I know I’m not programming in PHP anymore - but that doesn’t mean that some of you aren’t. Thanks Ray for pointing out these webinars for PHP programmers.
Webinar: Part one - Seven Steps To Better PHP
January 09, 2008 - Your computer via WebexWebinar: Part two - Seven Steps To Better PHP Code
January 23, 2008 - Your computer via Webex
Yipppeee!! 
I just found this handy PHP Class today. It’s called WriteExcel (originally for Perl). I have had some fun with this script on our Intranet - it’s so much easier to generate reports in excel versus csv (which is what I was doing).
Give it a whirl. While you’re at it you might also want to check out the R&OS PDF Class (another script I use a lot).
I just read about phpMyLibrary.
phpMyLibrary - is a PHP MySQL Library automation application. The program consist of cataloging, circulation, and the webpac module. The programs also has an import export feature. The program strictly follow the USMARC standard for adding materials.
Features:
- Web-based Cataloging
- USMARC Import/Export
- Reports Printing
- Indexing Feature
- Data Retrieval System
- User Management
- Borrowing/Loan Management
- CDS/ISIS .iso files importing module
- USMARC compliant
How exciting is that?? I want to help out - I want to make this the best Library Catalog out there! See the libraries that are using it.
On our new Intranet we allow the staff to pick up to 3 RSS feeds to be published right on their homepage. We used a PHP Class called LastRSS as our parser. We were able to customize it to pull URLs out our database and to make it display things the way we wanted. I know there are other options out there, but I haven’t tried them - yet.
