Walking My Path

2018-01-20

#personal

My path forward after realizing I do not believe in the god of the Mormon church.

Finding My Own Path

2017-01-22

#personal

Searching for my own path after being raised Mormon. How do you move forward when you’ve been shaken to your core?

Understanding error settings in PHP

2011-05-19

#PHP

Do you understand what the different php.ini settings around error messages are and how to use them? Here’s a description of some of the most important settings related to errors and how to use them effectively.

Custom Error Controller in CodeIgniter 2.0

2011-02-01

#PHP

One long-awaited feature of CodeIgniter 2.0 is using a controller for the 404 page. Unfortunately it doesn’t quite work in all situations. Here’s one appraoch to fix the behavior.

Modify Query String Parameters

2010-10-05

#PHP

How to modify the query string in a given url. Can be very useful when implementing pagination.

Creating iCalendar (ics) files with PHP

2009-08-15

#PHP

Trying to create an ics file using PHP? Here’s one way to do it.

Simple PHP Syntax Highlighting

2009-04-19

#PHP

Looking for a simple way to share code with fellow developers on a local network? This post shows one way to do just that using PHP.

Setup Xdebug on OS X Leopard

2009-02-25

#PHP

Using Xdebug on OS X without installing a 3rd party version of Apache is possible, here’s how.

Geocoding with PHP

2009-02-24

#PHP

Storing the latitude and longitude of addresses in your database speeds up the generation of map-based mashups. Here’s a solution using the Yahoo! Geocoding API.

http_build_query() and arg_separator.output

2008-09-25

#PHP

If you’ve run into problems with PHP’s http_build_query function, setting arg_separator.output may help.

Canonical redirect on IIS using PHP

2008-09-03

#PHP

Using a Windows hosting account where you don’t have the ability to modify IIS configurations? Here’s one method for setting up a canonical redirect.

Testing in multiple versions of IE

2008-08-27

#Windows

Internet Explorer is the bane of every web developer’s existence. What makes it worse is how difficult Microsoft makes it to test sites in different versions of IE.

Logging requests with MySQL

2008-07-12

#MySQL

Trying to setup a simple activity log using MySQL? Using this techniquie it’s easy to get a count of actions performed on your site.

MySQL - on duplicate key update

2008-07-06

#MySQL

Using “ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE” can be very useful when migrating data or logging to a MySQL database.

Making the Windows Command Prompt Usable

2008-04-28

#Windows

Compared to *nix based systems, the windows command prompt is a joke. If you’re stuck on windows, here are some tips to make the command line experience a little less painful.