Les articles : 'PHP'

here is a sample application used to challenge users to be able to see if they are a bot or not. Subscription forms are always needing this kind of tools for server security. The goal is to build a picture containing text, and to compare user’s input with it.
It is very difficult to build a bot able to go throught that kind of security (very difficult doesn’t mean impossible!).

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Maven will help you to automate boring tasks of a java project. It will take in charge librairies versions, Eclipse project files, builds, and unit testing validation. This article intends to give you an overview of Maven usage in a simple project. Instead of its old parent ANT, Maven wants you to describe tasks to do, and not the way to do them. I believe this is a more interesting way to work.

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The implementation of an Application cache is always a task which needs to impact many peoples and ressources to be done. EHCache is a simple and fast solution to implement, easy to connect with any existing application.

here is a sale-pitch which in my mind, defines the best EHCache:

“Ehcache is a pure Java, in-process cache”, “Available under the Apache 1.1 license. Ehcache’s copyright and licensing has been reviewed and approved by the Apache Software Foundation, making ehcache suitable for use in Apache projects.”
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This article’s goal, is to show you you to simply generate a report readable with Excel in Java technology using Spring MVC Framwork.

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This is a short introduction to a great databases abstraction in PHP5. It can handle the mapping of database fields to php objects (ORM). It is called “Doctrine”.

Instead of Propel, Doctrine support two modes :

1) Pre-generation of the model.

2) Runtime in-memory creation of the model.



The second mode is really interresting for debuging.
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PHP5 is introducing the Object Oriented Programmation foundments. This include the creation of some methods used to help the manipulation of objects. They can make automated tasks (usually boring), catch lost calls to unexisting methods or preperties…
In an Architect side, I would say that the usage of theses methods is the inverse of a best pratice, but in some specifics jobs, they could really help.

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