Be Part of Number 1 PHP Conference

This year is the third anniversary of Zend/PHP Conference. ZendCon 2007 sessions will cover both business and technical aspects of PHP.

All attendees are entitled to participate in in-depth tutorials, case studies and round tables. There will be an exhibit hall that will showcase leading companies leading solutions.

The conference highlights are the following:

• More than 40 sessions with a wide variety of topics
• Sessions led by PHP experts and business leaders
• Unique networking events with community members
• In-depth tutorials and business case studies
• Certification “crash courses” and exams
• Exhibit Hall with leading companies featuring cutting-edge solutions
• Exclusive discount of up to $500 on select Zend products

Zend Core for Oracle - A PHP and Oracle Web Collaboration

Last 2005, Oracle and Zend Technologies entered into a partnership to develop an integrated solutions that provides database-driven website using PHP and Oracle as it’s database.

Zend Core for Oracle is a pre-built stack for PHP developers that makes it easier for them to develop and deploy applications on a robust, scalable and reliable infrastructure. The product includes tight integration with Oracle Database client libraries, and native support for XML and Web services, while also supporting increased adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA). It delivers a rapid development and deployment foundation for database-driven applications.

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Underground PHP Oracle Manual

The book is designed to bridge the gap between the many PHP and the many Oracle texts available. This book is not a complete PHP or Oracle guide. It is assumed that you already have basic PHP and SQL knowledge and want best practices in using PHP against an Oracle database.

Release 1.4 is available for download from the Oracle Technology Network. Click here to download the file.
This new release includes lots of updates, including information on the PHP PDO_OCI extension, testing the OCI8 extension, tracing OCI8 internals, and comparison of old and new OCI8 function names.
The highlights of the changes are the following:

• Updated the versions of software in the install steps. Show how to use the Windows MSI installer. Added a section on upgrading OCI8 in PHP4. Added a section on enabling PDO.
• Updated the SQL Developer section.
• Improved and extended the examples. Many more can now be cut-and-pasted and run standalone.
• Added new connection performance tips.
• Show how to retrieve PL/SQL “success with information” errors.
• Added a section on testing.
• Added a chapter mapping PHP 4 to PHP 5 function names.
• Added a chapter on mapping ora_* to oci_* function names