MySQL Performance Blog: Are PHP persistent connections evil ?
The MySQL Performance Blog takes a look today at a more PHP-related topic - persistent connections in PHP and whether or not they are the devil (well, okay, so maybe not quest that bad - just a little...
View ArticleFelix Geisendorfer's Blog: PHP 5.2.1 was a evil release - check your server
Felix Geisendorfer has a reminder from developers out there - "PHP 5.2.1 was an evil release": While I was at php|works I heard a lot of people say how bad of a release 5.2.1 was and that I should...
View ArticleMarco Tabini's Blog: The master conference (evil) plan
In the wake of this year's php|tek conference, Marco Tabini has unveiled his secrets to the "master conference evil plan" that he and the php|architect crew have been putting in to action for their...
View ArticleIbuildings Blog: The definition of evil
On the Ibuildings blog there's a new post that looks at the "evils" of a crucial part of many web applications - caching. Recently a colleague stated that in theory, caching could be considered...
View ArticleMike Lively's Blog: Why I Hate Singletons
Mike Lively has posted a few choice words about one of the most popular and most used design patterns out there - the Singleton. One of the most derided, yet most loved and used patterns is the...
View ArticleDavey Shafik's Blog: Avoiding EVAL()
Davey Shafik has a helpful hint for avoiding one of the worst functions to use in PHP - eval. There are a shed-load of ways to "eval()" code without actually calling the eval() function '" usually...
View Articlephp|architect Blog: GOTO in PHP 5.3: is it Really That Evil?
From Marco Tabini (on the php|architect blog) there's his look at GOTO, a new feature to be included in PHP 5.3, and whether its a bad/evil thing have in PHP or not. He talks with two developers about...
View ArticleBerry Langerak's Blog: Getters and setters: evil or necessary evil?
In a new post Berry Langerak wonders if the getters and setters commonly used in PHP applications are a necessary evil and if they should be used at all. Although I do still feel like getters and...
View ArticleDerick Rethans: On Backwards Compatibility and not Being Evil
Derick Rethans has shared some of his thoughts on how to not be evil when it comes to making changes in languages like PHP. He suggests that any backwards compatibility break should be treated with...
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