An Introduction to cURL

Curl is one of the most useful tools in PHP’s box.  Younever know what you might need it for, so shouldn’t you at leastknow how to use it?  Join Peter as he takes you on aby-example tour of Curl’s ins and outs.—by Peter James

Embedding Assember in PHP

Being able to embed assembly language routines into your codehas long been the exclusive privelege of other high-levellanguages.  Igor Gorelik has brought it to PHP.  Youmight want to strap on a safety harness and a hard hat for thisone, as Igor shows you how to build and use this hardcore PHPextension.—by Igor Gorelik

Transforming XML to PDF with the help of LaTeX

Transforming XML to PDF has traditionally been a job forXSL-FO, but Stephan Schmidt shows us a new and innovative way tomake the transition using LaTeX, patTemplate, andpatXMLRenderer.—by Stephan Schmidt

Maintenance from the Outset

All too often, the pressures of time and money forcedevelopers to make sacrifices for “just getting it done”.  Inthe interests of gathering and analyzing meaningful information onapplication error conditions, Graeme Foster shows us how to createan application monitoring system that is easy to build in.—by Graeme Foster

Case studies in Client/Server Applications

Eugene Otto brings us another helping of socketry. Withexamples, the use of other tools like cron and xinetd, and someturnkey code, you should be well on your way to masteringclient/server application development.
—by Eugene Otto

An Introduction to Ming

Last month, Seth Wilson talked about integrating Flash andPHP.  This month, he explores the fully dynamic Flash world ofMing.  Culminating the article with the creation of a verycool Flash MP3 player, Seth will guide you through the steps increating full-blown Flash applications using only PHP andMing.—by Seth Wilson