cakephp xml helper serialize create standard elements wise xml array

We are using the xmlHelper and serialize to output an array as XML. This
works ok, except that the outputed XML uses "attributes" (http://
www.w3schools.com/XML/xml_attributes.asp) instead of standard
elements.

You can change to change this behaviour of CakePHP XML helper.

$xml->serialize($yourData, array('format' => 'elements'));

or

$xml->serialize($yourData, array('format' => 'tags'));

PHP Debugging Tools

Debugging Tools

• Webgrind
  Webgrind is an Xdebug profiling Web front end in PHP 5. It implements a subset of the features of kcachegrind, installs in seconds and works on all platforms. For quick ‘n’ dirty optimizations, it does the job.

  

• Xdebug
  Xdebug is one of the most popular debugging PHP extensions. It provides a ton of useful data to help you quickly find bugs in your source code. Xdebug plugs right into many of the most popular PHP applications, such as PHPEclipse and phpDesigner.
• Gubed PHP Debugger
  As the name implies, Gubed PHP Debugger is a PHP debugging tool for hunting down logic errors.
• DBG
  DBG is a robust and popular PHP debugger for use in local and remote PHP debugging. It plugs into numerous PHP IDE’s and can easily be used with the command line.
• PHP_Debug
  PHP_Debug is an open-source project that gives you useful information about your PHP code that can be used for debugging. It can output processing times of your PHP and SQL, check the performance of particular code blocks and get variable dumps in graphical form, which is great if you need a more visual output than the one given to you by print_r() or var_dump().
• PHP_Dyn
  PHP_Dyn is another excellent PHP debugging tool that’s open-source. You can trace execution and get an output of the argument and return values of your functions.
• MacGDBp
  MacGDBp is a live PHP debugger application for the Mac OS. It has all the features you’d expect from a fully featured debugger, such as the ability to step through your code and set breakpoints.

how to CSS Forms

• Form layout
  Richard Rutter - clagnut blog
• Prettier Accessible Forms
  It can be time consuming to make web forms both pretty and accessible….

  

• Styling form controls
  Roger Johansson - 456 Berea Street
• Styling even more form controls
  Roger Johansson - 456 Berea Street
• Table-less Forms
  Most of the CSS-only, table-less forms available suck. So, not wanting to stoop to mediocrity, I decided to take on the task of coming up with something better. This is the result of my efforts…
• The Form Garden
  A CSS Stylesheet Collection for Web Forms

CSS Diagrams, Bar Graphs, Star Rater

CSS Diagrams, Bar Graphs, Star Rater

• CSS FOR BAR GRAPHS
  Basic CSS Bar Graph, Complex CSS Bar Graph, Vertical CSS Bar Graph
• Super simple CSS bars
  Tobias Lütke
• Creating a graph Russ Weakley - Creating a graph using percentage background images

  
  

• Dynamic Pie Chart with CSS
  This is an example of creating a semi-dynamic pie chart without the use of server-side imaging libraries
• CSS Diagrams
  Things to Do With CSS When You’re Bored at Work
• Star Rater
  Creating a Star Rater using CSS
• CSS Star Rating
  CSS Star Rating Part Deux

