Comments for Alan Seiden's Information Technology http://www.alanseiden.com PHP, IBM i, and solutions in technology Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:32:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Zend Brings PHP to IBM’s i5/OS by ibm i5 http://www.alanseiden.com/2006/09/11/zend-brings-php-to-ibms-i5os/comment-page-1/#comment-8193 ibm i5 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:32:55 +0000 http://alanseiden.com/2006/09/11/zend-brings-php-to-ibms-i5os/#comment-8193 [...] (required) Website. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Tags: Apple, Arrandale, ...Alan Seiden's Information Technology Zend Brings PHP to ...Home > IT, PHP, System i > Zend Brings PHP to IBM's i5/OS ... 400, iSeries, i5). Readers who [...] [...] (required) Website. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Tags: Apple, Arrandale, …Alan Seiden's Information Technology Zend Brings PHP to …Home > IT, PHP, System i > Zend Brings PHP to IBM's i5/OS … 400, iSeries, i5). Readers who [...]

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]]> Comment on Presentations by Jeb Bouchard http://www.alanseiden.com/presentations/comment-page-1/#comment-4461 Jeb Bouchard Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:49:40 +0000 http://www.alanseiden.com/?page_id=200#comment-4461 Great job presenting the Zend Framework webinar today. It may be a little too soon for our group to jump in but I see it in our future. Looking forward to seeing you Oct 6 for the VTMUG (http://www.vtmug.org/) mini conference! Great job presenting the Zend Framework webinar today. It may be a little too soon for our group to jump in but I see it in our future. Looking forward to seeing you Oct 6 for the VTMUG (http://www.vtmug.org/) mini conference!

]]> Comment on Presentations by Jeb Bouchard http://www.alanseiden.com/presentations/comment-page-1/#comment-2649 Jeb Bouchard Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:14:57 +0000 http://www.alanseiden.com/?page_id=200#comment-2649 Our development group has decided to dive into PHP on both the IBM i and the PC worlds. We sat in on one of Alan’s high level sessions at NEUGC. It was well thought out and confirmed that we were heading down the right development path. Alan clearly stepped us through the process to transition from RPG into PHP. I appreciated his encouragement and enthusiasm. We’ve identified our ‘pilot project’ and are looking forward to it! Thanks, Alan! (See you this June at the VT/NH user group meeting!) Our development group has decided to dive into PHP on both the IBM i and the PC worlds. We sat in on one of Alan’s high level sessions at NEUGC. It was well thought out and confirmed that we were heading down the right development path. Alan clearly stepped us through the process to transition from RPG into PHP. I appreciated his encouragement and enthusiasm. We’ve identified our ‘pilot project’ and are looking forward to it! Thanks, Alan! (See you this June at the VT/NH user group meeting!)

]]> Comment on Why Use a PHP Framework? by Christian Achatz http://www.alanseiden.com/2008/06/25/why-use-php-frameworks/comment-page-1/#comment-1836 Christian Achatz Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:17:06 +0000 http://www.alanseiden.com/2008/06/25/why-use-php-frameworks/#comment-1836 Hello Alan, hello Nic, I agree, that many framework developers are not aware of performance issues. A reason for that may be the availibility of byte code caching or other tools to store information (e.g. application caching, memcached, ...). But this is not true for everyone. Especially, the APF is designed for best performance (see http://adventure-php-framework.org/Page/103-Yii-vs-apf/~/sites_demosite_biz-action/setLanguage/lang/en). Combined with a rich featureset (see http://adventure-php-framework.org/Page/088-Why-apf/~/sites_demosite_biz-action/setLanguage/lang/en), the APF is worth a try! Hello Alan, hello Nic,

I agree, that many framework developers are not aware of performance issues. A reason for that may be the availibility of byte code caching or other tools to store information (e.g. application caching, memcached, …). But this is not true for everyone. Especially, the APF is designed for best performance (see http://adventure-php-framework.org/Page/103-Yii-vs-apf/~/sites_demosite_biz-action/setLanguage/lang/en). Combined with a rich featureset (see http://adventure-php-framework.org/Page/088-Why-apf/~/sites_demosite_biz-action/setLanguage/lang/en), the APF is worth a try!

