Basic PHP Programming

All over the world, people are using PHP in their daily internet experience and with companies working hard to make it into a more powerful tool for the internet of tomorrow, updates and add-on’s are a fact of life. Zend Technologies, one of the developers who work with PHP has announced the release of their new and improved Zend Framework release 1.8 which makes PHP better by bringing Rapid Application Development (RAD) to the industry. The ability to do RAD allows easy business application development using PHP that is set to fuel business ventures into the cloud. Read the rest of this entry »

This year’s TestFest 2009 is almost here and people from all over the globe work together, each devoting a few hours of their time to the proper testing of the newer and enhanced versions of the platform to allow a wider testing program. Most testing is done by a select few who work their best to test, isolate and address issues that come out with previous releases that should have been addressed by current updates. The test group, spanning 20 countries with a multitude of talents hopes to try out and see if all errors, vulnerabilities and enhancements are up to par with programming standards previously implemented. Read the rest of this entry »

As the internet evolves and the many people who work hard to make it possible try to issue improvements into the already forever present PHP platform, the newest version of PHP 5.3.0, release candidate 2 has been released for evaluation and testing. The update is in efforts to address security vulnerabilities that have been found with the last release only a month or so ago and it is deemed as part of the continuing evolution of PHP into one of the best and most secure web platforms ever. Project managers are advised to download the latest version fro testing with current projects so compatibility issues can be addressed early. Read the rest of this entry »

The latest release available for Windows users that is designed to address security flaws in the integrated OPEN SSL libraries with subsequent updates to the Open SSL library (0.9.8k) patching the security vulnerability left by the said windows flaw. The update addresses errors to the ASN1_string function that releases security information upon a call to print. another error that was addressed was with concern to the CMS_verify function which was unable to handle error conditions involving malformed signed attributes. Another issue with the ASN1 structure concerned memory issues that sometimes caused crashes with some installations.
The security holes have long been a problem which the open-sourced community have always managed to release security bulletins and updates to address these issues. The systems which uses the OpenSSL standard is invalidated when the said flaws were discovered making dangerous loophpoles for access by hackers. The update is recommended for all users of the older version of PHP to address and avoid such security issues.

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Why not exhibit some output onto the screen? It is in truth much easier to achieve with PHP. All you have to do is use PHP language construct called echo and we are done. Here’s how..
Open a blank new file in your editor or notepad and write the below talk about lines in the file. Then save the file with a .php extension. If you are using notepad as editor then be careful about the file extension. In Windows OS the file extensions are often hidden, so you must ensure that file saved has a .php extension.
If that is the exact output on your browser, then it is a success!!! We are on a good start. If you did not see this output, then perhaps PHP was not installed or configured properly. Note that if the PHP file is prompted to be downloaded in your browser, then PHP is not installed or configured properly as the file with .php extension is not being parsed. Please refer to your installation procedure.