A Few Posts

This poster brings up the idea about renaming Delphi for PHP…..

Rethink Delphi for PHP
borland.public.delphi.non-technical: Rethink Delphi for PHP.
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This thread goes over the lack of good documentation, and also the name of Delphi for PHP.   I am a bit of a Delphi noob, but apparently many associate Delphi with object Pascal so some think that it is misnamed.

Anyone using Delphi for PHP?
Clay Dowling: We purchased a single copy of Delphi for PHP where I work so that we could evaluate the tool. It definitely has some features that I like. Sadly the documentation isn't one of those features, with the VCL for PHP classes ...
The Business of Software - http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/?biz

D4PHP posts for 4/6/07

Here are few posts I read today on D4PHP….mainly commentary on the new product and the change of CEO at Codegear.

 

Delphi® for PHP: The RAD visual PHP development environment
Delphi for PHP has an integrated PHP 5 class library called Visual Component Library (VCL for PHP). A customizable palette of over 50 reusable components can include buttons, labels, check boxes, images, DHTML menus, flash objects, ...
hear-hear.com: stuff that doesn't suck - http://hear-hear.com

Why the change of CEO at CodeGear?
By Tim
To make matters worse, there are signs that both Delphi for PHP (see here) and Delphi 2007 (see here) were released too quickly - especially Delphi for PHP. Strategically unwise. There’s still nothing to touch Delphi for native Windows ...
Tim Anderson's ITWriting - http://www.itwriting.com/blog

PHPClasses.org: Software Review - Delphi for PHP 2007
For a first version of this PHP IDE, I think Borland/CodeGear did very well, but there is plenty of room for improvement. If you have been a big fan of Delphi for Windows desktop applications, you will certainly love Delphi for PHP. ...
PHPDeveloper.org - http://www.phpdeveloper.org/

Helpful code

Here is a  helpful post from today for general PHP use…or with the Delphi 4 PHP IDE.  He links from this article to Codceave where he has posted a few helpful functions…check it out.

Some basic PHP calls for use in Delphi for PHP or pure PHP
By mariuz
I was doing some coding today and couldn’t find some routines I’ve used often in the past. Since I had to search for them, obeying my rule, they get posted here. Maybe they can be of use to others.
Firebird News - http://www.firebirdnews.org

PHP Tidbits from April 4th 2007

Here are a few articles/posts on the new RAD tool from Codegear….

CodeGear Ships New Delphi Tools
Redmond Developer News - Irvine,CA,USA
Delphi for PHP is a component-based rapid application development (RAD) IDE that promises to boost the productivity of PHP Web developers. ...

Delphi for PHP User's Guide PDF
PDF version of the Delphi for PHP IDE Users Guide.

Delphi 2007 and Delphi for PHP Launch Tour: Orange County ...
borland.public.delphi.non-technical: Delphi 2007 and Delphi for PHP Launch Tour: Orange County, California, Wednesday, April 4th.

CodeGear Announces General Availability of Delphi for PHP
By JoeStagner
I’ve been using the beta and installed the release version last night. Check it out……. http://codegear.com/AboutUs/News/DelphiForPHPNowAvailable/tabid/251/Default.aspx.
 

Slashdot | Delphi For PHP Released
Delphi For PHP Released -- article related to Developers and PHP.