17 June 2010 ~ 1 Comment

WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious”

The new Wordpress 3.0 is out and full of new stuff to play with! It’s a great improvement for us as developers and as the end user.

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14 June 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Codeigniter Path Helper

he Path Helper file contains functions that permits you to work with file paths on the server.

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07 June 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Listing files in a directory Codeigniter

The Directory Helper file contains functions that assist in working with directories. First if you plan on using this often you may want to place this in your autoload under the config folder. Below is how you would load it in the controller itself. $this->load->helper(’directory’); Now you have access to the directory_map function, this function [...]

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01 June 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Codeigniter URLs remove index.php

By default, URLs in CodeIgniter are designed to be search-engine and human friendly.

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28 May 2010 ~ 1 Comment

New short url service

Turn large annoying urls into short and simple ones! Your short url will go directly to the page of your choice, and last forever.

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16 April 2010 ~ Comments Off

Lending Reform

These days it seems like everyone is getting a bailout from the government. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG along with other big banks, stock brokerage firms and automakers are taking handouts from the government funded directly by you…the taxpayer. Lending Reform a site i am developing for SCI using the latest wordpress, along with a [...]

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02 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Memcache with Codeigniter

In one of my latest projects we are using memcache to store user data and other items that will improve user experience.

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17 September 2009 ~ Comments Off

CodeIgniter v1.7.2 Cart Class

As you make know I am a huge fan of CI and this update has been long over due! The cart class is something that really makes me happy as a developer. I no longer have to look to a shopping cart that only meets half my needs. I can now build and deploy one [...]

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19 January 2009 ~ Comments Off

CodeIgniter – Write a cookie

This will show you how easy it is to set a cookie using CI (CodeIgniter) the PHP framework. First we need to include the helper into your controller. The other option is to add this to the autoload.php file in your config folder. 1 $this->load->helper(’cookie’); Now we need to set the cookie 1 2 3 [...]

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19 October 2008 ~ Comments Off

Database Class

The latest version 1.1.2 of the database class is now available for download! Check out the project page for info on how to use and download this class.

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13 August 2008 ~ Comments Off

I think i am in Stack Love…

I am talking about BitNami Open Source Stacks! This was something i found and started using right away! I dont get “jump up and down” happy too often but, this is one of the times! I have been using BitNami for about 3 weeks and i dont know how i got along without it! Trust [...]

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03 July 2008 ~ Comments Off

PHP framework comparison benchmarks

Found this thanks to a buddy Jim Mayes. This post covers some great info for PHP developers along with PHP vs Ruby on Rails. I was a little shocked by the results, but read for your self! Read the PHP framework comparison benchmarks from AVNet Labs.

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03 April 2008 ~ Comments Off

Winn Tracker 1.0 beta

It’s time to start tracking everything! Now you can with Winn Tracker; track downloads, page views, how many times a link or image or anything was clicked and, keep track of incoming links. Very easy to use and start implementing right now! The system only takes one database table, and you can add this table [...]

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31 March 2008 ~ Comments Off

WinnScriptatype:PHP v1.5 Available

Call two effects for two different elements with one call. This option is now working in version 1.5! Simply make the call “checkbox_do” then add your effects like so: [php] checkbox_do_fade_and_appear(‘div1′, ‘div2′, ‘***’, array(‘userName’ => ‘Bob’)); [/php] Only change you will have to observe is the second element id input. In this case “div2″ is [...]

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29 March 2008 ~ Comments Off

Winn Scriptatype for PHP

Thats right, i have converted the rails plugin to PHP. Now you can use the same functions in your next php application. This php class works the same way by creating a checkbox and on click it will call a script with Ajax that will update your database. On success it will return an effect [...]

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