With the introduction of chaining methods together in PHP 5 we now have the opportunity to implement Fluent Interfaces in PHP which opens up an interesting way of writing more readable and smaller code.
Fluent Interfaces are not a new programming construct, they provide us with the ability to directly de-reference an object, PHP developers can build objects using fluent interfaces.
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The Joomla Project announced the release of Joomla 1.5.15 after 3 months from the 1.5.14 version. This release contains a couple of security fixes, so be sure and upgrade as soon as possible. Joomla 1.5 has started to support PHP 5.3 from starting this version.
When it comes to Joomla! development these days, I prefer to use Panic's Coda editor on the Mac. It's what I ever wanted from an editor: cl
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The Affinity Joomla 1.5 template has been updated to version 1.5.8 and has compatibility fixes for the latest version of JomSocial
All of the RocketTheme Joomla 1.5 RocketLauncher template packages have been updated to include the latest Joomla 1.5.15 security release and are now available in their respective template download sections.
This post was written by guest writer, Tom Canavan. Tom is a Joomla security expert, and he has authored the book Joomla Web Security (Packt) as well as Dodging the Bullets - A Disaster Preparation Guide for Joomla! Based Websites. Tom has consulted on security issues for me on a number of occasions, and I can say with firsthand experience that he knows his stuff. If your site is ever hacked...
Jono Bacon's piece Not tolerating the intolerant is a must read if you are participating in a community.
If you read it, and see someone else, don't worry! Just
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To accompany the official release announcement, I would like to point out few of the most important changes in this release:
.htaccess change that prevents looking at your extensions XML files - while this was not a security hole by itself, it kept open doors for hackers to see what version of particular extension you are running. To put this fix into effect you have to uncomment (remove #)...
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