Anew year is upon us—and quite a few interesting things have already happened. We just published our first book, for example. The Zend PHP Certification Practice Test Book, which I co-wrote with John Coggeshall, has just been unleashed on the PHP community with (if I may unleash some personal pride) extremely good results. In a separate—but far more important— piece of news, PHP was named “language of the year 2004” by a site that tracks language usage in the development community. PHP 5 continues to plow along quickly and efficiently, with a new point release scheduled for release soon that will introduce some much-anticipated new functionality | JANUARY 2005 I VOLUME IV - ISSUE 1 php I architect H H The Magazine For PHP Professionals ö Generating Documents with PHP Where in the World was that Photo Taken Use GPS and EXIF to pinpoint your pictures Being Smarty with Smarty Form validation and management made easy Iterators in PHP5 Jinuruya yyyp u uuiJau Huna on A whole new world of foreachf Six IDEs compared feature-by-feature Shedding a Tier New column Test Pattern Will the Best IDI Please Step Forward Get Ready for phplTVöß Moon Palace Resort Cancun Mexico. May 11-15 2005 PIUS Tips Tricks Security Corner Product Reviews and much more. One Day Workshop How to Build a Professional Database-Driven Website Feb 19th 2005 London UK Web Developer s Survival Kit Each attendee wilt receive this amazing kit chock-full of powerful and innovative PHP JavaScript and open-source apps. CARSONWORKSHOPS A Carson Systems Company Moon Palace Resort Cancun Mexico. May 11-15 2005 C-o ne PHP tty P ra-dise tartly AS and spend less than many other conferences For more information and to sign up http tropics Early-bird discount in effect for a limited time