New Book on PHP Programming with PEAR Announced

New Book on PHP Programming with PEAR Announced
A new book on the open source PHP Extension and Application Repository, PEAR, has been announced today by Packt Publishing. Written by an experienced team, this book is for PHP developers who want to maximize their productivity through the use of proven, high-quality, reusable PEAR components. (PRWEB Sep 30, 2006)

Get the correct time by converting between time zones with PHP and PEAR (Tech Republic)

Get the correct time by converting between time zones with PHP and PEAR (Tech Republic)
PHP comes with an extensive catalog of date and time functions, all designed to let you easily retrieve temporal information, massage it into a format you require, and either use it in a calculation or display it to the user. However, a quicker alternative is to use the PEAR Date class, which comes with built-in support for time zones and is, by far, the simplest way to perform date conversions.

Introducing Builder Objects in PHP 5

Introducing Builder Objects in PHP 5
In this article the first of a three-part series you will be introduced to the basics of creating directors and builder objects with PHP 5. As usual there will be copious examples to help you quickly start using the builder pattern in your own PHP projects…. Rackspace-Managed Servers, Fanatical SupportĀ Full-Scale Microsoft & Linux Solutions & 0% Network Downtime! Click here now!