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• Open source tools for mid-sized websites?

  Asked by DaveEveritt : 20 February 2010 - 02:41 AM

  

  Answered by adfm : Mar 10 2010 12:05 PM
  Deployment and maintenance can be a major time suck. It seems like you already have a good idea of what's out there, but are looking for a path to the next level. I would suggest finding a decent ... full answer >

  Tags:

  • web
  • frameworks
  • static
  • dynamic
  • django
  • web.py
  • camping
  • sinatra
  • sass
  • html
  • php
  • ruby
  • python
  • perl

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• Applying a Different Stylesheet Based on the Time of Day using CSS

  

  By adfm : 25 January 2010 - 12:15 PM

  Automating the styling of a page can help keep things fresh (and hopefully keep users coming back). Some sites have a different look during the day and switch over to an evening look when the sun goes...

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  • javascript
  • style
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • PHP

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• PHP, having issues making and inserting files in the proper directory

  Asked by seaturtleftw : 21 January 2010 - 05:12 AM

  

  Answered by Robin Nixon : Jan 21 2010 07:35 AM
  At first glance I note that you are trying to move the uploaded file if 'subject', another posted variable, has been set. But that isn't a guarantee that the file was also uploaded. I thin... full answer >

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  • php
  • upload
  • directory
  • mkdir
  • move_uploaded_file

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• How do I write a CRON job to backup a mySQL Database?

  Asked by todisht : 18 January 2010 - 07:17 AM

  

  Answered by todisht : Jan 19 2010 06:45 PM
  I figured it out: mysqldump -u [your_username] -p[your_password] [your_database] | gzip > [your_path/filename].gz If you want to make the filename unique you can add the date to it like this: m... full answer >

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  • web
  • mysql
  • cron
  • php

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• Using Regular Expressions in PHP and JavaScript

  

  By Robin Nixon : 15 January 2010 - 02:18 AM

  Using Regular Expressions in PHP and Javascript By Robin Nixon (O'Reilly page | Amazon page) Regular expressions are supported by both Javascript and PHP, as well as...

  Tags:

  • pattern
  • expressions
  • general
  • javascript
  • php
  • matching

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• How to Use UTF-8 with PHP

  

  By simonstl : 10 November 2009 - 05:12 PM

  Unicode Transformation Format 8-bit (UTF-8) is in standard use by the majority of web application developers. The following excerpt from Cal Henderson's Building Scalable Web Sites explains how to use...

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  • UTF-8
  • text
  • encoding
  • unicode
  • PHP

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• What are the "Bad Parts" of PHP?

  Asked by juliesteele : 09 November 2009 - 12:13 PM

  

  Answered by ChrisBloom7 : Nov 09 2009 03:58 PM
  In a security sense, the "Bad Parts" of PHP are simply bad habits that formed around conveniences included in PHP 4 and earlier. Many hosting companies still run PHP 4 or run insecure versio... full answer >

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  • PHP
  • good parts
  • bad parts

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• How to remove duplicate lines with regular expressions

  

  By StevenLevithan : 30 October 2009 - 08:35 AM

  There is a variety of software (including the Unix command-line utility uniq and Windows PowerShell cmdlet Get-Unique) that can help you remove duplicate lines in a file or ...

  Tags:

  • duplicates
  • regex
  • regular expression
  • .NET
  • java
  • javascript
  • PCRE
  • perl
  • python
  • ruby
  • php

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• How to Add and Delete users to a Web Database using PHP and MySql

  

  By MikeH : 02 October 2009 - 11:50 AM

  So if you want to learn how to add and delete users to a Web Database using PHP and Mysql, consider reading this chapter out of: Learning PHP, MySQL, and Javascript, 1st Edition I would no...

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  • php
  • mysql
  • tables

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• How to create regular expression objects

  

  By Jan Goyvaerts : 18 September 2009 - 10:51 AM

  If you want to instantiate a regular expression object or otherwise compile a regular expression so you can use it efficiently throughout your application, try one of t...

  Tags:

  • php
  • perl
  • javascript
  • java
  • vb.net
  • c#
  • objects
  • regex
  • python
  • ruby

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