June 2012

Issue 3

Another month, another issue. As we write this, we're sitting in S&S Media’s new London office, overlooking (or underlooking) the Shard, reportedly the tallest building in Europe – the view reminds us of standing high up in Portland House at the beginning of the month, watching Sebastian Bergmann, Stefan Priebsch and Arne Blankerts deliver an in-depth training session as part of PHP Summit. But while our surroundings may have changed, the PHP community hasn’t. Just like last month, We've had the pleasure of editing pages and pages of high-quality content from our esteemed writers, who have taken time out of their busy schedules to contribute a bumper crop of columns and features.

Contents

  • If we take a look on the history of our PHP based softwares, we will probably find a lot of problematic codes. Why? Because, normally, we just care if the thing is working, right? But stop and think...
  • What are traits?  One of the latest additions to the PHP programming language is traits, or the ability to implement horizontal design within your classes. Prior to PHP 5.4 (released March 1, 2012)...
  • Every week I go where IT problems occur, sharing my experience with development teams around the world and helping them make better use of the PHP platform. On average, I spend over 100 days of the...
  • The European PHP community has no lack of events to sate its coding appetite. With PHP Benelux in January, PHP UK in February and Italy’s phpDay in May, the year has already got off to a good start....
  • Q: First off, could you tell us a bit about the history of Xeround? Where’s the company coming from?  The company was founded with the original premise of hitting the telco arena, mobile carriers,...