This Week’s Link List (June 3, 2011)

For me, the highlight in this week’s list are the first two. Both the SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV drivers are now in PECL. For some, that may not be a big deal, but it’s something I’ve been pushing for a long time. I see it as one more (small) step toward community citizenship…

• Finally! I'm very happy to see both the SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV driver in PECL…
  • http://pecl.php.net/package/sqlsrv
  • http://pecl.php.net/package/pdo_sqlsrv

• Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and OData…
  • Maarten Balliauw previews a new concept for packaging and deploying PHP applications to Windows Azure: http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/post/2011/05/30/Scaffolding-and-packaging-a-Windows-Azure-project-in-PHP.aspx
  • Maarten shows you how to do lightweight PHP application deployment to Windows Azure (I must have missed this post when Maarten posted it in April): http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/post/2011/04/04/Lightweight-PHP-application-deployment-to-Windows-Azure.aspx
  • This is an excellent (and comprehensive) overview of OData and the problems it is intended to solve: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/hh237663
  • Using the PHP OData SDK to consume DataMarket feeds: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/datamarket/archive/2011/05/27/an-introduction-to-datamarket-with-php.aspx
  • A look inside the Windows Azure cloud operating system: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/COS301
  • How to extend SQL Azure data to Android and other platforms (VIDEO): http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlazure/archive/2011/06/01/10167404.aspx
  • Using SSL certificates with Windows Azure? New guidance available: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2011/05/31/content-update-new-guidance-available-on-using-ssl-certificates-with-windows-azure.aspx

• On frameworks and apps...
  • The Drupal 7 driver for SQL Server and SQL Azure has been updated: http://drupal.org/project/sqlsrv
  • Zend Framework 1.11.7 released: http://devzone.zend.com/article/15213
  • A getting-started point for caching responses in Lithium: http://nitschinger.at/Caching-responses-in-Lithium

• Performance…
  • Conserving memory in PHP the "lazy" way: http://blog.webspecies.co.uk/2011-05-31/lazy-evaluation-with-php.html
  • Seven tips to speed up your PHP scripts: http://www.phpkode.com/tips/item/7-php-tips-help-faster-your-script/

• Book reviews…
  • Chris Hartjes reviews CakePHP 1.3 Application Development Cookbook: http://www.littlehart.net/atthekeyboard/2011/05/30/book-review-cakephp-cookbook
  • Robert Basic reviews Web Scraping with PHP: http://robertbasic.com/blog/book-review-guide-to-web-scraping-with-php/

• Miscellaneous…
  • Migrating a PHP application to IIS/SQL Server: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssma/archive/2011/06/01/migrating-a-php-application-using-mysql-to-sql-server-running-php-on-iis.aspx
  • Lorna Mitchell continues her series on using OAuth: http://www.lornajane.net/posts/2011/PHP-OAuth-Provider-Authenticate-User
  • Ever run into problems with application/json in the Accept header? http://shiflett.org/blog/2011/may/the-accept-header
  • Using PEAR's HTML_Table to display tabular data: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/pear-html_table/Jason_Gilmore06012011.php3
  • Do these things in PHP make you sad? http://www.phpsadness.com/

• Just for fun…
  • Which programming language inspires the most swearing? http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/02/cussing-in-commits-which-programming-language-inspires-the-most-swearing/

Have a great weekend.

-Brian

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