In PHP 5 you can make your life a lot easier by writing an autoload function. This function will automatically load your classes, so you do not need to repeatedly include classes on every page.[170808]
With PHP's widespread adoption,it's almost too easy to find a script or snippet to do exactly what you need. Unfortunately, there's no filter as to what is a "good practice" and what's, well... not so good when writing a PHP script. We need trustworthy sources, who have proven they have a solid grasp on the best practices of PHP.[166986]
Using cURL (in PHP) to access https url is often not as simple as using the proper url. Using it for authentication is also not very clearly documented. This is a mini tutorial for both accessing https url's as well as for http authentication.[164914]
Tutorial on how to fetch the external links to any given article through Google Blog Search's Atom feature and displaying them as a list of trackbacks. With this implemented your blog readers will get the complete picture of the off-site discussion.[161283]
Utilize a custom PHP class for integrating the Authorize.Net Advanced Integration Method (AIM) API into an ecommerce website. It includes the class and step-by-step instructions for using it.[161282]
An example of how to integrate uploads into the Doctrine validation process.[155794]
Christoph Dorn has released an interesting tutorial titled FirePHP and Zend Framework 1.6 over on his blog. In it (as you can most likely deduce from the title) he gives a quick rundown on how to get up and running with the new FireBug/FirePHP integration that comes with Zend Framework 1.6.[155793]
This is a 17 minute screencast tutorial of how to use the Validate PEAR package to give you quick form validation.[154232]
Implementing reusable Create Remove Update and Delete logic with PHP Doctrine.[150839]
SVK is a client for SVN built using perl. It makes a number of improvements over the standard svn client, while retaining much of the same feel.[147909]