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Lithium framework announces interim release, now at 0.9.5

by Carl Anderson · May 3, 2010

The Lithium framework continues to make great strides, and project lead Nate Abele has announced that Lithium has hit version 0.9.5, an interim release.

First beta of Doctrine 2 released

by Marco Tabini · April 28, 2010

Doctrine 2’s first beta release is out. We will take a look at how this Orm lets you almost ignore the existence of a database.

New SQL Server driver released

by Beth Tucker Long · April 26, 2010

Microsoft recently announced their new PDO driver for SQL Server. The goal is to make it easier for developers to support multiple databases with their applications and to make it easier for popular PHP applications to offer a SQL server option.

Introducing four new PHP 5.3 components and Goutte, a simple web scraper

by Ryan Weaver · April 22, 2010

To support Symfony 2’s development, Fabien Potencier, lead of Symfony, has release four PHP 5.3 components: BrowserKit, CssSelector, DomCrawler and Process. A new web scraper/crawler has also been released, which uses these components along with Zend Framework’s Date, Uri, Http, and Validate components.

ZendCon 2010 call for papers now open

by Carl Anderson · April 21, 2010

ZendCon 2010 may be a few months out, but it’s never too early to start thinking about submitting a proposal for a session. The ZendCon 2010 Call for Papers closes on May 6, 2010.

Code Jam 2010 Open for Registration

by Joel Clermont · April 19, 2010

Do you enjoy programming, puzzles and some friendly competition? If so, you may be interested in registering for this year’s Code Jam.

Zend launches user group affiliate program

by Marco Tabini ·

Zend has launched an affiliate program tailored specifically to PHP user groups. Giorgio Sironi takes a look at what the bargain consists, and what its intended targets think about it.