Useful PHP Tools + Development Lessons from the PHP Masters

Just came across a couple of great PHP-related articles.

50 Extremely Useful PHP Tools

It is a great list of PHP tools including: Debugging tools, Testing and Optimization Tools, Documentation Tools, Security Tools, Image Manipulation and Graphs, PHP Code Beautifiers, Version-Control Systems, PHP Online Tools and Resources, PHP Development Frameworks, IDEs and Editors, Firefox Add-Ons, and a bunch of useful useful extensions, utilities and classes.

10 Principles of the PHP Masters

Definitely worth a read for anyone doing PHP development regardless of the level. Here is the list

  1. Use PHP Only When You Need it - Rasmus Lerdorf
  2. Use Many Tables With PHP and MYSQL for Scalability - Matt Mullenweg
  3. Never, ever trust your users - Dave Child
  4. Invest in PHP Caching - Ben Balbo
  5. Speed up PHP Development with an IDE, Templates and Snippets - Chad Kieffer
  6. Make Better Use of PHP’s Filter Functions - Joey Sochacki
  7. Use a PHP Framework - Josh Sharp
  8. Don’t use a PHP Framework - Rasmus Lerdorf
  9. Use Batch Processing - Jack D. Herrington
  10. Turn on Error Reporting Immediately - David Cummings

I especially liked the discussion of 7 and 8.

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