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• How to Create and Extend a Data Manager

  

  By adfm : 26 May 2010 - 09:59 AM

  You'll want to use a data manager to abstract and encapsulate access to your data. It's an object that provides a consistent interface to get and set data on the backend. This excerpt from Kyle Loud...

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  • web app
  • PHP
  • data
  • access
  • AJAX

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• Using Drupal's template.php for Overrides

  

  By adfm : 17 May 2010 - 04:05 PM

  Do you want to change the "Submitted by..." line on your Drupal site? This excerpt from Byron, Berry, et al.'s Using Drupal will show you how by overriding Drupal's template.php. Overriding a Tem...

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  • Drupal
  • override
  • PHP

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• How to Generate Charts with JPGraph and PHP

  

  By adfm : 14 May 2010 - 11:39 AM

  If you need to plot some report data on-the-fly, then look no further than JPGraph. This excerpt from Peter MacIntyre's PHP: The Good Parts will introduce you to JPGraph and get you building pie cha...

  Tags:

  • charts
  • captcha
  • JPGraph
  • PHP
  • graphs
  • reports

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• PHP DateTime and DateTimeZone Classes

  

  By adfm : 04 May 2010 - 03:22 PM

  We deal with date and time information all the time, but something as seemingly trivial as a date can get quite complicated very quickly. Luckily PHP has built-in classes to help with the heavy lift...

  Tags:

  • PHP
  • DateTime
  • DateTimeZone
  • date
  • time

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• How to Generate a PDF With PHP

  

  By adfm : 28 April 2010 - 06:41 AM

  Creating a PDF with PHP can be relatively straightforward. However, knowing what library to use and how to deal with errors can help you cut back on the tedious work associated with generating a PDF...

  Tags:

  • watermark
  • FPDF
  • PDF
  • PHP
  • reports

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• PEAR (php) Install on Vista thru EasyPHP

  Asked by myMichael : 27 February 2010 - 08:20 AM

  

  Answered by Romantik@ : Apr 27 2010 07:18 AM
  Hi! If you have any problems with php try to learn this php tutorial. full answer >

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  • pear
  • php

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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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• Handling HL7 v3 using Python or PHP

  Asked by donfox : 16 February 2010 - 02:34 PM

  

  Answered by paulbarry : Feb 19 2010 01:22 PM
  My understanding is that HL7 v3.0 is XML-based, so you could start with a simple XML parser and see how you get on? Here is one for Python 3 that claims to be easy to use. It's as good a start a... full answer >

  Tags:

  • HL7
  • python
  • php
  • mysql
  • health

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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...

  Tags:

  • 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 >

  Tags:

  • php
  • upload
  • directory
  • mkdir
  • move_uploaded_file

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