The release is getting closer! Release Candidate 3 for PHP 4.0.7 has been put out. this brings us one step closer to the next version with some very cool features.

Also today, we have two new links from Zend. First off, they have the last part in the series of the "making ZIP files with PHP" topic. This part tells you how to finnalyl add files and output the file to the browser/filesystem. The other link is a Tricks of the Trade that talks about the pros and cons of storing files in a database. I know people that swear by storing images in database. They say it speeds things up amazingly. I'm still not convinced, but I'd read this one anyway.

Gasp! PHPBuilder.com has a new article! (heh) Anyway, their latest is about the practice of making code easy to read and understand. So much of my code is done for speed - I fall victim to this every time I go back and edit something after a few months. It always takes me a few minutes to get exactly what they functions are doing and only then can I figure out what's wrong. They talk about all sorts of things including indexnting, block comments and end-of-line comments.