Store Symfony Sessions in Database with Propel
Previously, I wrote a post on how to store user sessions in a database using Doctrine. I figured that I would follow it up by writing this article to demonstrate how to do the same thing using Propel....
View ArticlePuTTY with Tabs (PuTTY Connection Manager)
Whenever I am using a Windows desktop and I need to connect to various servers via SSH, I use PuTTY. It’s lightweight and gets the job done without any problems. However, the one problem has always...
View ArticleCustom Tasks in Symfony 1.1
Awhile ago I wrote a post on how to create custom tasks in symfony 1.0. A reader posted a question on how to do this in symfony 1.1. At first I figured out a solution of how to do it manually, but then...
View ArticleWriting Custom PHP Extensions to Speed Up Applications
Sometimes you may come across a situation where a core piece of your PHP is doing some sort of intensive algorithm or something else which is just taking way to long. Recently I had this problem with...
View ArticleGet PHP SoapClient to speak with Java’s JAX-WS
When delving into the magical world of trying to get a PHP SoapClient to consume a Java JAX-WS web service, there may be a few unexpected surprises that pop up. If you have been using SoapClient to...
View ArticlePHP SoapClient and Polymorphic Service Objects
There may be a time when you need to deal with passing polymorphic objects back and forth between PHP’s SoapClient and a SOAP web service. Things are nice and easy (work as expected) when you are...
View ArticleWishing that PHP had something like JAXB
Update: Read about Hitch, my JAXB-like XML annotation mapper for PHP 5.3: Introducing Hitch Lately I have been doing alot of Java development especially in regards to web service development and...
View ArticleUsing symfony sfForms in a Zend Application
Recently I have been experimenting with the Zend Framework to look into it’s potential to be used in my future applications. Having been a symfony junkie for the last couple of years I was reluctant to...
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Introducing php-datatables!!!
For about the last year and a half I have been using the awesome DataTables Plugin for jQuery. This is the most feature-rich and powerful javascript table plugin that I have come across and have been...
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Introducing Hitch (the JAXB Equivalent for PHP)
Let’s face it… parsing XML is boring and usually a pain in the butt, especially when you need to translate it to a hierarchy of PHP objects. This is why I have decided to create Hitch which is based on...
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