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The tutorial "Run PHP applications in Apache Geronimo" from IBM developerWorks is for you if you're a PHP developer who would like to start using Apache Geronimo as your application server, or if you're an application developer who would like to start developing PHP applications on your Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)-certified Geronimo application server. This tutorial is also for you if you'd like to build PHP and JSP applications that can be used together by sharing sessions.

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I was waiting for it to be released tomorrow. But no, it is released 2 hours ago with dynamic configuration, components, admin generator, multiple databases, advanced cache, and dozens of other new features. I make it in bold "admin generator" because it is a major enhancement in the 0.6 version.

The 0.6 breaks backward compatibility on some points, but the upgrade process for your projects is mainly automated and does not takes long.

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What is the better way to write setter and getter in PHP? I mean, is better for a member class to have separate methods for getting and setting its value OR to have only one method for set and get?

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Francois ZANINOTTO in a post at the Symfony weblog said:

The 0.6 release of symfony is almost ready. We are currently putting the finishing touches on the code and documentation.
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If everything goes as planned, the 0.6 will be released in a stable state on Friday (Feb. 10th), the day of the PHP Architect podcast. We are looking forward to sharing your first impressions then.

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I came across a post in comp.lang.php that I posted 3 years ago as response to this question:

I am trying to write a PHP script that will download a list of all the newsgroups on a news server and put them into a MySQL database
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If someone can point me in the right direction to download the group list using PHP, I think I can figure out how to write it to a database.

I think the response does not get old therefor I'll rewrite it here with some modifications:

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If you want a copy of "Nusphere PhpEd" the professional integrated development environment for building web-applications using php scripting language, you can buy one or you have to win the programming contest. You have to create a script that simulates the "Texas Holdem Poker" game and send it to contest@php-editors.com before Wednesday 1st March 2006 at 23.59 (GMT).

Good luck.

phpflashcards.com is a site designed to help new and experienced PHP developers hone their skills for certification exams. The site:
- Uses AJax
- Is new: there only few questions and many categories are there with 0 question
- In Beta: needs to be evolved. You can help adding questions and answers. It has wiki-like features so that users can submit and edit questions and answers.

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