UK Company Data library
As part of the work for Filing Reminders, I needed to fetch company data (specifically filing dates) from data.companieshouse.gov.uk. In order to do this, I wrote a small wrapper class…
Filing Reminders launched
I've recently launched Filing Reminders, a free email service to remind you when the filing dates for a UK company are approaching. The design comes from the highly useful Bootstrap,…
Curry Gateway launched
I've recently launched Curry Gateway, a directory of curry houses in the British Isles which, like Pub Gateway, focuses on precise geodata and eschews intrusive advertising. Most of the curry…
Serving static files from a different domain
Whilst debugging a site last week, I noticed the following header was being sent to the server with each request (actual name/value removed): Cookie: cookiename=cookievalue When requesting the main PHP…
If PHP Were British
Forwarded to me by a fellow PHP developer: If PHP Were British.
Requirements for WordPress 3.2
Are you ready for WordPress 3.2? The next version of the popular blogging software is due to be released soon and has higher minimum requirements than previous versions, including: PHP…
PHP North West conference 2011
Once again the PHP NW Conference is coming to Manchester in October, and the schedule is now online. All of the talks look interesting, although having realised that they run…
Postcode validation and verification
If you run a UK website which collects any sort of address information, you will no doubt have come across the potentially thorny subject of postcodes. Specifically, you will want…
Usernames in web applications
Nelson Minar has an interesting post on username restrictions in web applications (via rc3.org). I agree that email addresses are better than usernames, as they can be remembered easily, rarely…
Pub Gateway launched
Last week I launched Pub Gateway, a directory of pubs in the British Isles which focuses on precise geographical data and no intrusive advertising. It's written entirely in PHP with…