Senior PHP Web Developer, Manchester, UK

Hi,

We are looking for a talented developer to join our growing production team and help develop our highly successful e-commerce and e-marketing web applications.

We are a profitable and growing company that has been established for over 10 years and are based in the heart of Manchester city centre on Deansgate.

We are a passionate, sociable, bunch of geeks (13 of us) who love what we do and are constantly working to push both ourselves and our clients.

You have;

* 3+ years commercial development experience
* A very solid understanding of OO programming concepts
* An understanding of design patterns, such as Singleton, Factory, Observer etc.
* Experience with PHP5
* Good knowledge of SQL (MySQL), XML, HTML, JavaScript, AJAX and CSS
* Experience with Linux/Unix based operating systems is a significant advantage
* A good feel for web site & interface aesthetics

Human skills are very important at Docnet and you should enjoy working in a team environment, cope well with pressure, and have a genuine enthusiasm for IT, together with a "Can do" attitude. You will need to manage and prioritise an interesting and varied workload and enjoy a customer-focused development role in a constantly changing environment.

Salary is £27k - £32k, negotiable and dependant on ability and experience. Benefits include a flexible working environment and a progressive staff development plan.

We want to hear from you!

Contact us today with your current CV and salary expectations :
jobs@doc-net.com

http://www.doc-net.com/careers/it-and-engineering-jobs

Re: $this syntax

Hi all i hope this site helps..

http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/638

Web Application Developer - Boston, MA (USA)

Blue State Digital (BSD), a strategic consulting and technology firm, seeks a full-time Web Application Developer. We have developed a large platform of web tools that we deploy for our clients. This person's responsibilities will include adding to, enhancing, and maintaining various pieces of the platform as well as doing custom development projects for specific clients.

company background

Blue State Digital, founded in 2004, provides communications strategy and technology services to political, non-profit advocacy and responsible corporate clients. Current clients include The Democratic National Committee (DNC), Progress for America, America Coming Together, National Wildlife Foundation, Democracy for America, America Votes and many other national and local campaigns, organizations and causes.

Our founders and principals are pioneers in the use of Internet marketing and technology as organizing and fundraising tools, raising millions of dollars and mobilizing hundreds of thousands of grassroots volunteers.

We are committed to crafting and implementing custom Internet strategies that produce results – online and off. We have first-hand experience delivering innovative solutions—creating new communication channels, shattering fundraising records, and organizing people in new ways.

job responsibilities

• Work independently to enhance functionality of existing tools as requested by clients and other departments.
  
• Build new functionality from spec and work with client services team to answer questions needed to complete development.
  
• Work with the client services team to provide technical council when developing specifications for new products.
  
• Rapidly fix bugs and issues identified with existing software.
  
• Contribute to multi-person projects, working with other developers and taking independent ownership of sub-projects.
  
• Provide input and suggestions as to the functionality and implementation of new features.
  
• On occasion, provide direct training to clients on the use of Blue State Digital software.
  

required qualifications

• At least 3 yrs professional software development.
  
• Strong skills programming with PHP (ideally OO PHP5) and MySQL in a UNIX environment are required.
  
• Strong XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills are required. DHTML/AJAX experience a big plus.
  
• Strong programming background with experience building scalable, maintainable, and extensible software.
  
• Good visual design sense and capable of creating highly usable UI.
  
• Some experience with C, C++, Java, or another more traditional language is a big plus.
  
• Desire to learn and grow in a challenging technical environment.
  
• Highly self motivated and always looking for opportunities to make things better.
  
• Friendly personality and in possession of functional social skills.
  
• Desire to make a difference in politics and advance the role the internet plays in the political process.
  

compensation

Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Blue State Digital offers a competitive benefits plan. Blue State Digital is an equal opportunity employer.

apply today!

Please send a resume and cover letter explaining your interest in this position to tech-jobs@bluestatedigital.com with the subject line "Web Application Developer."

Confoo 2010 - Montreal

Hi,

I'll be attending Confoo in Montreal this year...

PHP Developer – Dallas, Texas and Tampa Florida

PHP Developer – Dallas, Texas and Tampa Florida Please contact Tami Kowalkowsky tami@skywebworks.com for Q&A

seeking on a sub contract / freelance as needed basis.

Responsibilities:
• Create, deliver and maintain a site architectures
• Work with management and client

Requirements:
• 5-8 years of hands-on software design and development
• PHP, RoR,
• Relational Databases and SQL ( MySQL).
• Front-end Web
• operate effectively at the senior level
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
Able to get around in a linux environment via shell
Work within stick timelines
Not a salary position – Paid by project or Hourly

Re: PHPWomen Partnership Program for OS Projects

There is another project on our list: Joind.in. This is run by Chris Cornutt (enygma) over at phpdeveloper.org. It is a fantastic project that can really use your help. There are several PHPWomen members already contributing to this project.

