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See Code, See CodeRun

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:07:01 GMT

Tim Bellette writes about the new and innovative IDE, Coderun.

Signed Access Signatures and PHP SDK for Windows Azure

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:24:01 GMT

The latest Windows Azure storage release featured a new concept: "Shared Access Signatures". The idea of those is that you can create signatures for specific resources in blob storage and that you can provide more granular access than the default "all-or-nothing" approach that is taken by Azure blob storage. Steve Marx posted a sample on this, demonstrating how you can provide read access to a blob for a specified amount of minutes, after which the access is revoked. The PHP SDK for Windows Azure is now equipped with a credentials mechanism, based on Signed Access Signatures. Let's see if we can demonstrate how this would work.

Accessing ServiceConfiguration in FastCGI (PHP) web role

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:52:45 GMT

While working on a sample PHP application hosted on Windows Azure, I found that it is nearly impossible to retrieve information from the Windows Azure ServiceConfiguration.cscfg file. Also, it is impossible to write log messages to the Windows Azure Web Role. Well, both are not 100% impossible: you can imagine dirty hacks where you let a ASP.NET page do something from PHP and stuff like that. But how about a clean solution? How about. A PHP extension module?

How Microsoft Made PHP Suck Less on Windows

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:34:13 GMT

Windows might be a popular platform for running certain kinds of Web applications. But too many developers have been burnt by trying to deploy PHP applications on a Windows server. Microsoft is aiming to change that. In fact, while you weren't looking, they already made some improvements.

Query the cloud with PHP (PHPLinq and Windows Azure)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:22:24 GMT

I'm pleased to announce PHPLinq currently supports basic querying of Windows Azure Table Storage. PHPLinq is a class library for PHP, based on the idea of Microsoft's LINQ technology. LINQ is short for language integrated query, a component in the .NET framework which enables you to perform queries on a variety of data sources like arrays, XML, SQL server, ... These queries are defined using a syntax which is very similar to SQL. Next to PHPLinq querying arrays, XML and objects, which was already supported, PHPLinq now enables you to query Windows Azure Table Storage in the same manner as you would query a list of employees, simply by passing PHPLinq a Table Storage client and table name as storage hint in the in() method.

Asp.Net vs php : Speed Comparison

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Why is the myth that php is faster than Asp.Net so prevalent? Asp.Net is faster than php, here are the facts. So many times I have heard php pushers claim that php is so much faster than Asp.Net and that Asp.Net is clunky and slow. The most annoying part is that everything I have read (that is not factless opinion), and I mean everything, says that this is wrong; but for some reason, this myth is widely accepted. It has become a religious argument that ignores the facts...

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Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:08:21 GMT

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Developing PHP On Your Visual Studio 2008/2005

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:16:03 GMT

check out this great add on for visual studio which will allow you to develop PHP websites.

PHPLinq As Cool As Real LINQ?

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:17:46 GMT

I read about the PHP Implementation of LINQ called PHPLinq. Frankly, I was sceptical about it. Finally, I gave it a try. I still remain sceptical... Let me explain why.

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Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:24:53 GMT

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PHPLinq version 0.2.0 released!

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:11:20 GMT

PHPLinq version 0.2.0 released

Microsoft and Zend taking PHP on Windows to the next level

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:31:03 GMT

Zend and Microsoft announce today that they will continue work on FastCGI and scalable PHP hosting on Windows Servers. Specifically, Zend has committed to redistribute FastCGI in Zend Core, its certified PHP 5 offering.

Creating a PHP 5 Extension with Visual C++ 2005

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:20:40 GMT

This article describes the steps to create a custom PHP extension DLL for the Windows platform. The Zend API documentation that comes with PHP 5 on Windows (see php_manual_en.chm) does a good job explaining how to write extension methods, parse method parameters, and return values. But there is not currently a good step-by-step tutorial on how to get your first extension project up and running on Windows. The aim of this article is to fill that gap.

Attention: PHP executes twice as fast when it's run on ASP.NET

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:46:02 GMT

Phalanger, the tool for compiling PHP into .NET binaries, can improve the execution speed of PHP5 applications twofold. In addition it extends PHP5 so that it can incorporate portions of the .NET framework and it allows for Visual Studio integration.

Attention: PHP executes twice as fast when it's run on ASP.NET

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:46:02 GMT

60+ template engines for .NET, JAVA and PHP

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:15:25 GMT

Template engines are designed to allow the separation of business logic from the presentation layer, which means allowing MVC architecture to the developers. With the aid of template engines, we are able to develop websites with different looks but the same logic or the core code. Template engines are lately known as not good ideas because recent platforms already have embedded template engines to separate views from logic, generate code etc... As you see there are very few template engines in .NET and Java comparing to the PHP. But they are still pretty useful tools for developers.

ASP.NET jobs vs Ruby & PHP

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:16:02 GMT

How many job listings on the major job boards for the different programming languages - Who Wins? Click to Find Out.

J2EE vs ASP.NET vs PHP

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:52:45 GMT

In this article, I wanted to compare the web application development platforms which I have been using for recent years. My comparison has no aim to make one platform better than others, or vice versa. These are all my own thoughts and what I have experienced during the development of web applications using the three platforms. It is open to you to express your opinions and stands as a comment.

Compile php into asp.net

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:01:01 GMT

Introducing a framework to get PHP scripts running in .NET: use any .NET object in a PHP application and make it run as fast as known from .NET. Get best of both worlds.

A Better View On Your Coding Community!

Fri, 11 May 2007 13:17:57 GMT

A great site that aggregates the top coding-related feeds in one convenient and easy-to-use location. Filter information by providers, topics and keywords in order to quickly find the information that you need.

Server-side Mashups with PHP & ASP.NET at MIX

Wed, 02 May 2007 16:16:01 GMT

I've been getting ready for MIX and this is one demo I'm excited to give.

Phalanger

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:16:01 GMT

Phalanger is a new PHP implementation introducing the PHP language into the family of compiled .NET languages. It provides PHP applications an execution environment that is fast and extremely compatible with the vast array of existing PHP code. Phalanger gives web-application developers the ability to benefit from both the ease-of-use and effectiveness of the PHP language and the power and richness of the .NET platform taking profit from the best from both sides.

PHP for Microsoft AJAX Library

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:46:01 GMT

Steve Marx shipped the first public release of PHP for Microsoft AJAX Library, a small library to help PHP applications make use of the Microsoft AJAX Library. This is a shared source project under the Microsoft Permissive License.

PHP and the FastCGI Module for IIS 7.0

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:31:01 GMT

We've been working closely with Zend this past fall on improving PHP support on top of IIS, and with this new module PHP developers will be able to get dramatically better performance, scalability and reliability when running on Windows (sometimes as much as 25x faster than the old PHP CGI module for IIS).

Where is .NET?

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:31:01 GMT

Today at Digg/programming, not one single topic involved .NET. There were a lot of PHP, Ruby and Java. So where is .NET? Why is .NET so under represented on the broader community sites? I don't think it is because PHP or Java has a bigger user base or is better or worse than .NET. It must be something else. Maybe it is because .NET developers just don't care about the other programming languages and platforms. That's fair enough, but I don't buy it.