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A collection of entries about devloping with PHP.

How to Ping Pingomatic Using A XML-RPC Request, PHP, and CURL

2010-05-17 20:41:42
So I looked around trying to find documentation on what a well formed Pingomatic request looks like and what a response would be. Couldn't find it. So I'm documenting it

Debugging Mod Rewrite

2010-05-03 18:37:05
I wish some had told me about this when I was coming up trying to learn mod rewrite.

Generate Random Number with PHP Using /dev/urandom

2010-04-23 21:14:33
I found lots of people on the inter-tubes saying use /dev/urandom to generate a better random number. But couldn't find examples of how this was done. But I figured it out so here's how I do it.

Progress On CharacterSheet

2010-02-15 20:36:59
I'm making progress but had a set back last week.

Found Me Some Great Shared Hosting

2010-01-28 22:45:56
Been a long time looking for a host work anything. Finally found me one ...

ZendServer on Windows Still A Piece of Dog Poo

2009-10-30 22:45:16
Been over a year since I tried Zend Server on a Windows Platform.

Framework Woe

2009-02-17 23:09:12
PHP is alive with frameworks... Which one did I choose?

Managing Hierarchical Data With SQLite

2008-11-29 10:14:01
How do you manage and maintain hierarchies in SQLite? Well this is how I did it...

Trying To Be All Things To All People

2008-09-12 21:12:15
Too often PHP free software is alot like a teenager, caught in the middle trying to be all things to all people.

The Problem With Free Software CMS's

2008-08-15 22:06:58
Here's the problem with free software CMS's -- the database.