For more info on what they need help with, you can go to:
http://www.phpwomen.org/wordpress/os-project-opportunities

Also, if anyone is looking to contribute but still isn't quite sure where to start, by all means let me know. I'm happy to help you sort it all out and figure out where to go from here.

Thanks!
Elizabeth

TEK*X Webcast Series (Free)

It's time for the TEK·X webcast series. As with last year, attendance is free but you do have to register.

The entire lineup can be found on the TEK·X Webcast page

The first one in the series is "Introduction to Doctrine 2" by Jonathan Wage on 03/05/2010 at 1:00 PM ET. You can register for it by visiting this url.

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/728081114

Join for the entire series. Make it a habit to learn something new.

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Re: PHP Developer (Manchester / Stockport UK)

Congratulations on a well written job ad which meets our guidelines, and best wishes in finding a suitable incumbent for the role,

Kind regards,
Kathy

PHP Developer (Manchester / Stockport UK)

We’re currently looking for a PHP Developer to join our team.

Vanilla Storm is a small web design company based in Heaton Chapel, which is just 10 mins by train from Manchester Piccadilly and Stockport. The role is varied and interesting with the opportunity to work on some high profile sites and learn new technologies.

The successful candidate will be responsible for creating, documenting and debugging systems developed in PHP versions 4 and 5, building secure e-commerce sites using Vanilla Storm developed applications and researching and building sites using existing software and building bespoke applications and modules as required.

Salary: £22,000 to £28,000 (pounds sterling) depending on skills and experience

Closing Date: Friday 19 March 2010

Please email mailto:jobs@vanillastorm.co.uk in the first instance for a full job description.

Strictly no agencies, consultants or jobs banks!

PHPWomen Partnership Program for OS Projects

I blogged about this on the PHPW blog, but I also wanted to announce it here

PHPWomen has launched a Partnership Program with Open Source projects that openly embrace diversity and have open and friendly communities surrounding them.

I highly encourage you to check out the Partnership Page for more information about these projects, and the OS Opportunities page to see what opportunities are available.

Contributing to an open source project can be a scary thing, but it can also be an extremely rewarding experience. You get to make an awesome project better, you get to connect with different people, and you improve your own skills. Some need help with code, but there are also other opportunities for translating, UI, documentation, user support, and many other areas.

The projects listed as PHPWomen partners are committed to treating everyone with respect and will value your contributions.

We will be notifying the group whenever there is a need for assistance and we actively encourage you to get involved. Everybody wins!

what should I cover for network section

Hi,

I have discovered that my weakest points are NETWORK and DATABSE because I have used MySQL while the exam covers PDO and MySQLi too.

I am covering the database part however, I am not sure about the NETWORK section. What topics should I cover in it? I have worked with files, reading and writing data etc but have not used real network programming functions.

Please reply soon as I am appearing in exam next week.

Cheers

Remembering Logins

My next thorny problem is one that seems to have caused some problems for a number of people, but it really can't be too hard. Trouble is, I just can't quite get my head around it!

The concept is simple, a user initially registers and logins to a site - no problem. Now, a week later (say), they return to the site and should automatically be logged in.

Now session timeouts I've set loosely to 24 hours, however persistent cookies would seem to be the way forward here... or are they?

Lets assume I just set a cookie once the user has logged in - which is basically md5( <a random number> ), which I also store in the database.

Now when the user returns, I can see if that cookie exists, look it up in the DB .. job done.

This doesn't sound right to me. For one, it would allow the cookie to modified and with some luck, it becomes possible to login as somebody else.

So next idea, store two values : md5( <a random number> ) and md5( <the previously calculated hash>, <the user id> ).

Now we can perform a stricter check to ensure the hash AND the user ID match, however it's still possible to modify both of these values and login as somebody else.

Okay, but by using good hashing (sha256) and salting (1024 byte plus blocks), modifying these values is not going to be an option, however I still think it's not quite strong enough.

Of course, the hash could lock in the browser UA string (considering if they change browsers the cookies would be different, however upgrading the browser would cause a fail as well - though this may not be a problem), or perhaps lock the IP address (but as we know - once somebody sits behind a proxy, PHP has no clue what the real IP address).

So I'm interested in peoples thoughts in how this could be resolved - ideally ensuring some form of security, without sacrificing usability.