There are many business web applications written in PHP4 that use the Informix module for data access. PHP4 is no longer supported and as a result will not be issued any more fixes or releases. Since version 5.2, the Informix module is no longer available for the PDO module. In this article I'll to describe how to compile and install the Informix module on the Zend Core 2.5 (PHP 5.2.6) […]

Zend Technologies, the PHP Company, today announced that high-performance web applications can be deployed with confidence on Microsoft’s Windows Server 2008, the next generation platform for running business-critical applications. Microsoft and Zend have worked together on Zend Core, Zend’s tested, certified and supported version of PHP. Zend Core and PHP are now certified for Windows Server 2008. […]

Fellow Zender, noted author and all around nice guy John Coggeshall has posted an interesting tutorial on his blog titled, Compiling extensions for Zend Core. It delivers exactly what you would expect from John, a thorough, step by-step explanation of the topic. […]

We’ve gotten a lot of feedback since the 1.0 release of Zend Framework in June. Our developers have come to love the power and flexibility of our framework, which has dramatically simplified hundreds of projects ranging from the rich interfaces of fledgling Web 2.0 businesses to integration with legacy systems in the enterprise. Some developers, however, have been looking for a little more guidance on best practices for project structure, convenience, and a shorter time-to-Hello-World (TTHW) in Zend Framework. […]

Today, we are going to do something a little different. While I was at ZendCon 07, I had the opportunity to sit down with fellow Zender, Aviv Katz. Aviv is the product manager of Zend Core and Zend Network. Most people think that because we all work at the same company we all know each other. Zend is a very distributed company, that’s one of the things I love about it. The downside of that however, is that a lot of us don’t see each other during the course of a year. So when I was offered the opportunity to talk to Aviv I naturally jumped at it. […]

Microsoft is releasing FastCGI for IIS6, meaning the shiny little “beta” tag is finally going the way of the dodo. What is FastCGI? I could go on for pages about the technical background, and Microsoft already has some great documentation on the subject, however I’ll put it in layman’s terms for those who aren’t Computer Science majors. […]

The IIS Team is eager to announce the official release of Microsoft FastCGI Extension for IIS 6.0 as a free download. For the first time, we are providing hosters and PHP developers full support for a stack of technology that enables reliable, scalable PHP hosting on production Internet Information Services 6.0 (IIS 6) Web servers. […]

Check-out the Web 2.0 Starter Toolkit, it offers a great start to reducing the coding yet helps you produce cool applications using Ajax, ATOM feeds and REST Web Services. It is a great on-ramp to get you working with Zend Core and IBM DB2 Express-C and Rich Internet Applications (RIA). […]

The Zend Core team has just released PHP 5.2.3 as an automatic update, so you should be able to upgrade your Zend Core environment with the latest PHP – in one easy step. (Zend Core 2.0.3 Windows packages are also available). The Zend Network Updater provides an automated way to download PHP mini-releases and hot fixes that correct bugs, security issues and other critical issues. With this technology you have peace of mind that your PHP environment is up-to-date and robust. This eliminates the need to track and handle the PHP updates needed to keep your PHP environment running properly, saving time and money and reducing error-prone activities. […]

Zend announced today the release of Zend Core for Oracle 2.0.1. This release contains Core 2.0 and 2.0.1 functionality and improvements. […]