Zend Announces General Availability of Zend Server 5.0: New Version Delivers Increased Performance, Faster Problem Resolution for Critical PHP Web Applications

NetBeans just announced the first milestone of 6.9 release which should be final for Summer 2010. Most notable feature in NetBeans 6.9 for PHP developers is the integration of Zend Framework (see our PHP Frameworks trends) in addition to an enhanced code formatting options. NetBeans IDE is really fast and lots of developers using Eclipse PDT should consider giving a try to NetBeans.

NetBeans PHP IDE include already a plugin for Symfony frameworks; more new features in this release include :

- Error badges : easily recognize files having errors directly from Projects view
- Symfony projects with custom directory structure supported
- Improved PHPDoc in Code Completion
- Formatting - the setting for formatting PHP code was extended and there are categories : Tabs and Indents, Braces, New lines, and spaces.

You can read more details on new features available in this milestone at NetBeans wiki.

NetBeans just announced the first milestone of 6.9 release which should be final for Summer 2010. Most notable feature in NetBeans 6.9 for PHP developers is the integration of Zend Framework (see our PHP Frameworks trends) in addition to... Hatem http://www.phpmagazine.net

Zend Technologies Polls Fast-Growing Zend Framework PHP Developer Community

RedBeanPHP is a zero-config, easy-to-use object database for PHP and an ORM tool. It works very simply. Just create bean objects and throw them at RedBean. RedBean will analyze your objects and infer a readable, comfortable data scheme from it and create all required tables and columns on the fly. RedBean is not schemaless, it makes neat tables and columns for you, but on the fly without any configuration.

RedBean try to change the way you use ORM by eliminating the complexity of the configuration part. RedBean store objects only, and can manage object relations as well. The core of RedBean is very minimalistic for an ORM, but functionnality could be easily extended with plugins, already included : Transparent Locking, Caching and Automatic Database Optimization and Cleaning.

RedBeanPHP is open source released under BSD license. Also available for download with RedBean : RedShoe a compact PHP script that automatically syncs MySQL databases for RedBean; RedUNIT a set of Unit tests to confirm that RedBean works according to specifications; and Pre-packaged since it works well with other frameworks such Zend framework, Shozu... etc. Version 1.1 already available for download in the nightly build page and include support for SQLite 3.

More information and download at http://www.redbeanphp.com

RedBeanPHP is a zero-config, easy-to-use object database for PHP and an ORM tool. It works very simply. Just create bean objects and throw them at RedBean. RedBean will analyze your objects and infer a readable, comfortable data scheme from... Hatem http://www.phpmagazine.net

OdinJobs have a interesting resources for PHP developers, an US job market overview for PHP related jobs. Beside that data are available for 2008-2009 only you can have an idea about salary range of PHP related jobs in different US states. I have found many new jobs from the website search but unfortunately it's not yet available in the market overview.

According to Odin's PHP Salary Histogram salaries are between from $20K to $180K, while average salary range around $70K. Notice that Odin collects jobs from job boards, corporate websites, groups etc.

PHP jobs demand in US seems concentrated mainly in New York, Illinois, Texas, California, and Massachusetts, with a peak in California with 28229 jobs overall. But from a salary point of view, Idaho got the highest salaries with $100K median salary, followed by Washington, Arkansas, California, and Massachusetts.

More trends available at Odin PHP Job Market overview

OdinJobs have a interesting resources for PHP developers, an US job market overview for PHP related jobs. Beside that data are available for 2008-2009 only you can have an idea about salary range of PHP related jobs in different US... Hatem http://www.phpmagazine.net

Zend Framework Adds Support for Microsoft Windows Azure and Deutsche Telekom Developer Garden

Zend Issues Significant Update to Zend Studio 7 Enterprise PHP IDE