A good chunk of this blog post was posted over at DevZone. However, this one contains more personal observations and general nuttiness.
I’ve just returned from my second trip to the Netherlands and, as with the first one, I had a wonderful time. This time, I was honored to speak at the PHP Business Seminar [...]

Dear Reader,
Since I posted originally railing against CIO Magazine for their article, “You used PHP to Write WHAT?!?” I felt it only fair that I point out to you that they have now posted an article written by my friend John Coggeshall, “PHP’s Enterprise Strengths and Weaknesses, Take 2″.
I’ve got a more detailed post over [...]

Ok, sometimes my brain checks out before letting the rest of my body know to stop coding. When that happens, the results are frustrating.

Dear Reader,
The title of this post will confuse most of you but I chose it on purpose. I hit a wall last night and couldn’t find anything on the web to help me over it.
The Problem

<?PHP
var_dump(set_include_path(’./’));

Drop this little piece of code into a file and place it on your web server. What you SHOULD get [...]

Just keeping everyone up to date on what’s happening with me.

CIO Magazine popped up on my radar this morning for an article they wrote on JavaScript. (I think I read coverage of the article on ajaxian.com) I noticed when I went to read the article that they also wrote one on PHP. I thought I would be delighted as I’ve been on their mailing list for several years now and thought that finally, they had caught a clue.

Well, my first book, php|architect’s Guide to Programming with Zend Framework has officially been released in PDF format. You can order it now or pre-order the dead-tree edition. (Cal is a happy camper)

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Dear Reader,
Everybody sing along with me! (To the tune of “Iron Man”)
I AM Z-C-E! Na-na Na-na Na-na Na NA NA NA
If you don’t get the joke about the business cards then you didn’t listen to the PHP Women podcast.
Until next time,
(l)(k)(bunny)
=C=
officially

Tags: PHP, php abstract, zce, zend

I thought it may be fun to do a PHP community building instead of real work this close to the holidays, so I set up PHP City. To participate, just click the link to PHP City and you are a resident. If you really want to get involved, pick yourself a title (I’m Mayor McCal) and post a proclamation as a news bulletin.