Monthly Archives: June 2010
Don’t Cross the Beams! Why Object-Based Database Connections Rock
You can pretty much guarantee that any dynamic website is going to, at some point in time, connect to a database. It is a good idea to have a bit of knowledge about how your particular language works with different databases, and … Continue reading
Introduction to PHP – Revamped
This was originally posted several months ago. I have updated it and brought it back as I still believe that PHP is one of the world’s most used web-based programming languages. We live in a world dominated by internet, which … Continue reading
Sanitizing User Input: There’s More than You Think
Thousands of websites are constantly under attack by hackers and other malicious users. There are groups on the internet specifically devoted to causing havoc and others who simply want to see what they can get away with. One of the … Continue reading
Free doesn’t work.
One of the biggest trend on the Internet today is free. If you look at the list of sites you probably use everyday, a majority of them have no charge tied to them. Google, Facebook, Twitter, and loads of other … Continue reading
Globals: What they are, and why not to use them.
If you’ve programmed for a while, you’ve probably heard of the term ‘global variables’. The idea behind global variables is that they are available anywhere in your code, no matter if you are inside a function, class, or any other … Continue reading
How to Build the Ultimate Framework
Many programmers will see this title and laugh. They are right to laugh, because the title promises something that can never be delivered. All sorts of frameworks are out there. In PHP, there are CodeIgniter, Zend, and countless others all … Continue reading
Minimizing your outage when switching hosts.
Every website owner or maintainer will have a point in time when they have to switch where their website is located in terms of physical storage and/or web host. What can you do to minimize the down time? I, like many others, have had … Continue reading
Don’t Ignore Your Requirements
I’m serious. If you are trying to create a blog, a business, or a bicycle, you need to get lay down your requirements. Any engineer will tell you that the first crucial step of building a complex object is its … Continue reading