Hello World spreadsheet with PHPExcel
Back in October I posted about PHPExcel, a library which allows you to read and write Excel spreadsheets in PHP with minimum fuss. Today I'm going to show you a simple…
Debian Packaging Tutorial
On Saturday I gave a tutorial on Debian packaging at the Manchester Linux Users Group, using Twig as the example package. For anyone who didn't manage to make the session, or…
Web Developer at the BBC, Salford
The BBC are looking for a web developer to join their Future Media team on a fixed term (12 months) contract to work on the front-end of one of the…
Magma Digital, PHP Developer in Preston
Magma Digital are looking for a PHP developer to join their agency based in Preston. They require people with at least one year of commercial experience, so this isn't an…
CandidSky PHP Developer, Manchester City Centre
CandidSky are looking for a Web Developer to join their existing five person team in Manchester City Centre. A salary of £24,000-32,000 is on offer for this mid-level position, and…
Bootstrapping a Silex framework site
Recently I have been trying out the Silex micro-framework, as its counterpart Symfony was overkill for what I need. In the process of creating new test sites, I found that…
Link Tuesday: Week 6
Private By Default - Tim Bray's thoughts on why you should turn TLS/SSL on by default for your websites. Setting Apache MaxClients for small servers - A guide to configuring…
Link Tuesday: Week 5
Linux Crontab: 15 Awesome Cron Job Examples - Various ways to use Linux's cron job scheduling system to run tasks at regular intervals. Highly Available Real Time Push Notifications and…
Link Tuesday: Week 4
WordPress 3.5 released - Another major update, with 945 tickets closed. Upgrade as soon as you can. 9 Magic Methods in PHP - Lorna Jane explains the most common 'magic' methods in…
Link Tuesday: Week 3
Scaling lessons learned at Dropbox, part 1 - Language-agnostic lessons learnt about scaling one of the most popular file storage/sharing services. Twig Doesn't Make Templating Your Enemy - Slides and…