Let`s start to learn symfony2!
Lesson1 – How to install symfony2.4 in only 4 steps? Step1. We need to install composer. What is composer ? Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. Just like PEAR for PHP. Or just like npm for node.js. Or Bundler for Ruby. Or apt-get for Ubuntu. You can read more about composer here. Download composer […]
Extending The Symfony Assetic Google Closure Filter
If you’ve ever used the Symfony framework, then you’ve likely used the Assetic Bundle, which uses the Assetic library to provide asset management tools. The bundle provides a wrapper for the Google Closure which compresses and optimizes javascript.
Homepage Products 2.0 is now available!
We’re constantly improving our work, based on new trends and feedback from clients. We’ve developed even further our Magento extension “Homepage Products”, one of our best-selling extensions. The new extension works on the newly launched Magento CE 1.8.0.0 and comes with the several new additional features. As we know that promotions are important to you […]
What does this var_dump return?
Tell us what does this var_dump return! var_dump( null == 0, # ? false == 0, # ? INF==INF, # ? (-1*INF) == (-1*INF), # ? (-1*INF) < (-1*INF), # ? (-1*INF) > (-1*INF), # ? ‘Interesting’, null == (-1*INF), # ? false == (-1*INF), # ? null < (-1*INF), # ? false < (-1*INF) […]
Do you know how to multiply extra-large numbers in PHP?
It seems that you really like our PHP Challenges, which really makes us happy. So we bring another one to your attention. Since you got pretty comfortable with numbers during our last test, we will continue on testing your PHP skills with… numbers “management”. The challenge:
Which IDE or Editors Do PHP Developers Use?
Yesterday, our team was curious to see which are the most popular IDEs among PHP developers. So what we did, was to create a simple picture and post it in several online groups of real PHP Developers. And as for our findings…we were quite impressed by the buzz our question created, so we made up […]
A new PHP Challenge: Facing Memory Issues
Let’s say that we have a PC with unlimited processing power, BUT with very little RAM. We need to optimize its memory, by using a script that creates 2 functions: one for archiving an array and another one to search through this array. There are also a set of rules that you need to respect: […]
Second PHP Challenge
As the challenge we’ve given you last week was a real hit, we want to provoke you again! So… you are given 2 integral numbers: a and b. Request: Write a code sequence that interchanges the values of these 2, without using additional variables.
Become a Magento Certified Developer Plus!
I have noticed many people interested in getting their Magento certification (either as Magento Certified Developer or Magento Certified Developer Plus). I have seen a lot of questions being asked on forums about how one should prepare for such an exam. Our team seems to have it all figured out, as Emanuel has just announced […]
PHP Challenge
On Friday, Alin D. has given our team the following PHP problem to solve: if (SOMETHING) { echo ‘Hello’; } else { echo ‘ world’; } He asked our colleagues to replace SOMETHING, so that the outcome would be Hello World. At the end of the day, Alin showed […]