Don’t expect to find it here, but Laughine Meme posted the most comprehensive one I could find. You would think that with the introduction in 5.2 of the DateTime and DateTimeZone objects, that date math would be a lot easier in PHP. Unfortunately, the implementation isn’t as advanced as I’d expected, maybe a case of […]
PHP’s Header function can come in quite handy when you’re building your next greate web application. Its powerful, but as a result, its tempting to misuse it to do even the simplest things, like permanent redirects. Usually, its done like this: // redirect /publications (this page) to real page (/documents)Header("Location: /documents/"); One line of code,
Hmm, why does this poll look so familiar? Oh yeah, the options to vote on are word for word the same as my post on Avoiding Frustration with PHP Sessions. HT: phpdeveloper.org
PHP’s support for sessions make adding "state" to your web application super easy. Bus because the illusion of state is maintained by storing a Session ID via a user’s cookies, you might find yourself losing potentially productive hours chasing down bizarre client side bugs or opening up a potential security hole. Here are 4 tips
I installed to Akismet this weekend, to deal with a new flood of comment spam that had been getting by mod_security and my other measures. It literally took me 15 minutes to install, thanks to the libraries already available for it. In my case, I used the PHP5 library from Aching Brain dot Net. So
Poking around, like you do on your server, I noticed that php session files weren’t being deleted, even after a few days. Turns out, PHP’s automatic garbase collection is disabled on Debian. Instead, its replaced by a cron script that cleans out the /var/lib/php5 directory, which is where sessions are saved by default. If you’re
So, if you’re a leet php coder, you must have installed Smarty since it gives you a three-tier web application and separates your display logic from your business logic. Right? Maybe not. Just using a template system doesn’t guarantee any of this, so don’t let yourself be deceived in this way. Before I go further,
Snook.ca answers "CakePHP, is it worth it?" and provides a reasonable summary. He’s also joined the CakePHP documentation team, after having mentioned in previous posts the he felt it was "lacklustre". Hat tip: phpdeveloper.org.
As much fun as maintaining my own psuedo framework is, and hacking away on our own framework/CMS at work, I’ve decided its time to try out CakePHP, one of the many php frameworks out there, to update a website I built three-plus years ago for my dad. I chose CakePHP for a number of reasons,
A good overview of the mod_security module for apache can be found at pathfinder. Mod_security is a good application firewall that can help protect and apache server from common application level attacks (sql injection, email header injeciton, cross-site scripting) by inspecting the payload of requests coming to the server. Its very useful in quickly putting