Flexible Data Display with PDO and HTML_Table_Matrix
Have you ever wanted to set up an application that displays tabular data, and wanted to use the same view for each query? While PHP is excellent for writing small-footprint queries, its ability to be embedded in HTML leaves the [...]
Writing a Cross-Domain Proxy in PHP
Today I encountered a problem that many developers will likely face while building a web application with Ajax, so I wanted to share my experience with it. The Problem: You create a web site with the goal of consuming content [...]
New Page – Useful Scripts
I have created a new page for featuring little snippets of code that I think others may find useful. Its name, quite uncreative, is “Useful Scripts”. http://codemill.studio-connect.com/useful-scripts/ The first function posted is for getting the difference between two dates. This [...]
PHP and Javascript Combine with PHP.JS
I wanted to write a quick post about a library one of my co-workers stumbled upon this week. It is called php.js and is a compilation of php functions ported to javascript. That sounds pretty convenient!
Working on a Propel Form Builder…
Tonight I started working on a set of classes that will build forms for Propel objects. While Propel already has implementations of PatForms and HTML_QuickForm, they are both not up-to-date in svn. They both also require Creole for gathering metadata, [...]
Quick PHP Debugging with FirePHP
Recently when browsing past issues of php|architect magazine, I came across mention of a Firefox add-on called FirePHP. For those who have not heard of it, FirePHP is both a Firefox add-on and a PHP library used to send messages [...]
MySQL Views to the Rescue!
I was recently presented with the challenge of aggregating database hits for content that is e-mailed and commented on. My gut reaction was to think of a PHP script, or perhaps set of scripts to filter & count the database [...]
