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Removing files from previous Git commits

Yeah, it’s been a while since my last post, but I finally have something really worth sharing. Today at work, my Git repository hosted at Unfuddle hit its maximum storage quota. I’m running the $9/mo plan which gives me 512mb and you must be thinking how in the world I hit that with just one [...]

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RiouxSVN

If you’ve used SVN or not you know how much of a hassle it can be to find a reliable host. Earlier this week I came across a website that offered free SVN repositories (three private) with reasonable amount of space. Thanks to Jonathan Rioux, RiouxSVN.com is almost a dream. The website itself is made [...]

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Fat-Free Framework Review

I don’t care too much for bloated frameworks, so I find myself looking at the ones everybody dismisses or ignores. Fat-Free Framework is one I crave of finding to learn something different.

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Cracking a PHP Application that uses base64

Have an old piece of software that uses simple encryption techniques? Following my process of how I figured it out you can do the same. Make’s it a lot easier to maintain the software on your own if the original programmer no longer supports it.

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I’m still here

Haven’t had much time to write new articles, but I do have, at the moment, 5 drafts that I plan to get published within the month. Been busy will school and work, but enjoying it. I think I took too many computer based classes, as I’m forgetting sometimes what language I need to be programming [...]

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Form Validation: Javascript or PHP?

You just created a stylish form with your CSS knowledge. However, now you have no idea how you should validate it. Luckily for you, I’m here to give you my answer. Let’s look at why you would or wouldn’t use Javascript to validate a form: Pros of Javascript: Real time alerts to form error messages [...]

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Simple AJAX using jQuery

jQuery, being the hype of building beautiful User Interfaces, you may forget that it has AJAX functionality. For a recent project, I needed to update a table every 10 seconds when new data that had been inserted into a database. There were a couple options to go about this project. Either use straight Javascript to [...]

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Using ActiveRecord ADODB in PHP

In order to abstract tables and rows of meaningful data into native PHP objects one will need to learn how to use ActiveRecord ADODB in PHP. This will allow the programmer to focus on maniuplating data for constructive purposes rather than focusing on obscure SQL queries that do not need to be hand coded in [...]

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AJAX Usage

There are two primary reasons why AJAX is so incredibly popular and they share a common theme: conservation. The first of the primary reasons is that allowing users to update only the relevant data that they want on a web site allows for conservation of bandwidth. A great example of this would be using AJAX [...]

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PHP and MySQL Applications Reviews

Dreamweaver features a workspace that can be changed on the fly and has drag-and-drop panels in which a PHP programmer can create a custom workspace. For large documents, PHP code can be viewed vertically side by side in two different windows. Without writing any PHP code, point-and-click tools can connect to databases. A visual representation [...]

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