Web Info & Tutorials

When people think of Java, they think of some mighty indestructible language/environment that never goes down - well at least less than other platforms like PHP or .NET.

REALITY CHECK

After running my own servers for 6 years (IIS with Resin) with few troubles, I moved hosting to outside sources. I had to go through several hosting companies before I found one that could even run my simple POJO based applications!

Now after a year has passed, my experience with shared Java hosting can be summarized:

• Tomcat seems to go down at least once every 7-14 days.
• Contrast this to PHP - never goes down.

FINAL COMMENTS

The Java community tends to dismiss PHP as some scrappy scripting language that can’t be counted on … I must confess, I used to think that too.

Now after a year of using both Java based and PHP based applications, I have personally found PHP to be much more stable and reliable. I am actually nervous that my Java applications (and Tomcat) will fail regularly and am moving to migrate everything to PHP.

I have no axe to grind, just speaking the truth based on my experience.

Stefan Mischook (The Web Design Heretic)

PHP Hacks is essentially a collection of ‘bite-size’ PHP scripts that you can easily drop into your websites.

Besides being able to use the hacks straight away in your projects, the PHP code/hacks are clearly explained making them good tutorials for learning how you might do something in PHP.

SOME TOPICS/HACKS THAT STAND OUT:

• Creating a shopping cart.
• Using AJAX with JSON - a php library that makes working with AJAX easy.
• PEAR hacks like Net-Geo to find out state and city locations of people.
• A good examination of PHP design patterns.

Not exactly for beginners, but if you have an understanding of basic PHP you will be OK and you will learn a lot. This book is also good for programmers (from other languages) who want to get a good idea of what tools, libraries are available in the PHP world.

Another good book from O’reilly.

Comme tous les entrepreneurs du Minitel, ce passionné de communication s'est reconverti dans l'Internet. Il a créé Ozone, société spécialisée dans le WiFi, et lance Téléphozone, une application destinée au téléphone