The current (and likely for a while) beta version of ZeroMQ, 3, is making some changes that may cause some confusion, particularly around XREP, ROUTER, XREQ and DEALER socket types. I thought I'd briefly breakdown what these types are in the two versions, as much to get it clear in my own head as anything else. Read More »
Quick note to say that the new version of the PHP ZeroMQ bindings (1.0.0) is available from the pear.zero.mq PEAR channel. This version has several new features, such as support for building against version 2.1+ or 3.x of ZeroMQ, including exposing the various new features of 3. It also allow retrieval of the ZMQ_FD file descriptor for use in external polls, supports PHP 5.4, and fixes various small bugs and issues. Read More »
I'm very please to say I'll be giving the keynote at PHP NW 2011, on the 8th of October, up in Manchester in the UK. The schedule looks great, and there is a tutorial day beforehand for anyone looking for more in depth content. Read More »
Ahead of referencing it at my PHP Tek 11 talk, I finally got round to pushing the LibSVM extension I knocked up (with the help of Mikko) into PECL. You'll need libsvm out of package management (e.g. apt-get install libsvm-dev or yum install libsvm-devel), and the pecl package to try it: Read More »
For my own benefit, if nothing else, since I keep seeming to need this snippet of code, I thought I'd encapsulate a Xapian More Like This/Find Similar example in a very brief blog post. Read More »
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