Shell Scripting with PHP (PHP CLI)

PHP 4.3.0’s new CLI SAPI improves greatly on the foundationlaid by its CGI ancestor. Take it for a spin – no web serverrequired!—by Jayesh Jain

FreeTrade , e-commerce for developers

A package aimed at the developer, FreeTrade offers acost-effective yet robust framework for creating your next onlinesuperstore. This article will show the power and flexibility ofFreeTrade, and follow up with a short Q&A with FreeTradecreator and author of ‘Core PHP Programming’, Leon Atkinson.—by Vladan Zirojevic

Blazing Site Performance Using Objects and Sessions

Peter Moulding, author of PHP Black Book, walks you throughmore advanced usage of objects and sessions to achieve greaterperformance and manageability of your site.—by Peter Moulding

Writing an RSS Aggregator With PHP

Tired of scouring the web for your news? Want to keep abreastof your favorite blogs without using software that doesn’t work theway you want and costs you money? A few lines of PHP could be thesolution you’ve been looking for.—by Marco Tabini

Exploring XSLT Processing Options Within PHP

XSLT has proven its viability as a means of transforming XMLinto HTML. However, getting real work done with XSLT from withinPHP has, at times, proven to be a ‘non-trivial’ task. StuartHerbert takes you on a tour through the various solutions to XSLTprocessing using PHP, including coverage of Saxon, TraX, and evenoffloading to Java using PHP’s Java extension – and more!
—by Stuart Herbert

The Story of the Bouncing Ball and XML

Take Flash MX’s new and improved ActionScript for a spin, andsee how easy it is to separate front end flair from back end datacrunching – using XML to bridge the gap.—by Sam Smith