secure Contact Form is another good form of communication with many options and anti-spam protection.
  • HyperDB is an advanced database class that supports replication, load balancing, partitioning.
  • Fonts - adds additional features for managing fonts in the editor.
  • Authy - allows you to add two-factor authentication using the Authy service on your WordPress site.
  • Search Exclude - microplug designed to exclude any posts and pages from the search results on the site.
  • GC Message Bar - allows you to add a sticky-message on the pages of your site.
  • Memory Load Consumption and db size Usage - displays information about the memory used and resources of the database.
  • Keyring - provides very flexible options for integrating your WordPress site with an external service.
  • Rich Contact Widget - allows you to display information about the site in advanced snippets of search engines.
  • Schema Creator - adds schema.org microdata to pages and posts.
  
  

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Material prepared dbritan , nesttor and pronskiy