PHP 6 Hosting
A reader posted a question in the forum the other day and indicated they were using PHP 6 on a shared hosting account. It’s absolutely fantastic when people include their PHP (or whatever) version when they ask questions, but, more to the point, I was surprised to see PHP 6 being offered, since it hasn’t been officially released yet. But, yes, SiteGround offers hosting accounts with several different versions of PHP. I know nothing of the company or the quality of their hosting, but if you want to try PHP 6, without installing it on your own computer, this is a cheap option.
Yii Framework Version 1.1
A significant upgrade to the Yii framework—1.1—came out in January, just over a year after the original 1.0 release. I’ve already updated my series on Learning the Yii Framework to make sure it’s technically accurate, but I thought I’d highlight a few of changes in Yii 1.1 here.
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Yii Framework 1.1 Updates, Part 2
The latest version of the Yii framework, 1.1, came out in January and has a few significant changes, so I’ve been reviewing my “Learning the Yii Framework” series to make sure it’s all still correct. In a previous post, I made note of the new config bootstrap files for testing purposes, as well as the changes in the auto-generated Views. Here I’m going to look at the Models, Views, and Controllers in more detail. (continue reading…)
