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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Internet Explorer 8 passes Acid2 test

From the IEBlog: As a team, we’ve spent the last year heads down working hard on IE8. Last week, we achieved an important milestone that should interest web developers. IE8 now renders the “Acid2 Face” correctly in IE8 standards mode. … Continue reading

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Convert Database to UTF-8

I deal with a lot of database dumps. So this post is a must for me. We seriously see a ton of customers coming in with the type of databases that are a nightmare to move over. When you’re dealing … Continue reading

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Best Flash Games

Here is list: Zwingo 12/10/07 fast Swing the ball to protect the base. Nicely designed. Laser and Bubbles 12/07/07 fast Unique and fun: pop bubbles with lasers. (Thanks, jay) Funny Farm 12/05/07 long Ingenious word-association puzzle. Chat Noir 11/30/07 fast … Continue reading

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Simple PHP + AJAX + XML Chat Tutorial

A short but complete tutorial on how to write a Chat Application using PHP, AJAX and XML. Developers talk a lot about community when the term Web 2.0 comes up. And whether you think it’s hype or not, the idea … Continue reading

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Generate charts using Google. Very simple. Just pass values thru the URL!

Now, you can generate charts using Google Chats API. All you have to do is to enter this in your address bar: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=lc&chs=200×125&chd=s:helloWorld And then you will get an image that looks like this: As simple as that! Anyone could … Continue reading

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Symfony Framework vs. Zend Framework

Here is a comprehensive comparison between the Symfony Framework and the Zend Framework. Like the .Net Framework, Zend is a bucket of functions that, together, provide advanced interfaces to the most complex of tasks that web developers need to write … Continue reading

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Beautiful Lucida

Here is an interesting article from Philweavers. Lucida Sans Unicode looks just like Lucida Grande in normal weight, but because it doesn’t come with a set of variants by default, Windows emulates them. What you get is a bold that’s … Continue reading

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Don’t use addslashes for database escapes

From jansch.nl: This is not the best way to escape data. The most important reason is security. addslashes can lure you into a false sense of security. As Chris Shiflett points out, there are situations that addslashes doesn’t escape. Use … Continue reading

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Zend Framework 1.0.3 Released

A new version of Zend Framework has been released.  It has 79 fixes for known issues from the previous version. See here for more info. And here for the download.

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