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Is it good to work without a framework now?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by TimIgoe

My initial thought would be “god no”, however there are some benefits to working without one. The biggest advantage to what I’ll call stray code, without any form of framework is its easy to add to, anyone can jump in … Continue reading →

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PHP 5.2 Support Ends just as developers start to adopt it

Posted on July 23, 2010 by TimIgoe

With the recent release of PHP 5.2.14 the PHP Team has decided to end active support for this branch of PHP. This means there will be no further active development or bug fixes to this branch of PHP. Instead focus … Continue reading →

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PHP – Watermarking Images

Posted on January 11, 2007 by TimIgoe

We see images all over various websites, we also see a lot of those images are watermarked with that sites ‘stamp’ (logo). This is to stop other people using the image without acknowledging the source it game from. Using PHP’s … Continue reading →

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PHP – Check Service Status

Posted on November 6, 2006 by TimIgoe

Got multiple servers? Want to know they are still up by looking at once place? Want to give your users an easy to see status page? A quick way to test if a server or service is up is to … Continue reading →

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PHP – Autoload Includes based on Class name

Posted on November 1, 2006 by TimIgoe

[b]Please note, this code is for PHP5 and above only.[/b] While writing lots of object orientated PHP5 code, you may find you need lots of include() or require() statements, it gets repetitive to keep writing these things in every file … Continue reading →

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