Smokescreen visualisation using Flash AS 3.0
I have been messing around a bit in Flash recently. I actually managed to learn many things about the new version of the ActionScript language (AS 3.0). Codewise, it is a huge improvement over AS 2.0 (one reason why I…
Read the restDid you know this about PHP?
It occurred to me today that there is actually a difference between using the $GLOBALS array and the global keyword in PHP.
You write:
function foo()
{
global $var;
}
PHP does:
function foo()
{
$var =& $GLOBALS['var'];
}
Why does this matter? The manual knows the…
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After reading many promising stories about development frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, I decided that I actually had to see it for myself. PHP is probably the one programming language that I know best (at the moment, that is),…
Read the restWordpress and the cookies
Important: The workaround provided in this post is not reliable enough, there is now a more secure way to fix this problem. The new fix is available as a convenient plugin.
Since the release of Wordpress 2.0, a pesky bug has been annoying…
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Sorry for the lack of posts recently, some things have been consuming my time. I do have time for a quick post now, though.
I recently wrote a quick and dirty script that retrieves some useful information from the PHP…
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