Frameworks for PHP

Frameworks for PHP

• Dwoo
  Dwoo is a PHP 5 template engine positioned as an alternative to Smarty. It is (nearly) fully compatible with its templates and plug-ins, but it is being written from scratch and is aimed to go one step further with a cleaner code base.
• CodeIgniter
  CodeIgniter is a powerful, high-performance, open-source PHP framework that helps you author PHP applications rapidly. CodeIgniter is known for having a light footprint, thereby reducing your server’s work. You can get up and running with CodeIgniter in a jiffy: it has an awesome online manual, a couple of helpful video tutorials and an active user forum.
• YII Framework
  Here is a high-performance component-based PHP framework that is supposed to be more efficient than CodeIgniter, CakePHP, ZF and Symfony. An optimal solution for developing large-scale Web applications. Yii supports MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, jQuery-based AJAX support, authentication and role-based access control, scaffolding, input validation, widgets, events, theming and Web services.
• NetBeans
  A dedicated PHP coding environment and complete integration with web standards. The NetBeans PHP editor is dynamically integrated with NetBeans HTML, JavaScript and CSS editing features such as syntax highlighting and the JavaScript debugger. NetBeans IDE 6.5 fully supports iterative development, so testing PHP projects follows the classic patterns familiar to web developers.
• Solar
  Solar is a PHP 5 development framework for Web applications derived from the Savant templating engine. Solar uses the MVC architectural pattern and has a host of classes and functions for securing your Web app against SQL injection, cross-website scripting (XSS) and other common exploits.
• symfony
  symfony is an open-source PHP 5 Web application framework that is well known for its modularity and useful library of classes. To get up and running as fast as possible, you should check out the pragmatic symfony online tutorial called “The symfony 1.2 advent calendar tutorial,” which takes you through a step-by-step example of building your own symfony-based Web application.
• PEAR - PHP Extension and Application Repository
  PEAR is a popular framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. The purpose of the framework is to provide a structured library of open-source code for PHP users, a system for code distribution and package maintenance and a standard style for PHP code.
• Propel
  Propel is an Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) framework for PHP 5. It allows you to access your database using a set of objects, providing a simple API for storing and retrieving data.
• {{macro}} template engine
  {{macro}} compiles initial templates into executable PHP scripts with very clean syntax (much cleaner than WACT and Smarty) and executes them very fast. The engine doesn’t use an XML-like syntax; there are only two data scopes, global and local, and no more data sources (all data is displayed with regular PHP variables); and the system supports all WACT features such as templates wrapping and including.
• Zend Framework
  The Zend Framework by Zend Technologies (the creators of PHP’s scripting engine) is a popular PHP Web application framework that embraces the principles of PHP OOP; it’s very extensible and has built-in utilities for working with free Web service APIs, such as those of Google, Flickr and Amazon.
• Qcodo
  Qcodo is an excellent open-source PHP Web application framework. It’s subdivided into two parts: (1) Code Generator, and (2) Qforms. Code Generator handles the creation of object code and PHP and HTML front-end code from your data model. Qforms is an intuitive system for handling and creating complex PHP-driven HTML Web forms. Check out demos of applications that use Qcodo and presentational material that covers Qcodo.
• SAJAX
  SAJAX is a JavaScript and AJAX application framework that works well with PHP (as well as several other server-side scripting languages). See SAJAX at work by going to Wall live demonstration.
• Smarty
  Smarty is a popular PHP templating system to help you separate PHP logic and front-end code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). It will keep your projects modular and easier to maintain.

  Smarty 2.6.22 Released

  download it here.
  
• CakePHP
  CakePHP is one of the leading PHP frameworks for creating robust, fully-featured Web applications. CakePHP has an extensive and well-organized online manual. If you want to learn via video tutorials, check out the CakePHP screencasts.
  Extra Hot: Release: 1.2.1.8004 Stable
  
• Savant2
  Savant2 is another popular object-oriented PHP templating system. Instead of a special syntax unique to Savant2, you use PHP syntax to develop your project’s template.
• PHPSpec
  PHPSpec is a simple and intuitive PHP framework. It follows the Behavior-Driven Development principle and therefore allows you to write behavior-oriented code, oftentimes in plain English.

In-Browser Tools (Firefox Add-Ons)

PHP In-Browser Tools

• FirePHP
  FirePHP is a Firefox extension that allows you to log data in Firebug. It has a variety of useful logging features, such as the ability to change your error and exception handling on the fly and to log errors directly to the Firebug console. To learn more about what FirePHP can do, check out the FirePHP guide on how to use FirePHP. For developers using the Zend PHP framework, you might find this guide on using FirePHP with Zend useful.

  

• phpLangEditor
  phpLangEditor is a very handy Firefox add-on for translating language files and variables in your script.

  

• PHP Lookup
  PHP Lookup is a built-in search bar to help you quickly look up references to PHP syntax.
• PHP Manual Search
  PHP Manual Search is a handy search bar that searches official PHP documentation from within your Web browser.

PHP Online Tools and Resources

PHP Online Tools and Resources

• Minify!
  Minify is a PHP 5 app that can combine multiple CSS or JavaScript files, compress their content (i.e. remove unnecessary white space and comments) and serve the results with HTTP encoding (via Gzip/deflate) and headers that allow optimal client-side caching. This will help you follow several of Yahoo!’s Rules for High Performance Websites.
• HTTP_StaticMerger: Automatic “merging” of CSS and JavaScript files
  This library automatically merges sets of static files (CSS or JavaScript) and speeds up page loading (by lowering the number of HTTP queries). It is recommended to use this together with caching reverse-proxy to minimize the response time.
• PHP Object Generator
  PHP Object Generator is an open-source Web-based tool that helps you quickly construct PHP objects and leverage object-oriented programming (OOP) principles in your code.

  

• gotAPI/PHP
  gotAPI is a useful online tool for quickly looking up PHP functions and classes. Also check out the Quick PHP look-up widget example in case you’d like to include this awesome look-up feature on your website.

  

  
  

• koders
  koders is a search engine for open-source and downloadable code. It currently has over a billion lines of code indexed and isn’t limited to just PHP.
• PECL
  PECL is a directory of all known PHP extensions and a hosting facility for downloading and developing PHP extensions.