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Category Archives: Programming
Generating waiting or page loading icons
Found preloaders which is a web site that can generate a ‘waiting’ icon for use in your web project.
Portable PHP password hashing framework
Learned about the Portable PHP password hashing framework today.
PHP Magic Methods
Read about the PHP Magic Methods today.
The Open Web Application Security Project
Read a little from the Open Web Application Security Project today.
Form Validation with PHP
Read an article about Form Validation with PHP today.
PHP filter_var
I learned about a new PHP function today, filter_var, which can be used to do input validation.
PHP parse_str
Today I learned about PHP parse_str. Worth checking out too are the related functions such as http_build_query.
PHP: The Right Way
Over on the ProgClub programming list Justin pointed out PHP: The Right Way which is definitely on my reading list.
100% Apache-Compliant REQUEST_URI for IIS and Windows
I had a problem with the REQUEST_URI server variable not being available in my PHP app when running under IIS on Windows. I followed these instructions to fix the problem: 100% Apache-Compliant REQUEST_URI for IIS and Windows.
I had to download and install ISAPI Rewrite 3 and Request_URI for IIS 1.1 which I installed into PHP by editing my php.ini file with this line:
auto_prepend_file = C:\Program Files\PHP\request_uri.inc