I am a visual learner so whenever I have a new technology that I want to get up to speed on I usually turn to YouTube. YouTube is not only the best place on the web to find off the wall videos of folks blowing things up in their backyards, it’s also a great resource […]
PHP Abstract Episode 22: Screen Scraping
One Programming Podcast that I subscribe to on my Zune is PHP Abstract. This podcast was put together by Matthew Turland and discussed Screen Scraping. This is kind of a “black art” but interesting nontheless. He discusses both Retrieval of Source Code using a function call and also a post call in PHP. He also […]
Project: Class Catalog & Registration Process
I was approached by a long-time client last month to help her put together a dynamic class catalog application that she could manage in-house that listed the reflexology and massage classes that she offers. In addition to the class catalog management process she also wanted to develop a system that would enable her potential students […]
PHPR Projects as Templates
I haven’t blogged about PHPRunner in a while because I have just been too busy I guess, but I still use it exclusively now for PHP Development. The last two builds they have been released have been awesome! The newest SQL editor console that is built in is a welcomed enhancement for sure. The reason […]
Project: Powersite Document Manager v1.0
This is a small utility / script that I put together that allows administrators of a website or intranet application to easily add documents such as .pdf files to an online listing that can be accessed by visitors to their website or users on their corporate intranet. I have a few solutions like this one […]
Book Review: PHP 5 / MySQL Programming
I actually picked this book up a while back so that I could get up to speed w/ PHP and MySQL programming and I really enjoyed it. It was an easy read and I still refer back to it from time to time to find things, it stays on the bookshelf behind my desk. If […]
Book Review: PHP & MySQL for Dummies
This is another book that I purchased a while back to help me get up to speed on PHP and MySQL development. It’s a pretty straightforward book like a lot of the “for dummies” books are. Needless to say that a lot of the info in the book is kind of basic but it can […]
Project: Powersite Business Directory v1.0
This is a project that I have been working on for Chambers of Commerce’s and Associations that need an easy to use web-based content management solution for managing their membership database. There are a few examples of this solution online at: Heber Springs Chamber of Commerce Greers Ferry Lake & Little Red River Association As […]
Project: Powersite Real Estate CMS v1.0 Beta
I have posted a number of posts previously about my PHP/MySQL based Real Estate Content Management Solution. I know that there are a few other options on the market, even some of them free to the end user under the open source model but I found them to be lacking in some respects so I […]
PHP 4.4.8 Released
This month the PHP Development Team released it’s newest update to the 4.4 development branch, it’s 4.4.8. There are a couple of bug fixes in this upgrade that might be of interest to developers who rely on PHP to develop applications. Here’s a short excerpt from the PHP website, you can click on the changelog […]