Delphi for PHP

By Andreano Lanusse

The Robustness of the Delphi Now Also for PHP

CodeGear’s most recent release: Delphi for PHP, an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), is totally dedicated to PHP developers and brings Rapid Application Development (RAD) and 100% visual development into the PHP world. Delphi for PHP is based on the proven and award winning development environment, Delphi. In this article we’ll talk about the Visual Component Library (VCL) now available for and built in PHP, the integrated debugger, the code editor, and much more.[Read More]

PHP-GTK Extensions

By Anant Narayanan

Creating Effective GUI Applications

Thinking about developing your next desktop application in PHP? Yes, that’s right. PHP-GTK allows you to create high-quality cross-platform GUI applications. Before you jump onto the PHPGTK bandwagon however, it will be useful to know how you can improve the overall efficiency of your application using one of the several extensions that PHP-GTK has to offer. This article will step you through building PHP-GTK applications and utilizing its extensions for rapid GUI development.[Read More]

Beginner’s Guide to PHP

By Marc Isikoff

Intro to OOP and Classes, Part II

Last issue (Issue 3.2007) I furthered the introduction to PHP, with an overview of Object-Oriented Programming, commonly abbreviated as OOP. This is also a core PHP programming skill, especially when it comes to reuse of objects such a member of a web site. Each member would have different data values (name, email, and so on) but would all share the similar elements that hold the disparate values. In this issue you will get a further introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in PHP 5.

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All About XML HttpRequest

By PHP Magazine

Demystifying the API

XMLHttpRequest is a single object with a few properties and methods. Yet the ramifications of using it are immense. If you are using Ajax today and have always been a bit mystified about what XMLHttpRequest does then this article is for you.[Read More]