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5 Popular PHP Template Engines Worth Checking Out
By W. Jason Gilmore
PHP template engines enable you to separate your PHP code from the HTML and other presentational languages, improving maintainability and testability.

The PHP Fat-Free Framework: Slim Down Your PHP Development
By W. Jason Gilmore
The lightweight PHP Fat-Free Framework packs an incredibly large set of features into an incredibly small code base.

PHP Framework Review: DooPHP
By W. Jason Gilmore
DooPHP -- short for Do OOP in PHP -- is a lightweight, open source PHP framework. Create a simple yet dynamic database-integrated website using this powerful tool.

Using SPL Iterators in PHP to Interact with Different Data Types
By W. Jason Gilmore
The Standard PHP Library (SPL) extension, part of PHP 5, allows developers to incorporate object-oriented programming into PHP applications.

Creating and Manipulating PDFs with PHP and FPDF
By W. Jason Gilmore
The demand for PDF manipulation capabilities in PHP spawned open source solutions like FPDF. Find out how to use this single-class PHP tool.

Testing Forms in PHP with SimpleTest
By W. Jason Gilmore
The SimpleTest native Web testing framework makes it easy to automate the testing of your PHP logic from the end user perspective.

Using the Factory Pattern in PHP Applications
By Octavia Andreea Anghel
The factory pattern comes in handy when you need to create multiple PHP objects that belong to the same family.

Harness the Scripting Power of PHP and cURL to Update Facebook
By Marc Steven Plotz
Using PHP and cURL, a powerful tool for sending and retrieving server data, you can very easily manipulate websites such as Facebook.

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Article: Using Drupal 7 with SQL Server
With Drupal 7, PHP developers now have the option of connecting one of the world's most popular Content Management Systems with SQL Server on a Windows platform. Learn how and why this has come about, what to look out for, and how you can get started using Drupal with SQL Server today. »
http://www.devx.com/MS_PHP/Article/46418

Article: PHP Content Management on Windows: Joomla on the Microsoft Web Platform
By using Joomla! along with the Microsoft Web Platform, developers are able to leverage the advanced functionality, ease-of-use and extendible features of Joomla! to enhance the web development tools that are essential to the Microsoft Web Platform. »
http://www.devx.com/MS_PHP/Article/46421