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Monthly Archives: September 2007

Using E_ALL|E_STRICT a good practice?

I have been using Zend Framework for a few months now, and I really find the E_ALL|E_STRICT set in the bootstrap file really neat. See sample code below: error_reporting(E_ALL|E_STRICT);echo $var; //display an unset variable. A notice will appear.   //using … Continue reading

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Wasa! New Version of Zend Framework Released!

Lately, I have not been keeping track of Zend Framework due to my busy schedule. But today, I was surfing their site and found out that the guys from Zend has released a new version of the Zend Framework. The … Continue reading

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Die iTunes! Die!

Haha! Steve Jobs, in your face! Finally, DRM-free legal music downloads – by Amazon. This is certainly better than waiting for someone to seed in Bittorrent downloads *cough* (fucking leechers!)… Can’t wait to buy old tracks – these things are … Continue reading

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New version of iStat Pro Released!

iStat Pro is one of the best system monitoring tools I have found for Macs. Yeah I know, why use it when MacOS X has the Activity Monitor. But I use it because it looks better and it has this … Continue reading

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Free Icons for Web Developers

A nice set of free (as in free beer) icons. Click here.

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Sending POST with Streams – PHP

A very interesting blog post from khankennels.com … sending a POST message and getting its results. We could do it using cURL or sockets – but why work that hard. Being lazy does have its advantages after all. I found … Continue reading

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Zend Framework Tutorial and Notes: Zend_view

The page deals with the following: How to suppress auto-rendering: This is useful when you have an action that handles AJAX Requests. Helper Paths: When you want to specify different helper found in different modules/controllers. Sample Custom View Helper: Where … Continue reading

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Zend Framework Book

I have been waiting for this. I’m sure that I will be buying a copy as soon as it is released. Written by Rob Allen and Nick Lo, the book will deal more on “real-world” applications. Manning – the publisher … Continue reading

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Object-oriented programming PHP 5 Tutorial

For those who are not familiar with PHP5 OOP, I found this: HERE There are many benefits of inheritance with PHP, the most common is simplifying and reducing instances of redundant code. Class inheritance may sound complicated, but think of … Continue reading

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Zend Framework: Zend_pdf Tutorial

Here is a snippet from Zend Developer Zone: The Zend_Pdf component of the Zend Framework is intended to allow you to create or manipulate PDF documents from within your applications. In addition to its text handling capabilities, it comes complete … Continue reading

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