PHP Application Insecurity - PHP or Devs Fault? (Slashdot)

PHP Application Insecurity - PHP or Devs Fault? (Slashdot)
somersault asks: “There have recently been a lot of people making jokes at the expense of PHP, but how many common security flaws in PHP are the fault of the language, and how many the fault of the developer? A recent Security Focus article (via the Register) has a brief discussion which suggests that PHP is no less secure than any other scripting language, and that it is the users of the …

Dynamic XML with PHP (Database Journal)

Dynamic XML with PHP (Database Journal)
In this article I will show how to generate dynamic XML documents with Object-Oriented PHP. Before I get started, let’s get right to the heart of this functionality.

The PHP fopen( ) and fclose( ) Functions and Modes (BellaOnline)

The PHP fopen( ) and fclose( ) Functions and Modes (BellaOnline)
The fopen( ) and fclose( ) PHP filesystem functions and are used together to open, and then close, an existing file that is part of your website.