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o3ProtectedInput.js — JQuery Plugin to Protect Inputs

Today we are releasing a JQuery plugin we have written under an open source license (MIT). It is a small plugin that makes an input harder to edit. Although this may seem counter productive, it is acctually quite useful for … Continue reading

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Nice job Google

Today I received the following email from Google stating that someone had tried to log into my account and Google correctly noticed it was suspicious. Someone was trying to log into my account from a city I have never visited. … Continue reading

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Updated Website

After many hours of programming, we are proud to announce the release of our updated website. We have been working on a number of changes and improvements for our site so we are excited to see them finally go live. … Continue reading

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Mantis Bug Tracking Software Review

Lately I have been playing around with a few different bug tracking programs, on of which is Mantis. Bugzilla is the biggest player in the bug tracking arena, but Mantis has its own niche. Install After an hour of messing … Continue reading

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Viewing Google Cache Pages (cache: term)

There are many reasons why webmasters may want to see what version of their page Google is storing. It can indicate when the page was last crawled, errors in crawling, and can allow you to view content that has recently … Continue reading

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PHP Output Buffering (with HTML)

Over the past year I have made heavy use of PHP output buffering. Although it serves no function purpose, it can make for much more readable code; I have found it particlarly useful for outputting HTML from methods. Consider the … Continue reading

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Wordwrap in Netbeans

To enable the wordwrap functionality in Netbeans IDE.  Go to Tools >> Options and then click the Editor then Formatting tab.  On the “Line Wrap” drop down click “After Words.” Wordwrap is now enabled.

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How to Turn a Doctrine_Collection of Objects into a PHP Array

Hint: toArray() is probably not what you’re looking for. ->toArray() Most programmers would probably assume that calling toArray() on the collection would simply place all the objects into an array. While toArray() does do that, it also converts the objects … Continue reading

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Use fputcsv to Make CSV Output to Browser or Variable

PHP has plenty of handy helper functions to take advantage of, but once in a while there seems to be obvious functionality missing. For example, fputcsv is a handy function that allows you to create a CSV file from an … Continue reading

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Symfony Doctrine “where in” and “where not in” Syntax

When you’re utilizing Doctrine to search a database for a value not present in a given set, it might be tempting to use some sloppy code like the following: While code like this can work, it’s difficult to read and … Continue reading

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