PHP Resources

PHP is a web programming language that can be compiled into the Apache web server and with its persistent connections to MySQL it makes for a very popular and fast web programming environment.

• PHOCOA PHP Framework – PHOCOA (pronounced faux-ko) is a web application framework for PHP. It is an object-oriented, event-driven, componentized, MVC (model-view-controller) framework inspired by Apple’s Cocoa and WebObjects technologies.
• PHP Forms: HTML_QuickForm Tutorial – recommended by Paul Yuergens
• PHP5 links from Jose Hales-Garcia
  • http://www.sitepoint.com/print/119
  • http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
  • http://www.php.net/zend-engine-2.php
  • //here are some new ones now that PHP5 is out officially.\\
  • Adam Trachtenberg provides a quick tour around PHP 5 , highlighting seven of his favorite new features, all of which will allow your PHP 5 code to be more concise, more elegant, and more flexible than ever. Adam is the author of the upcoming Upgrading to PHP 5. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/upgradephp5/

• Mike Franks’ collection of PHP Links, Articles and Tutorials collection http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/php/

• Michael Miller’s Favorite for learning php, mysql, etc – http://www.devshed.com/ DevShed: Open Source Web Development Site

• Joseph Vaughan’s second favorite article on PHP security with superglobals http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6559

• Joseph Vaughan’s (current) favorite article on PHP security http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6061
• Jerome Wan recommends these:
  • http://phpmyedit.org/home.php
  • http://www.phorm.com/
  • http://w-agora.net/en/index.php

• Use @ to turn off warning error message on a given command

This article was originally posted on the UCLA Programmers Wiki.