php|architect – December 2003

Toward the Improvement of Web Application Management

The Gentoo Linux project’s newest member talks about hisplans for making web application installation and management easieron administrators and developers.—by Stuart Herbert

Inside the 'Just For Fun Network Management System'

The creator of JFFNMS discusses how the program evolved, thechallenges of building an NMS with PHP, and some useful hacks forbeginners and advanced users alike.—by Javier Szyszlican

Beyond the Nukes

John Cox, a veteran core developer from the PHP-Nuke andPostnuke projects discusses the good and bad of the Nuke systems,lessons learned from working on those projects, and ‘the bigpicture’ surrounding PHP-based content management – includinga look at his latest project, a content management/applicationframework solution called ‘Xaraya’.—by John Cox

The PHP Layers Menu Project Revealed

Creator of the widely used PHPLM project exposes the past,present and future of the project, and explains how to get the mostfrom this powerful application.—by Marco Pratesi

Customized Mailing List Management with PHPMailer

PHPMailer developer Brent Matzelle takes you far beyond thePHP ‘mail()’ function, lending real power and control over emailand mailing lists via PHP.—by Brent Matzelle

The Software Sleuth

Your system has crashed. Your manager is yelling in yourears. Your job is hanging by a thread. To top it off, you have noclue as to what went wrong. What you need is a good, solidmaintenance framework.—by Graeme Foster