10 Principles of the PHP Masters

an interesting read:

1. Use PHP Only When You Need it
2. Use Many Tables With PHP and MYSQL for Scalability
3. Never, ever trust your users
4. Invest in PHP Caching
5. Speed up PHP Development with an IDE, Templates and Snippets
6. Make Better Use of PHP’s Filter Functions
7. Use a PHP Framework
8. Don’t use a PHP Framework
9. Use Batch Processing
10. Turn on Error Reporting Immediately

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