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International PHP Conference 2003

Posted by michael on from the my-son-is-taking-php dept.

Sebastian Bergmann writes "The Call for Papers for the International PHP Conference 2003 Spring Edition has started. The conference will be held on May 8th and 9th in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Like its sister event, the International PHP Conference 2003 Fall Edition, the conference will gather both the PHP Development Team and PHP enthusiasts from all over the world for two days of discussion, sessions and workshops."

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  1. More Information by Motherfucking+Shit · · Score: 5, Informative
    FYI, the deadline for submissions is January 31st. You can submit a proposal here, and speakers should have at least two lectures to present. The topics covered at the conference will include:
    • General PHP
    • PHP & Business
    • PHP & Databases
    • PHP Design
    • PHP Extensions
    • PHP & XML
    • PHP-GTK
    Oh, and anyone who's invited to be a speaker/presenter will have their way paid by the conference.
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  2. They really need a session on security. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How to cleanse user input etc..

    Lots of articles about PHP security are a bit vague about things.

    1. Re:They really need a session on security. by lux55 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Try is_int() or is_numeric(). The latter will return true for strings that are all number as well (ie. '123').

      You can also convert that string to a number via:

      $num = (int) $num;

      Validation/filtration is pretty easy in PHP. I agree though, the tutorials usually don't provide enough references as to what functions are useful. Regexes can only take you so far (quite far albeit) before your application shows a noticeable drop in performance.

      It would be nice to see PHP Security added to the list of topics.

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  3. PHB Conference by MountainLogic · · Score: 2, Funny
    What's the big deal about a PHB conference? PHBs are going to them all the time.

    Oh, wait. Never mind.

  4. PHP Wishlist by the_mad_poster · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've been holding off on PHP in favor of perl now for a significant amount of time because the lack of control in PHP scares me. There are some major sticking points: oop, variable scoping (BIGGIE) that I want to see come out of the next PHP release. Hopefully some meaningful discussion can be made on security issues as well.

    However, the biggest thing the PHP community needs to start serious dialog on is how to meld it with the business world. PHP has so much potential and so much to offer the business world, but it won't get there until we shed the "kiddie" language aura that surrounds it.

    We need dialog on how to make it a serious language in short...

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    1. Re:PHP Wishlist by g_dancer · · Score: 3, Informative

      With the upcoming major release (PHP 5) PHP will overcome its deficits when it comes to object-oriented language constructs. Have a look at this for a list of new features of the Zend Engine 2, the compiling and executing kernel of PHP 5. The Script Running Machine (SRM) completes PHP to an Application Server by providing a co-process to the web-server that runs persistent PHP objects.