SDForum: PHP5 & Web Services

The January 2005 meeting of the SDForum Web Services SIG featured a presentation on “PHP5 & Web Services” by Andi Gutmans (a co-founder of Zend). Following are my notes and comments from the presentation. Introductory Notes PHP5 released in July 2004. PHP highlights; what are the key reasons it’s so popular? Rapid, iterative development cycles, low learning curve Robust, high-performance & scalable; stable & secure Easily integrated into heterogeneous environments/systems Proven through widespread deployment; vibrant community TIOBE Programming Community Index (January 2005); PHP earned the title of “Programming Language of the Year 2004“. PHP5 Allows for real object orientd development…

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