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12 things we hate about PHP
12 things we hate about PHP "Image by steinchen via PixabayDo we really hate PHP? Nah. If we did, we wouldn't be running Drupal and WordPress and other frameworks at the astronomical clip we do. Nope,...
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Best starter programming language? 8 top picks of developers
"Image by flickr/Michael CotéObviously, there's no single right answer to the question, "Which programming language is the best one to learn first?," though some have tried to come up with one. Each...
View Article4 ways PHP coding is getting less painful
It's easy to hate PHP despite the culture of software built on top of it. InfoWorld even compiled its own list of 12 things about the language that drive developers crazy.But over the past few years,...
View ArticlePHP 5.6 features built-in debugger, better namespace support
PHP, the venerable scripting language for server-side Web development, has been upgraded in a point release highlighted by a new debugger. Released late last week and downloadable at PHP.net, PHP 5.6...
View ArticlePHP 7 moves full speed ahead
PHP 7, a major update to the server-side scripting language due next year, will offer performance improvements and more capabilities, along with deprecation of some existing features.The release will...
View ArticleFacebook's alternative PHP engine attracts Web service providers
Some fairly large Internet services are pressing into production Facebook's open-source PHP runtime engine after being impressed with the performance metrics for the alternative to the ubiquitous...
View ArticleWhy developers love and hate PHP
PHP, the venerable server-side scripting language, is famous for its use in Web development. First released in 1995 by Rasmus Lerdorf, it has been leveraged by the likes of WordPress and Facebook and...
View ArticlePHP vs. Node.js: An epic battle for developer mind share
It’s a classic Hollywood plot: the battle between two old friends who went separate ways. Often the friction begins when one pal sparks an interest in what had always been the other pal’s unspoken...
View ArticleHow safe are Perl, PHP, and Ruby? The experts weigh in
Rust, the Mozilla-developed language that recently hit 1.0, emphasizes safety, a potentially large selling point for a language designed for systems-level programming.But what does it mean to say that...
View ArticleLanguage forks bring new power to programming
Computer languages are like their real-life counterparts: They constantly evolve. But unique to the evolution of programming languages is the ability to expressly fork them -- to publicly announce a...
View ArticleMicrosoft makes debugging PHP less painful with new Azure tool
Microsoft is equipping its Azure cloud service with a tool to debug PHP-based Web applications that are running on the platform.The service "offers in-depth insight into how an application is...
View ArticleComing soon: PHP 7 -- and it's a scorcher
Get ready for PHP 7; it's going to be fast. In fact, 100-percent-plus performance improvements have been seen in version 7, Rasmus Lerdorf, the founder of the scripting language, said at the O'Reilly...
View ArticleZend paves new path to get PHP applications on the Web
Zend Technologies is offering a release candidate version of its Expressive PSR-7 microframework, for developing PHP middleware applications for the Web.The release candidate enables development of...
View ArticleLeaner, meaner PHP 7 promises huge performance boost
PHP 7.0.0, released yesterday after two years in development and eight release candidates, brings with it a doubling of performance said Rasmus Lerdorf, the founder of the language.In an interview...
View ArticlePatch your PHP: Security fixes released for all branches
PHP developers, take note of the latest updates: Versions 7.0.2, 5.6.17, and 5.5.31 are now available and feature a multitude of security bug fixes.Version 7.0.2 fixed 31 bugs, including six security...
View ArticlePeachpie compiler aims to bring PHP to .Net
After Microsoft open-sourced Roslyn, the compiler technology became the basis for a slew of experimental compilers that allow everything from compiling C# to JavaScript, to providing an interactive...
View ArticleSloppy patching, insecure plug-ins made Panama Papers leak possible
Time and time again, data-breach headlines illustrate the cost of ignoring basic security. Regularly updating software is Security 101, especially if the application in question is public-facing or...
View ArticlePHP 7.1 update puts speed before syntax
Following the built-for-speed PHP 7.0, version 7.1 of the server-side Web development language also will hone in on performance, albeit to a lesser degree. The feature set remains in flux, but...
View ArticleSwagger stumbles: Flaw enables remote code execution
The popular open source API framework Swagger lets developers describe, produce, and consume RESTful web services using a human-friendly authoring format. But a vulnerability that could result in code...
View ArticleZend PHP framework upgrade focuses on performance, middleware
Zend Framework, a collection of PHP packages for building web applications, has been upgraded to version 3. The new version provides dramatic increases in performance and a microframework for...
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