Thoughts on Zend Framework
I've been trying out a few frameworks recently for a couple of projects, and this week I've been playing around with Zend Framework. These are my thoughts from having gone through…
Overriding default PHP settings in Debian and Ubuntu
For most PHP sites the default settings in php.ini will be sufficient. However, in some circumstances you may find yourself needing to override the defaults -- for example if you…
Apache access control by IP address
If you're running a PHP application, particularly a web service, you may want to restrict access based on the client's IP address. Whilst this is not a fool-proof method of…
Correct headers for file downloads
Most of the time on websites you will simply link directly to a file if you want to allow visitors to download it. However, there are two occasions when you…
RDF, SPARQL and PHP
Ever wanted to fiddle about with Linked Data using RDF and SPARQL? If so, LiteraryMachine has an excellent post entitled Dead Simple: RDF and SPARQL using PHP, which explains how…
Win tickets to the PHP UK conference
Zend are giving visitors to their site the change to win tickets to the PHP UK conference which is taking place at the end of February. Entering is free, but…
Creating and reading Excel spreadsheets
If you've ever needed to automatically read or generate Excel spreadsheets in PHP, there's a fantastic library called PHPExcel which will help you with these tasks. It supports Excel 2007…
WordPress 3.0.4 released
WordPress 3.0.4 has been released today and contains an important security update. Everyone is strongly advised to upgrade as soon as possible. More information about the vulnerability can be found…
PHP Akismet library
I've recently released a PHP library for Akismet, the comment spam detection service. There's already a plugin available for WordPress, but the integration is so tight that you can't easily…
Twenty character limit on WordPress custom post types
456 Berea Street has a new post on the fact that names of WordPress custom post types must be no longer than 20 characters, which may be useful to advanced…