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Behat enables PHP developers to take advantage of behavior driven development (BDD) using the familiar PHP environment and syntax.

Here are 10 tips and tricks for effectively manipulating arrays within PHP applications.

The Zend Framework's Zend_Cache component is an easy way to implement PHP caching, a sure site performance booster.

The PHP Extension and Application Repository, or PEAR, is a treasure trove of high-quality PHP libraries. These 10 are particularly powerful.

Design patterns in PHP can lead to performance issues if improperly implemented. Learn the right way to do it.

Check out these 10 wide-ranging testing and debugging utilities that can make any PHP developer more productive.

Validate and sanitize user input in PHP applications using the Filter extension, an official part of the PHP distribution as of the 5.2.0 release.

Here's everything a PHP developer needs to know about MVC -- the Model-View-Controller pattern -- in the simplest possible way.

These four powerful PHP debugging solutions are guaranteed to have an immediate impact on any PHP developer's productivity.

Zend Studio 8 and Framework 1.11 debut at ZendCon, as Zend aims to bring PHP development to the cloud and to mobile developers.