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Added Bytes Blog:
If PHP Were British
byChris Cornutt Aug 22, 2011 @ 13:56:48

On the Added Bytes blog there's a humorous post about what PHP would be like if it were British:

When Rasmus Lerdorf first put PHP together, he - quite sensibly, despite his heritage - chose not to write it in Greenlandic or Danish. [...] He opted instead, being in Canada at the time, for the local tongue. No, not French - that bastard dialect of the Queen's English commonly referred to as "US English". PHP developers in Britain have been grumpy about this ever since. What was he thinking?

Suggestions include replacing the $ with £, more correct "Hello worlds" and comments on abbreviations in function names, eloquence in control structures, spelling, manners and class(es). Check out the comments for more lovely puns.

tagged: british humor language quensenglish english

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Derick Rethans' Blog:
British date format parsing
byChris Cornutt Mar 04, 2008 @ 02:45:49

Derick Rethans has posted about a new function he's whipped up for PHP's date/time functionality to handle the differences between US formatted dates and the British date formats - date_create_from_format.

From PHP 5.3 the new date_create_from_format() function and the DateTime::createFromFormat() factory method are available. As first argument they accept the expected format, and as second argument the string to parse.

He includes two examples - one showing it being used to parse a British date string and the other to show off the date_get_last_errors function that can be useful for debugging.

tagged: date format parse unitedstates british datecreatefromformat datetime

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Job Posting:
Function Point Seeks Senior PHP Developer, Engineer (Vancouver, British Columbia)
byChris Cornutt May 29, 2007 @ 18:43:00
Company Function Point
Location Vancouver, British Columbia
Title Senior PHP Developer, Engineer
Summary

Function Point is continuously developing an exciting product aimed at a world audience of Advertising, Design and Architectural companies. The Web Application Developer will be part of a small collaborative team responsible for the design, development and implementation of our software using a combination of technologies, including PHP, mySQL, Ajax, Flex, JavaScript & C#.NET.

We want a motivated, outspoken professional who is intelligent, a quick study, and offers design capabilities in addition to being a solid PHP developer.

As a Senior Programmer within a small team you will collaborate and provide guidance in our implementation of the Zend Framework, new feature sets, along with interaction between the company and client on special projects.

Required skills:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent.
  • At least 4 - 5 years experience with the technologies involved
  • Significant experience with, and knowledge of, PHP-based ASP platforms using Apache & mySQL
  • Experience with Linux,
  • A strong understanding of DHTML and javascript is required.
  • Knowledge of Ajax is an asset.
  • Strong analytic skills, problem-solving ability and attention to detail
  • Enjoy working in a small team environment
  • Ability to take a task from inception to implementation, applying the necessary creativity to complete the assignment with little assistance.

Assets

  • Familiarity with the Zend Tools including: Zend Studio, Zend Safeguard.
  • Understanding of Subversion (SVN).

Our system is currently deployed on Windows, Mac and Linux servers around the world. The team at Function Point has been managing exceptional growth. We have crossed the chasm from upstart technology provider to an accepted leader in the niche market we play.

Remuneration is excellent with a competitive base salary and performance bonus. Share Options with the company could exist for the right candidate.

I invite you to forward your resume to me personally.
chris@functinpoint

We look forward to discussing your career with Function Point.

Chris Wilson
President

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Job Posting:
Function Point Seeks Senior PHP Developer, Engineer (Vancouver, British Columbia)
byChris Cornutt May 29, 2007 @ 18:43:00
Company Function Point
Location Vancouver, British Columbia
Title Senior PHP Developer, Engineer
Summary

Function Point is continuously developing an exciting product aimed at a world audience of Advertising, Design and Architectural companies. The Web Application Developer will be part of a small collaborative team responsible for the design, development and implementation of our software using a combination of technologies, including PHP, mySQL, Ajax, Flex, JavaScript & C#.NET.

We want a motivated, outspoken professional who is intelligent, a quick study, and offers design capabilities in addition to being a solid PHP developer.

As a Senior Programmer within a small team you will collaborate and provide guidance in our implementation of the Zend Framework, new feature sets, along with interaction between the company and client on special projects.

Required skills:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent.
  • At least 4 - 5 years experience with the technologies involved
  • Significant experience with, and knowledge of, PHP-based ASP platforms using Apache & mySQL
  • Experience with Linux,
  • A strong understanding of DHTML and javascript is required.
  • Knowledge of Ajax is an asset.
  • Strong analytic skills, problem-solving ability and attention to detail
  • Enjoy working in a small team environment
  • Ability to take a task from inception to implementation, applying the necessary creativity to complete the assignment with little assistance.

Assets

  • Familiarity with the Zend Tools including: Zend Studio, Zend Safeguard.
  • Understanding of Subversion (SVN).

Our system is currently deployed on Windows, Mac and Linux servers around the world. The team at Function Point has been managing exceptional growth. We have crossed the chasm from upstart technology provider to an accepted leader in the niche market we play.

Remuneration is excellent with a competitive base salary and performance bonus. Share Options with the company could exist for the right candidate.

I invite you to forward your resume to me personally.
chris@functinpoint

We look forward to discussing your career with Function Point.

Chris Wilson
President

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