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Criticisms of PHP include those general criticisms associated with other scripting programming languages and dynamically typed languages. Some the problems will be fixed but many of them are built into the architecture of the language and will remain there.

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If you are thinking of starting out on your own in your garage making the next Microsoft, Google or Yahoo then read these essays first. Paul Grahams essays will enlighten, anger, depress and amaze you. But you will come away with knowledge that will keep you sane and safe in the world of start-ups. Even if you are the type that likes 9-5'ing it the information and discussions in Paul Grahams essays are knowledge you should take with you to that job interview for a start-up.

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PHP, Apache and any other open source project that needs to compile c language for Windows is at the mercy of Microsoft. Most of it is their own fault but a lot of it comes from Microsoft's hi-jacking of c language standards to promote .NET.

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So why is it so hard to find really good PHP programmers that can do wonders with an open source CMS? Why do developers jump ship, disappear or simply stop answering emails during or after a project? Here are some of the reasons and tips on how to choose a CMS that attracts top notch PHP developers.

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The popularity of Zend framework for PHP is going through the roof. As a result PHP programmers are looking for more in formation about the frameworks development and status. The best way to stay up to date on the changes in the Framework is of course to read the change log. Finding this information is not hard but a Google search leads to the wrong area. To make things worse Zend has not updated their site to give a proper redirect to the correct area. So here are some of the links you can...

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Hooks are useful and robust way of injecting functionality to an application when done right. But if it is implemented haphazardly then it can cause bugs and chaos. Take a look at a comparison of two PHP hook systems.

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Over the weekend I spent sometime testing PHP 5.3 and PHP 6 builds trying to get them to work on wampserver. I was disappointed at every turn. It appears that PHP 5.3 alpha and PHP 6 dev are not quite ready for windows users.

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Layout builder is a tool that helps you build complex nested layouts. It is still in it's very early stages and will eventually allow you to add pixel perfect widths to columns and generate the custom over-writing CSS for you.

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I have been constantly frustrated by the way that the Drupal core team thinks. The latest irritation is the "secure" way of installation that is totally unnecessary and redundant.

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Drupal is built on the PHP call_user_func() construct. The function has gotten a face lift in PHP 5.2.3 and will be getting further inhanced in PHP 5.3. But will Drupal and other similar applications be able to take advantage of the new power of PHP 5.3 or even PHP 6?

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