Since the release of Drupal 7, there has been much talk about what to expect for the next major release of Drupal. Drupal’s founder Dries Buytaert has outlined some of the goals for Drupal 8. These goals provide some insights into what we are likely to see in the next Drupal version. Continue reading
Year: 2011
Drupal 7: Reflecting on my Experience
Over the last few years I started working extensively with Drupal. I first started with Drupal 6 and late last year got into Drupal 7. Drupal has seen widespread growth and I only see the system improving going forward. Continue reading
What does it mean to be an Advanced PHP Programmer?
On a previous post I had someone comment that they did not agree that the code implementation that was presented in the article was advanced (which was described in the title). They also claimed that I was not an advanced PHP programmer.
This made me think. Not because my programming skill or knowledge was challenged. But because I’m not sure what makes code or a programmer “advanced”. This article is meant to take a look at this from an analytical perspective. I’m less concerned about general labels, and more concerned in how to improve going things going forward. Continue reading
Advanced PHP Form Validation
Last year I wrote an article in how to implement basic validation for a form with PHP. I decided to re-look at this and improve what I did in that article. This time we are going to make a more advanced PHP form that is more responsive and effective.
This PHP sample code has many advantages over the previous article. Not only that, but for the most part it is easier to implement with more complexed forms where you need more than basic validation. Continue reading
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