php5

On the TotalPHP blog there's a recent post introducing you to a feature in PHP5 that can make life much easier - autoload.

In a recent entry to his blog Sean shows off a new specifications library he's created to replace common comparison functionality with a series of specs.

On the Debuggable blog, Felix Geisendorfer has a quick post showing the (basically) one step installation of the latest development version in the PHP 5 series, PHP 5.3.

Christian Weiske has a quick tip on how to get larger XML files to pull into PHP5 and be usable:

I’m happy to announce 0.6.5 was released last week, the code is available in the usual place:

http://seagullproject.org/download/

According to Trac this release contains 13 enhancements and fixes for  
26 defects, although there was also a lot of internal cleanup and small  
features added.

The wysiwg library has been updated from tinyFCK to FCKeditor  
following the security alert discussed here:

It’s 2008.

Firefox 3 was just released - years of work, thousands of bugs fixed, new features thrown in.  No file upload progress meter.

IE7’s been out for awhile, but I don’t have a copy here handy to test.  My memory is telling me it doesn’t have one, or if it does, its very unobtrusive and not immediately apparent.

Opera 9.5 was recently released.  No file upload progress meter.

Konqueror 3.5 - no file upload progress meter.

Builder.com.au has a new tutorial posted today talking about the use if Iterators (from PHP's SPL) to recurse down through directories on your local drive.

Stefan Priebsch has posted about the official release of his book, one of the latest from php|architect press - "php|architect's Guide to PHP 5 Migration".

In a new post Michael Kimsal does a good job comparing the rise of PHP5 (and what it brought with it) to his language of choice these days - Groovy.

In this new tutorial posted to DevShed, they take a look at working with classes in PHP5, specifically using the keywords for "member visibility" to make your classes a bit more structured.