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Online html php editor with shiftedit

Published on December 12, 2010 By Pinakin Patel

I never use dreamweaver or any other code generator. I have always used my trusty notepad++. But I have come across shiftedit.net which allows you to have all the syntax highlighting of notepad++ but through an online editor. It includes an FTP manager to store you connection settings so you do not have to remember [...]

Why build a bespoke online app when you can buy it pre built

Published on October 16, 2010 By Pinakin Patel

I came across http://www.scriptcopy.com/ today. This site lists well known online apps such as facebook, twitter etc and allows your to find scripts that do the same and install on your webserver.

How to identify the browser in PHP

Published on October 16, 2010 By Pinakin Patel

Bastian Allgeier has posted a great article on how to identify what browser is being used to view your website. The code is written in PHP and set the HTML class to the browser being used. The implementation involves downloading the PHP code from Bastian’s website and adding two line of code to your PHP [...]

PHP programmer tools

Published on August 26, 2010 By Pinakin Patel

So you want to be a PHP programmer? Here are a list of the tools I have installed on my computer before I can start coding. Most of these apps can be installed using Ninite which is a multi installer and greater when you buy a new computer. Code Editor Notepad++ http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download FTP Filezilla http://filezilla-project.org/ [...]

Writing an API in PHP for your app

Published on July 27, 2010 By Pinakin Patel

Lately I have writing an API for Micro Site Manager a satellite site generator. This app is currently in Alpha stage and is being tested by a number of my clients. If written a lot of bespoke PHP code to handle data transfer between the site and the satellite sites. So a Satellite makes a [...]

Display the contents of an array in Smarty

Published on April 25, 2010 By Pinakin Patel

Some time you just need to see what variables are available in an array in Smarty. In PHP this is usually done using “print_r($foo)” where $foo is your array. But in smarty this is done using the following method. {$foo|@print_r} When you use this command I recommend placing open and closing pre tags around the [...]

New X-Cart Site realease by Zone1 Creative

Published on March 11, 2010 By Pinakin Patel

We have just gone live this morning with a new X-Cart site that was converted from Actinic and integrated with Ackerman Music’s EPOS system. The site handle over 32,000 products and shows live stock levels from Ackermans 3 retail outlets. Check it out at www.ackermanmusic.co.uk