]]> Comment on Why Use a PHP Framework? by Alan Seiden http://www.alanseiden.com/2008/06/25/why-use-php-frameworks/comment-page-1/#comment-1774 Alan Seiden Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:58:54 +0000 http://www.alanseiden.com/2008/06/25/why-use-php-frameworks/#comment-1774 Nic, good question. Yes, frameworks carry overhead that affects performance. For me, the benefits are usually worth the performance hit, but if the slowdown is unacceptable, I can make more efficient use of the framework or even customize/streamline the troublesome components. Framework developers aren't oblivious to performance concerns. For example, Zend Framework's developers addressed these concerns in version 1.70. It runs much faster than previous versions and includes a <a href="http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/performance.html" rel="nofollow">performance guide</a> for developers needing more speed. I'm also a fan of caching. Many frameworks provide caching mechanisms that add back some of the performance. In conclusion, although frameworks will always be slower than raw, hand-tuned code, they can provide decent performance, and even good performance with a little effort. Nic, good question. Yes, frameworks carry overhead that affects performance. For me, the benefits are usually worth the performance hit, but if the slowdown is unacceptable, I can make more efficient use of the framework or even customize/streamline the troublesome components.

Framework developers aren’t oblivious to performance concerns. For example, Zend Framework’s developers addressed these concerns in version 1.70. It runs much faster than previous versions and includes a performance guide for developers needing more speed.

I’m also a fan of caching. Many frameworks provide caching mechanisms that add back some of the performance.

In conclusion, although frameworks will always be slower than raw, hand-tuned code, they can provide decent performance, and even good performance with a little effort.

]]> Comment on Why Use a PHP Framework? by Nic Appleby http://www.alanseiden.com/2008/06/25/why-use-php-frameworks/comment-page-1/#comment-1768 Nic Appleby Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:18:15 +0000 http://www.alanseiden.com/2008/06/25/why-use-php-frameworks/#comment-1768 I'm wholly in favour of using a framework. I'm just wondering about the order of the performance hit vs. a straight php application? Do you have any thoughts on whether it is noticeable, or whether the framework's benefits outweigh the performance hit? I’m wholly in favour of using a framework. I’m just wondering about the order of the performance hit vs. a straight php application? Do you have any thoughts on whether it is noticeable, or whether the framework’s benefits outweigh the performance hit?

]]> Comment on How to Study for the Zend Framework Certification Test by John Li http://www.alanseiden.com/2009/01/06/how-to-study-for-the-zend-framework-certification-test/comment-page-1/#comment-1710 John Li Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:02:06 +0000 http://www.alanseiden.com/?p=82#comment-1710 Insightful and helpful advices! Thank you, Alan. By the way, it was nice meeting and talking to you at the NYPHP seminar last night at IBM NYC. I'm expecting your presentation of Zend Framework in February, too. Best, John Insightful and helpful advices! Thank you, Alan.

By the way, it was nice meeting and talking to you at the NYPHP seminar last night at IBM NYC. I’m expecting your presentation of Zend Framework in February, too.

Best,

John

]]> Comment on About Alan by How to Study for the Zend Framework Certification Test | Phpsmarts http://www.alanseiden.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 How to Study for the Zend Framework Certification Test | Phpsmarts Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:04:56 +0000 #comment-1681 [...] Alan Seiden was among the first to be certified in Zend Framework, having taken the exam during its beta stage in August 2008. This article was originally posted on Alan’s blog. [...] [...] Alan Seiden was among the first to be certified in Zend Framework, having taken the exam during its beta stage in August 2008. This article was originally posted on Alan’s blog. [...]

]]> Comment on Brand your site with a favicon by Alan Seiden http://www.alanseiden.com/2007/05/25/brand-your-site-with-a-favicon/comment-page-1/#comment-1434 Alan Seiden Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:24:42 +0000 http://www.alanseiden.com/2007/05/25/brand-your-site-with-a-favicon/#comment-1434 Yes, place the favicon in your document root along with index.php. Apache should be configured to allow static (non-PHP) files such as .ico, .js and .gif. Here are the commonly used directives: RewriteEngine on RewriteBase / RewriteRule !\.(js|ico|txt|gif|jpg|png|css)$ index.php Let me know if that answers your question. Yes, place the favicon in your document root along with index.php.

Apache should be configured to allow static (non-PHP) files such as .ico, .js and .gif. Here are the commonly used directives:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule !\.(js|ico|txt|gif|jpg|png|css)$ index.php

Let me know if that answers your question.

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