PHPDeveloper.org http://www.phpdeveloper.org Up-to-the Minute PHP News, views and community en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 12:23:39 -0500 30 <![CDATA[Zend Developer Zone: Microsoft to extend Windows eco-system!]]> http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/9689 http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/9689 On the Zend Developer Zone today, Andi Gutmans has written up a new post that, in light of a recent announcement from Microsoft about "going open source" with some of their products, asks what it means for the web and for the PHP community specifically.

Today Microsoft announced a significant initiative which aims to provide the developer community with access to a large number of Microsoft protocols and file formats. [...] With Microsoft opening up their specifications under the OSP, open-source communities like Zend Framework are now able to build such solutions without fear of litigation. There are many other areas where it will benefit open-source projects including Samba (SMB), FreeTDS (SQL Server), Mono (.NET), and others...

He shares his thoughts on the winners (Microsoft themselves, Open Source community) and losers (Microsoft's competitors, Linux) on the deal and the beneficial impact he thinks it will all have on the PHP.

]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:58:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Marco van Hylckama Vlieg's Blog: Which PHP framework holds a promise for the future?]]> http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/4890 http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/4890 this new post from Marco van Hylckama Vlieg, he asks a question of his readers - "Which PHP framework holds a promise for the future?"

I thought I'd throw in a question for a change! As I'm quite sure at least some of my readers are skilled PHP developers, some of them might be able to throw in some insightful remarks when it comes to the future of PHP5 and frameworks.

He mentions developers that are tired of "plumbing code" (the guts of the app), but havent found something in the PHP realm that fits. He mentions three frameworks specifically; Symfony, WASP, CakePHP.]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:34:02 -0600