Better Unicode Support in MySQL 5.5 UTF8MB4

Beginning with version 5.5 of MySQL , utf8mb4 character set was introduced, in order to better support Unicode. Further reading: MySQL and Unicode , also directly related to PHP Sample dk.sql file, part of DotKernel framework, was updated in revision … Read More

Welcome to the 10th Zend Certified Engineer in Dotboost Team

Today is a major milestone for our Dotboost Technologies Inc. Company. We are announcing the 10th member of the team passed the Zend Certified Engineer exam. Zend Yellow Pages This is part of our commitment to ensure that our clients … Read More

Installing GeoIP extension in Zend Server 6 on Windows

As an update to the post Installing GeoIP extension in Zend Server 5.6 on Windows , for Zend Server 6.1 , you can do the following: Download the php_geoip-1.0.8-5.4-nts-vc9-x86.zip file from http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/geoip/1.0.8/ From the archived file, copy the file php_geoip.dll to … Read More

Installing GeoIP extension in Zend Server 5.6 on Windows

To test if you have php_geoip extension on your Zend Server, create an php file and copy the following code. This will output true if extension is available or false if not. … Read More

PHP Formatter and Templates for Zend Studio 10.1

Because Zend donated the Zend Studio’s Formatter upstream to the PDT project, the Formatter plugin for Zend Studio 10.1 need to be changed: replace  “com.zend.php” to “org.eclipse.php”. See  the updated file  DotKernel PHP Formatter for Zend Studio 10.1 About PHP Formatter … Read More

Version Control Ignore Patterns in Zend Studio

In order to globally manage the “Ignored Resources”  patterns in Zend Studio, for all projects , instead of manually add to each project, you can do the following: 1. Go to Window-> Preferences 2. Team -> Ignored Resources  3. using … Read More

SVN keywords setup in PHP IDE ( Zend Studio)

For a better integration of SVN, your PHP IDE( Zend Studio), and a bug tracker of choice, the below proprieties must be set, for each project you have. … Read More

Wurfl Cloud Integration in DotKernel 1.6.0

This post refers to DotKernel 1, based on Zend Framework 1. If you are looking for DotKernel 3 or above related posts, go here. Another new feature in version 1.6.0 of DotKernel is the integration of Wurfl Cloud. Wurfl or … Read MoreRead More

Detecting Mobile Devices in DotKernel 1.6.0

This post refers to DotKernel 1, based on Zend Framework 1. If you are looking for DotKernel 3 or above related posts, go here. The new DotKernel version 1.6.0 is comming with some changes how we are detecting mobile devices, … Read MoreRead More

Highcharts Integration in DotKernel 1.6.0

This post refers to DotKernel 1, based on Zend Framework 1. If you are looking for DotKernel 3 or above related posts, go here. Integrating a new charting library in the latest version of DotKernel (1.6.0) we offer a new … Read MoreRead More