September 2004
Just released it here. Nothing too major in terms of new functionality but fixed the potential security hole (I hope ;)) and it should handle multibyte characters now. Also “layered” the... Read More
Jason: Documenting PHP Applications (raved about here) and PHP Development with Oracle. Derick: Multi-lingual development (PDF) and Xdebug (PDF) George: Profile PHP Applications (PDF) Chris: PHP... Read More
SitePoint just posted the second article in my “vector graphics” series, Create Imitation 3D Graphics in Illustrator and Freehand. It goes over how to create some easy, basic... Read More
Unknown to many a web developer is an experimental but robust and evolving alternative web server form the W3 — Jigsaw. The project was started in 1996 and remains active and expanding with the... Read More
I’ve had the priviledge of interviewing 4 rainmakers these past couple of days. It immediately becomes clear why they are successful: Their sphere of influence is broad, deep, and strong. As... Read More
Attractive faux 3D graphics - buttons, logo shapes, icons and more - are the focus of part 2 of Corrie's vector series. Her step-by-step how-to explains the process involved for Illustrator and... Read More
The Hue Blend mode is pretty straightforward: Hue Mode: Creates a result color with the luminance and saturation of the base color and the hue of the blend color. So essentially, the top blend layer,... Read More
…both via Keith; PHP/SWF Charts – very impressive. Make sure you donate if you use it, especially for something commercial. Backwards compatible cloning from PHP5 to 4. At some point... Read More
Wez “Evil” Furlong has published his php|works slides: PHP & COM (.ppt) – best walk through of PHP / COM interop I’ve seen… Why use it? - Can be used to transition... Read More
Who needs coding standards? You do! Sure, your own personal style is fine if you work alone, but if you're part of a team, or want to understand your code when you return to it in a year's time,... Read More
Another panel has been released today, this time taking advantage of further built in (but hidden) features of Flash MX 2004 Professional to produce a simulated ‘flash snapshot’ for your... Read More
http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=176295 This is a follow up to a blog way back in June, called “You are always selling the engagement — even after you have sold it.”... Read More
Cameron Adams and Dave Shea both came through recently with some smart new CSS techniques. Cameron’s trick, entitled Resolution dependent layout, provides a welcome new angle to the long... Read More
Been talking to Marcus Boerger, via email, about the PHP 5 Standard Library article and need to confess ;) Marcus makes a very good point about the DirectoryReader example I used; Your... Read More
