Dirty data: nobody likes it. It’s one of the biggest problems any web developer faces, where the input given by a user must validated before it can be accepted. Without this necessary step someone could wreck all sorts of havoc on your application, whether it’s just causes errors to appear or worst case opens security holes to allow malicious activity.

Image processing in PHP is a necessary evil but is needed more often than not in just about every web application. With the various preferences in image processing libraries (think ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick and GD) it is difficult to find a library that provides a unified object oriented interface as well as implementing the general tasks in a simplistic fashion.

If you are a magazine subscriber who has logged into their account recently, you may have noticed that you are now seeing two new options for downloading the magazine. We are very happy to announce that in addition to our PDF edition, we are now offering an ePUB edition and a MOBI edition. These two […]

You may not be familiar with the term RRD graph, but if I show you one, you probably recognize them instantaneously. They are used to plot all kind of data against time in a very easy way which is why they are used a lot in all kind of applications. Even though many consider RRD as a library to create graphs, it is actually more than that: it’s a complete system to store aggregated data in a very efficient way.

Custom PHP functions can solve problems, save you time and now, they can even get you free stuff!

Day Camp 4 Developers #2: Telecommuting is a 1 day, technology agnostic, on-line conference dedicated to helping developers learn the tools and techniques needed to participate in or manage a distributed team.

tek11 abstracts and speaker bios are now on-line.

Are you looking for an easier and more reliable way to host your PHP applications? Two exciting new options in the PHP hosting world promise to offer just that.

Yes, you read it right! Our ever popular “iPod promo” is back—except this year, we’re throwing iPads and a brand new unlimited training option, into the mix.

Once again, we bring you the php|tek Webcast Series. For the past few conferences, we’ve put together a sampling of interesting sessions, hot projects, and sharp people from around the community to talk on topics that have piqued their interest.