Category Archives: php development

Php is a popular web development language for the 2000’s. There are other newer languages, however, php has remained a stable in the web development industry.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM PHP Integration

Microsoft Dynamics PHP Integration So… there are some existing solutions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Integration with PHP but it appears that there are problems with all of them. I was tasked with creating a php proxy for the crm integration … Continue reading

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Javascript and PHP Size Based Styles

Javascript and PHP Size Based Styles So you want to support different screen resolutions do you? Well, it is possible too much difficulty by creating a multiplexer for CSS files. This solution I am speaking about involves creating several style … Continue reading

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PHP SNI Switch for HTTPS WINXP IE

PHP SNI Switch for HTTPS WINXP IE A possible solution to an Error page for HTTPS SNI in WinXP Internet Explorer Although this is not the best way to treat this situation, it is possible to have a switch for … Continue reading

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MySQL Singleton Class to allow easy and clean access to common mysql commands

The MySQL Database class is implemented using the singleton design pattern. This design pattern allows for only one single instance of the object. This one instance can then be obtained through a static method. This provides a convenience in that … Continue reading

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Database PHP Session Handling

Database PHP Session Handling As you should be aware the HTTP protocol, as used for serving web pages, is completely stateless. This means that after the server has received a request, processed it and sent a response, the process which … Continue reading

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Mozilla Update Feeds with Remora API

If you were ever looking for a way to get information in regards to the latest addon versions for your favorite firefox addons, then look no further. There is a really neat xml response api that allows you to search … Continue reading

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Joomla Module with Component Install

Looking for a way to package a module inside a component package, I came across the following technique. Re-use the JInstaller class and the com_installer install from folder code as well as the unpack methods to unzip.

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How to ZIP files with PHP

Most web servers these days run on a LAMP configuration (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). Because the Operating System is Linux, the default archival and compression utilities are TAR and GZIP resulting in files like “filename.tar.gz”. There is nothing wrong with … Continue reading

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Restoring MySQL Dump with PHP

As web developers, we are usually tasked with deploying a project to a production server that we don&squo;t always have access to. And in most cases the projects require a database. The usual plan of action consists of running a … Continue reading

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