111. Vote on your preferred design proposal
Updated on: 2012-02-09
Posted on: 2009-12-17
The period for submit proposal for the design contest has ended. Now is time to choose on which you prefer. This article explains the design voting and commenting process.
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110. Screencast of how to create and submit a design theme proposal
Updated on: 2012-02-09
Posted on: 2009-12-08
This article presents a screencast that demonstrates how to create and submit a new theme proposal for the site design contest.
It should be useful for all those willing to submit a proposal but could not understand clearly how to take the most of the design editor tool provided by the site.
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It should be useful for all those willing to submit a proposal but could not understand clearly how to take the most of the design editor tool provided by the site.



109. Site design contest is getting started
Updated on: 2012-02-09
Posted on: 2009-12-01
The PHPClasses site redesign contest is finally getting started.
The deadline for submission was November 30, but by request of a few authors, it was postponed to December 15.
Meanwhile, several design proposals were submitted and available for commenting.
This article tells more about these and other details.
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The deadline for submission was November 30, but by request of a few authors, it was postponed to December 15.
Meanwhile, several design proposals were submitted and available for commenting.
This article tells more about these and other details.



108. Distributing PHP processing with Gearman
Updated on: 2010-02-10
Posted on: 2009-11-23
Gearman is a tool for distributing processing jobs over one or more machines.
This article explains how to use Gearman in PHP applications to handle better the load of busy sites or applications that need to execute heavy jobs.
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This article explains how to use Gearman in PHP applications to handle better the load of busy sites or applications that need to execute heavy jobs.



107. PHP in Arabic
Updated on: 2010-02-18
Posted on: 2009-11-15
The use of Arabic in Web sites has been growing in a significant way in the latest years.
This is an idiom that requires special care due to the nature of its writing.
This article presents an interview with Khaled Al-Shamaa, the leader of Ar-PHP, a project that aims to simplify the lives of developers that want to build Arabic sites using PHP.
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This is an idiom that requires special care due to the nature of its writing.
This article presents an interview with Khaled Al-Shamaa, the leader of Ar-PHP, a project that aims to simplify the lives of developers that want to build Arabic sites using PHP.



106. Get early access to the new site features
Updated on: 2012-02-09
Posted on: 2009-10-29
The PHPClasses site is launching a new initiative to let every user know in advance about new features that are being implemented.
This article explains how you can keep up with latest features and even influence their implementation.
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This article explains how you can keep up with latest features and even influence their implementation.



105. Improved site search for every user
Updated on: 2009-10-21
Posted on: 2009-10-21
The site search pages have been improved, so every site user can benefit of a better way to search the site content.
The internal search engine, that until now was only available to premium subscribers, has been made available to all users.
Among other benefits, the search results will appear split in different tabs according to the section of the site that they belong, thus making it easier to find the kind of content you are looking for.
This article explains which are all the benefits that every user will have access from now on.
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The internal search engine, that until now was only available to premium subscribers, has been made available to all users.
Among other benefits, the search results will appear split in different tabs according to the section of the site that they belong, thus making it easier to find the kind of content you are looking for.
This article explains which are all the benefits that every user will have access from now on.



104. Submit your site redesign proposal for the contest
Updated on: 2012-02-09
Posted on: 2009-10-13
The PHPClasses site is accepting new site redesign proposals now.
In this phase, candidates may create design themes using a visual editor. Then they can submit the design theme proposal when they are done.
This article gives more detail of how the visual editor and the proposal system work.
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In this phase, candidates may create design themes using a visual editor. Then they can submit the design theme proposal when they are done.
This article gives more detail of how the visual editor and the proposal system work.



103. New approach to generate PDF using PHP with Zend Framework
Updated on: 2009-10-08
Posted on: 2009-10-08
LiveDocx is a Zend Framework package that implements a new approach to generate PDF documents in PHP.
It combines structured data passed by a PHP script with a template created in a word processor. It is the same concept as mail merge.
The resulting document can be saved as a PDF, as well in other formats such as DOCX, DOC or RTF file.
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It combines structured data passed by a PHP script with a template created in a word processor. It is the same concept as mail merge.
The resulting document can be saved as a PDF, as well in other formats such as DOCX, DOC or RTF file.



102. Microsoft promotes the careers of PHP professionals
Updated on: 2009-11-10
Posted on: 2009-09-30
Microsoft is launching a new initiative to promote the careers of PHP professionals.
This article presents an interview with a Microsoft manager to explain in more details what is this initiative and how the PHP professionals may take advantage of it.
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This article presents an interview with a Microsoft manager to explain in more details what is this initiative and how the PHP professionals may take advantage of it.


