AutoDirector and PHP5

I’m the main developer of the AutoDirector online car showroom software system. It’s a great product that allows anyone to set up their own car dealership. In fact, they can set up hundreds of car showrooms, even on free webspace. The product was one of the first systems to use AJAX – way before the term AJAX had been thought of!

I’ve been planning AutoDirector 2.0 for some time. One possibility is that it will be PHP5 only (AutoDirector 1.0 works in PHP4 and PHP5). This will allow quicker development and some nicer features. It’ll also encourage the adoption of PHP5 throughout the webhosting community.

But,  I’m wary. Could a PHP5-only version kill the product? There are still a great many PHP4-only hosts; supporting both platforms would still best commercial decision.

What do you think? Is PHP5 viable yet?

A simple PHP templating and caching system

There are a lot of PHP systems that support templates, caching, and quick development. Unfortunately, many have 600-page manuals or steep learning curves.

If you know a bit of PHP, the chances are that you’re already writing your own code. You can already connect to a database and do interesting stuff. You don’t need a third-party system to handle it for you.

This is where Optimalworks TACS (Templating and Caching System) comes in. It’s simple to use, takes about three minutes to learn, and lets you use your own PHP libraries and code. Templates and caching is it’s goal, and that’s all it does.

Read more about TACS at Optimalworks…