In a recent forum thread on LinkedIn there was a discussion about PHP frameworks. It appears to be a common topic. I’ve contributed to similar discussions in the past. This time the focus eventually centered around the idea that most expert PHP programmers create their own frameworks. Someone asked if I would share the one I created, and I agreed. Continued…
Tags: mysql, sessions, simple php framework, zend framework.
A new article at Mashable has some good advice for php beginners. I’d like to add a little of my own wisdom. Continued…
Tags: drupal, google, mysql, open source, php, source code management.
Well, alright, it hasn’t completely killed the business yet…. But, since taking on this new client, their membership site has lost a threatening number of subscribers. And, if allowed to continue, it would certainly bring the company to it’s knees. Continued…
Tags: maintainable, optimization, php, standards.
Form checkboxes is one of those unexplained gotches in HTML. For whatever reason, and its not important now, someone decided it was okay to let unchecked checkbox data go missing in the HTML POST information. Continued…
Tags: checkbox, php, POST.
I’m a big fan of ExtJs, and my current project is using a lot of it to enhance the user’s experience. But, today I received an email listing a number of small issues with the code currently in production. The one that struck me the most was how the “Back” button doesn’t work sometimes.
Unfortunately, there isn’t much I can do about it. When JavaScript-based tools take over the UI to enhance the user’s experience, the “Back” button is left behind. I believe the death of the “Back” button in our future. What can someone possibly tell the client that will make sense to non-programmer ears?