Find PHP Version From Command Line
Simple task, simple command: php -v For further reading, here’s the PHP documentation on command line usage: http://www.php.net/features.commandline
Yearly Archives: 2007
An Article on Frameworks
These days, “framework†is quite a buzzword in web development. With JavaScript frameworks like the Yahoo User Interface library, jQuery, and Prototype getting a lot of attention and web application frameworks like Rails and Django getting even more, it seems … Read More
PHP Open Source Dominance
Despite the buzz around sexy new frameworks like Rails and Django, PHP is more dominant than ever. Read More: http://www.ohloh.net/articles/php_eats_rails
Facebook Hammers MySpace on Almost All Key Features
When you think of social networks you probably think of MySpace. But recently, Facebook has been gaining popularity – since it opened up beyond college users, it has enjoyed a flood of new users, boosted further by the launch of … Read More
Fedora Core 5 and CAPTCHA Images
Ran in to a couple problems working with CAPTCHAS on Fedora Core 5. The problem was simple. PHP-GD was not installed. So, just run: yum install php-gd This should give you the correct package to be up and running with … Read More
Next Generation of WiFi and NetGear
The recent certification of the next generation of WiFi by WiFi Alliance known now as “Draft-N” got me to thinking about the stock performance of NetGear. This stock has had a good run since I bought it back in August. … Read More
How to Identify a Font
Here’s some links and information from my attempt at identifying a font. http://www.identifont.com/ http://www.whatthefont.com/ I’ve found that some of the online applications; from the question and answer service at identifont.com to the image upload service at whatthefont.com are pretty neat, … Read More
Multi-Level User Access With Joomla
It’s well known that Joomla’s core user management and access tools are lacking. I have begun using JaclPlus to provide multiple levels of access to my Web site’s content. Here’s a summary description of JaclPlus from the Joomla Extensions Directory … Read More
Internet2 – Who Needs Web 2.0
From the Web site: http://www.internet2.edu/ “Internet2 is the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium. Led by the research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes the missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network capabilities and unique partnership opportunities that … Read More
AOL Developer Resources
AOL’s Developer Network looks to be the real deal. There are a number of APIs which seem to be useful. I’ll be attempting to use these services soon on upcoming projects. At the moment I’m adding this link/post to my … Read More