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By Tobias Ratschiller s Portability is the key to scalable applications. USers can run the same application on a low-scale Linux box and on a high-end Solaris machine, without worrying about platform-specific features. Also, PHP interfaces transparently with clustering solutions from simple Round Robin IP clusters to advanced Cisco solutions. s The broad platform support […]

By Tobias Ratschiller s Then there’s the community. Free help is available from mailing lists, newsgroups, and IRC channels. The PHP core developers participate in these support forums, and provide developers with top-level advice — usually within hours. With time,scommercial support options will be available. s Open source brings with it the fact that rough […]

With PHP3, all of the content produced by echo () or print() was sent directly to the server. In PHP4, an intermediate storage layer makes it possible to defer the sending the Web server’s output flow. To do this, features so new they have yet to be documented, are available: ob_start(): activates output buffering ob_end_flush(): […]

On Windows platforms, PHP4 now offers support for COM components. This means that practically all Windows applications can be manipulated from PHP4. The COM model at the heart of Microsoft’s architecture is such that any Windows application can provide a certain number of components and exposed methods, which are entry points for manipulating applications from […]

Java support represents without a doubt one of the new features that will open PHP up to existing enterprise systems and applications. With PHP4, users can instantiate and use Java servlets or classes. Contents Introduction Differences Between PHP3 and PHP4 Output Buffering Evaluate for Identical Operator COM support on Windows Displaying Portions of Raw HTML […]

implementation that necessitated conception and a total rewrite on the part of Zeev Suraski, Andi Gutmans and all members of the PHP core team. PHP4 is a free solution that is of high technical quality and which will most certainly result in extremely rich professional applications.

By M.A. Dockter of PCMechanic To stay under $750, you might want to consider the following components: Low-end plain Jane Pentium CPU (133MHz to 200MHz) 64-128MB of EDO RAM (the more memory the better) ATX Form motherboard with 430TX Chipset ATX Case Generic 100/TX network cards 2 MB ATI Mach64V PCI Video Card 6.4 GB […]

By M.A. Dockter of PCMechanic You’ll want to make sure “Obtain an IP address automatically” is the choice with the circle filled in with black. And, as the pink suggests, you do not want any numbers in the IP address and Subnet Mask filled in. Once you set those options, click the “OK” button at […]

By M.A. Dockter of PCMechanic You will now be ready to log in. After you log-in, you’ll need to create a new host name. Chose any name you want followed by any domain you want, including ods.og, which is what I used. After you’ve done so, add the hose name. Then, you’ve got all the […]

By M.A. Dockter of PCMechanic 4. After the restart, or after canceling the Network Configuration window (because you already had file and print sharing installed), you’ll want to specify what folders you want to share. To do so, navigate to that folder via “My Computer.” Then, right click on the folder you wish to share, […]

By M.A. Dockter of PCMechanic Choose the drive to which you want to map that folder, then make sure the “Reconnect at logon” box is checked, so that the drive is remapped every time the client is started. Just click “okay,” then follow Window’s instructions. Setting up printers on Clients. Right-click on each printer you […]

By Karl Magsig It is also true some software packages perform better in a wireless environment. Proxy servers and e-mail servers are examples of servers that may require additional functionality to optimize the performance of a Wireless LAN. With the emergence of the Internet, an increasing number of wireless networks are being hooked up to […]