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php magazine
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:18 pm
by junky
hi guys, i've a client who wants to pay me 1 year to a php magazine. I'm thinking about PHP magazine, but i wanna have ur opinions about php magazine in general. I've heard a bit about php architect but never got the opportunity to read one.
So what would you would choose to get a free annual subscription to a php magazine ?
Thanks in advance.
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:38 pm
by patrikG
I have to say, as a PHP "only" magazine, I only know php|arch - and I think they are doing a really nice job. Very interesting articles in it.
If you think one annual subscription is payment enough, I'd go for it

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 6:40 pm
by junky
thanks patrikG.
i would consider ur choice, but i wanna have more opinions please.
later
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 5:54 am
by malcolmboston
PHP magazine?!
ive been looking for one of these for ages, i am pretty much a web design magazine man, i buy 3 every week, i have never ever seen a PHP only magazine
has anyone ever seen them available in the UK and if so, where from?
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:07 am
by patrikG
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:14 am
by malcolmboston
hmm have never been a big fan of e-books and this book i believe is planning on going to print, however i am still yet to see conventional magazines about PHP in shops in the UK
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:18 am
by patrikG
php|arch started of as a subscription based PDF-magazine - online only. They have, fairly recently, managed to produce a print version which you can subscribe to on their website (they are based in the US of A, I believe).
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:28 am
by malcolmboston
america always get priority

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:12 am
by junky
malcolmboston: im from Montreal, in quebec province, in CANADA.
and btw, yes we've priority

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:17 am
by junky
patrikG wrote:php|arch started of as a subscription based PDF-magazine - online only. They have, fairly recently, managed to produce a print version which you can subscribe to on their website (they are based in the US of A, I believe).
In my old job, we got an issue there. It was the issue of....(let me remember). uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu october i think.
There's no more printed version sent through post ?
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:28 pm
by patrikG
Just stumbled across this one:
http://php-mag.net/ - the PHP Magazine
And look, because I don't want to look at adoDB and it's crappy CLOB implementation, I've even found this - where to get the print edition of that magazine:
http://php-mag.net/itr/service/show.php ... nodeid=116
Now, who gets a cookie?

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:07 pm
by Roja
patrikG wrote:And look, because I don't want to look at adoDB and it's crappy CLOB implementation
WOAH.. what does AdoDB have to do with this?
I'm actually very interested in hearing more about your opinion - I use adodb extensively, and have contributed code to it.. However, I have never utilized its CLOB implementation.
Please elaborate, but first.. how does it relate? It came across like..
"Man, I really need to
WOW I HATE MICROSOFT! go to the grocery store".
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:11 pm
by jason
Just as a note: php|architect is not in the US. It's a Canadian based company, out in Toronto, iirc. Having actually met the publish, Marco Tabini, I can say he is a good guy, and the mag is pretty good itself.
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:14 pm
by patrikG
Roja wrote:
Please elaborate, but first.. how does it relate? It came across like..
"Man, I really need to WOW I HATE MICROSOFT! go to the grocery store".
Well, you can't define a CLOB to read into - if you do it, you get a nice error message back that [php_man]ocinewdescriptor[/php_man] has not been set correctly by adoDB, while all the parameters to sent to $dbconnection->Parameters are correct.
The bug has been known for over 7 months aparently...<sigh> I just managed to find a workaround.
And yes, I was slightly <span style='color:blue' title='I'm naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span> off because the deadline of the project was yesterday and the boss is in tomorrow. That means I have a long night in front of me which I actually needed to spend on another project... <sigh>
Gah, I stop before I start crying...
EDIT: found a workaround, at last

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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:42 pm
by patrikG
I've overcome my initial problems with adoDB - it's a fantastic DB-wrapper. Congratulations to the team who programmed it!
(and no, I am not being sarcastic)