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PHP static_news class for when you dont have access to a database

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:04:09 -0800

The last couple of projects that I have done I haven't had access to a database. I don't like having flat files with the content just dumped in there. I makes updating them a chore. So I wrote this very simple class that allows you to create a php array that contains all of the news data.

static_news class

/**
 * @author Jesse Baird <jebaird@gmail.com>
 * @since 12/23/2008
 */

class ...

using an image map, when z-index doesnt work

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:12:47 -0800

While working on one of my newer projects I ran into an issue where I needed to overlay a very large image over multiple elements on my page, including the site navigation. This left the contact link on the far right un-clickible.

Part of the page html

 <div id="topNav&am ...

PHP: which statement is faster, elseif() or switch() ?

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:05:54 -0800

A couple of days ago I was out on a run and I starting wondering which statement was faster, a elseif() or a switch(). I am a big fan of switch statements. I like how clean they look and its really easy to add a new condition to them. I also assumed that they were much quicker than elseif statements. So I set up this test to try to prove to myself that I was right.

Here is the script that I used to test my theory. You can downl ...

master reset style sheet

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:15:03 -0800

there are many different theories on resetting the browser default styles. I always prefer to zero off everything. Over the past couple of years my master reset sheet has gotten a bit bigger. My style sheet is based off of http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/05/01/reset-reloaded/ . But I found that I broke some HTML tags in Firefox(<b> ...

PHP MySQL Row Lock function

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:49:02 -0700

I just started on a project that I knew was going to need some sort of data lock that would prevent 2 users from editing the same data at the same time. At first I thought that i would have to write a function that behaved like the C function flock(). I ran across this forum post http://www.dmcinsights.com/phorum/read.php?13,30233,30260 which I have ...

First Day at EdgeCore

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:27:58 -0700

I just finished up my first day at EdgeCore and it was a crazy one. From asp.net to projects that 3 other developers have worked on its had its highs and lows. I will say that I am very excited for this new opportunity to advance my career in web development and design.

W.A.I.S - Web App Install System version .01 beta

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:28:06 -0700

W.A.I.S - Web App Install System is a php web app that I wrote to help speed up the process for deploying custom Content Management Systems and other web applications. Think of it as windows installer for web developers who deploy their own web applications frequently. It can handle multiple files and run mysql queries.

download it here

setup and config

&l ...

PHP search and replace while keeping valid HTML Snippets

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:42:33 -0700

This little function will search and replace any HTML string/document while keeping it valid.

<?php

$html = <<<EOF
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
	<title>test search</title>
	<meta http-equiv="content-type" con ...

JW player with SWFObject

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:14:53 -0700

Recently i was working on a project that required a flash media player. I was trying to integrate JW FLV Media Player using SWFObject. After losing a few hours of my life trying to pass a variable in a query string to a php script that generated a XML pl ...

php force SSL Connection

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:31:17 -0700

here is a quick little php function you can call to force an SSL connection

/**
 * forceSSL()
 * @author Jesse Baird
 * @param bool $sendHeaders
 * @param string $domain | www.google.com, jebaird.com
 * @param string $requestURI | temp2.php?ch=2&ad=3 , content/2/page/3 , $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]

 * @return void
 */
function forceSSL($sendHeaders=false,$domain='www.domainname.com',$requestURI=''){
	
	if($sendHeaders&&am ...