There are several possibilities to use mod_php4 and mod_php5 in parallel on the same Apache 1.3.x server. For example, if you have plenty of free IPs, you could just set up a new nameserver entry to assign two host names to two different IPs and then use two Apache instances, both running on port 80…

At one of our projects for the Vaillant Group, we were faced with the problem that the portals should be visible on a MDA in the Pocket Internet Explorer. Fortunately, this isn’t a real problem since Chairman, our framework and portal solution, is able to handle multi portals on one installation. We can detect the…

Having read John’s posting, I can tell you something about the switch from Java to PHP. In our last year’s project for the biggest european power supplier E.ON, we ported an application from Microsoft Access to PHP. No Java? Indeed. E.ON had two bids – one from their own IT daughter company, is:energy, and one…

ZendStudio has become my IDE of choice. I was formerly addicted to vim which I’m using now when I don’t have ZDE there or something has to be „hotfixed“ on the server. It’s great that Zend is making early access builds available and you can see how the IDE matures and matures. My wishlist: direct…

In addition to Johannes‘ blog entry, my experience with PHP5 is also a positive one: we are using it since PHP5.0beta3 in production for an international project at Vaillant where external systems (VB.NET, Java) are accessing the systems‘ functions with a SOAP interface. I chose PHP5 and the corresponding ext/soap for this because the SOAP…