php versions

Derick Rethans has a new post today looking at a method for setting up multiple PHP versions on the same machine and switch between them with a little help from some simple bash scripts.

While working on an application I ran across a huge bottleneck which I isolated down all the way to the use of the iconv_substr function.

If you ever wonder which is better to use, this should help your decision:

Christian Weiske has a new post about a move the phpfarm tool has made over to SourceForge for its project page. phpfarm makes it simple to switch between multiple versions of PHP on the same server to make debugging and development a much simpler task (especially if you're not in a homogeneous environment).

Nils Luxton has written up a guide you can follow to get the latest (non-production) release of PHP - v5.4.0alpha1 - up and running on your machine in your WampServer instance.

Xdebug 2.1

London, UK Tuesday, June 29th 2010, 15:17 BST

I've just released Xdebug 2.1.

This new release contains all the bug fixes and new features that have been developed over the past three years.

Brian Swan has a new post to his blog today looking at how to run multiple PHP versions under IIS based on a presentation he gave at the Dutch PHP Conference.

In the latest post from the Ibuildings techPortal Lorna Mitchell takes a look at one of the more powerful features included in PHP versions 5.2 and greater - the DateTime class.

From the Joomla blog today there's a new post looking at a few things that you can do to help speed up your site's Joomla installation - simple things that can make a lot of difference.

As Andrei Zmievski points out, the notes from the PHP Developers Meeting have been posted to the php.net wiki.