Twitter Bootstrap for Zend_Form
I'm currently reading Easy PHP Websites with the Zend Framework and noticed that the default HTML produced by Zend_Form is rather odd and difficult to style. For some reason it uses the…
Part-time ICT officer at GMCVO
The Vacancy for part-time ICT Officer at GMCVO came across my desk this morning, and I felt it was worth posting here for the benefit of anyone who might be looking…
Top PHP security blunders
Whilst looking through my archive of technology blog posts, I came across this article on SitePoint: Top 7 PHP Security Blunders. Although written in 2005, most of the points made…
Using WordPress as a Content Management System
This is an archived post from my old technology blog, which I've imported here as it relates to PHP. It was originally published on 02/08/2008. Things To Consider When Using…
Using exec to reduce PHP memory use
As mentioned in a previous post, I've recently started to use a library called dompdf to convert HTML to PDF using PHP. One of the major problems I came across…
Creating PDF files in PHP with Smarty and dompdf
Back in 2010 I'd been looking for a way to generate PDF files dynamically on a Web site mainly to create files which can be printed or emailed and will…
Downloading files in Internet Explorer over SSL
There's a known problem with Internet Explorer when it tries to download files on a secure site (i.e. one with a https prefix). For some reason, IE tries to save…
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…
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…
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…