I had a need for a script to read directories for users, listing only files and not sub-directories, so this is the script that ended up being what worked. One of the features was to exclude a few system files on the Linux file system that are present in directories and to list the [...]
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PHP & ImageMagick Image Resize Script
Posted by Billy in October 23rd 2008
This simple script takes a source image, and up to two parameters to re-size the image using ImageMagick. This allows you to use a large source image that is suitable for a zoomed in view, and dynamically re-size it using the simple script which will make it fit the x,y constraints necessary for a [...]
PHP 5, Twitter & XMLReader
Posted by Billy in October 22nd 2008
I was interested in using and experimenting with the XMLReader class that is part of PHP 5, and thought why not test it out using my Twitter feed. Turns out, the feed contained more information than I really wanted, so I had to find a way to extract only what I needed. To [...]
Available for Freelance and other work
Posted by Billy in October 6th 2008
I am currently accepting new projects, either on a freelance basis or on an employment basis. The employment basis may be either a temporary, temp-to-hire, contract-to-hire or direct hire situation. At this time I am not available for relocation, so local opportunities (those that are not available via telecommuting/offsite work) must be within [...]
Finding Inspiration
Posted by Billy in March 8th 2008
As a developer/designer I often times find myself trying to find ways to generate ideas for design. Whether it be for graphics, layout, color schemes or even writing code to tackle a new problem, sometimes the dreaded creative block sets in. So what is it that I do to help spur the creative [...]
PHP - Creating Effective User Acces: Database Design
Posted by Billy in October 31st 2007
Okay, when we look at creating effective user access, the first thing we have to look at is the database design. As I mentioned in the overview post of this series, we will not look in-depth at how to connect to a MySQL database, the code will be shown, but not explained. However, [...]
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PHP - Creating Effective User Access
Posted by Billy in October 31st 2007
This tutorial requires that several basic sets of knowledge be known by the user already. One is you must be proficient with HTML/XHTML, two is that you already know some basic PHP programming in an object-oriented fasion and three that you know how to connect to a MySQL database using PHP. Why are [...]
Interesting Tool…BrowserCamp
Posted by Billy in September 27th 2007
I recently found an interesting tool call BrowserCamp that allows users to obtain a free screen shot of what their web site would look like in the Safari 2.0.4 web browser. It also offers paid memberships that allow users to login in via VNC to take control of a Mac OS X machine to [...]
XHTML, PHP, Validation and Browsers
Posted by Billy in September 27th 2007
Recently for a school project I was working on, I had to develop an XTHML 1.1 Strict validated page and a validated CSS to style the page. This was not a problem in and of itself, however there were several problems that I encountered while trying to serve the pages to different browsers and [...]
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