I have an Android based HTC Desire Phone. I use it to read the news in the mornings after waking up. One of the frustrations I have found is trying to read web pages that are designed for people with 19" to 24" monitors on the tiny Android screen. I appreciate when a...
You can pass in POST variables as follows with key=value pairs thusly: $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "some.php", data: "name=John&location=Boston", success: function(msg){ alert( "Data Saved: " + msg ); } }); or using an object var ref_num_url =...
I have a Linux Mint 10 Host with Virtual Box 3.2.8 OSE installed. I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 Beta as VBox guest but the VBox Guest Additions that come with VBox 3.2.8 won't compile for the X11 on Ubuntu 11.04 so I was restricted to 1024x768 resolution. My monitor...
I use subversion to keep track of configuration file changes in the /etc directory on some of my Linux boxes. However I have found occassionally some of the scripts that run against files in /etc/* descend into the .svn directory and try to execute the svn version...
User profiles have moved between Windows XP and Vista/Windows 7 so to create portable logon scripts you need to be able to resolve the correct locations of a users Desktop, Favourites etc. Using Wscript.Shell's SpecialFolders property you can return the correct path...
Walked in to the McCafe at Greenhills and the screen had Ubuntu running. McOpen Source - Would you like Fries with That?
Databases or more correctly how Databases model things in the real world fascinate me. Reading up on the CakePHP Tree Behavior I found a link to Managing Hierarchical Data in MySQL A really good primer on why database tables use a single table to represent...
Haven't used CodeIgniter but a friend mentioned it and after a peruse of http://codeigniter.com/ it appears to be another good option for a PHP Framework... Seems to have a heap of Tutorials also.
The Dream I have been wanting to use a PHP framework for some time to create a database backed website. The First Attempt I looked at Kohana PHP because that's what Gallery 3 is coded in. But because IANAP (I am not a programmer) and I really have not much of an idea...
How I got into this mess This is what happens when you are learning. Using the sample code from a CakePHP image upload tutorial Beginner getting debug output from PHP Scripts Couldn't figure out how to get meio_upload.php and PHPThumbs debug output to go to screen or...