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Mantis Bug Tracking Software Review

Posted on February 24, 2012 by daniel

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)

Posted on February 13, 2012 by daniel

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)

Posted on February 9, 2012 by daniel

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

Posted on January 11, 2012 by graham

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

Posted on October 27, 2011 by donaldvr

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

Posted on October 18, 2011 by donaldvr

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

Posted on September 28, 2011 by donaldvr

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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o3EnlargeBox 1.1.1 Released

Posted on September 27, 2011 by donaldvr

A bugfix for version 1.1 of o3EnlargeBox was just released. Some fixes include: tackled a problem with webkit where the image dimensions are reported at 0×0 (must actually be handled by the calling script, see http://www.ozonesolutions.com/demos/enlargeBox/go.js) enlarge box will no … Continue reading →

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Driver for TRUlink Model #29578 Wireless Video (No Audio)

Posted on September 15, 2011 by donaldvr

Cables to Go makes a nice Wireless Video adapter. However, the drivers for it can be difficult to find online because they are not available by the usb adapter model. Instead they are listed by the “kit” model number, since … Continue reading →

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JQuery and Ajax Forms Plugin

Posted on September 9, 2011 by daniel

Writing JavaScript to handle ajax form submission can be a pain. Not only is it a lot of coding, but it often means you have to write forms using different html than you would use for a normal form. This … Continue reading →

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