CakePHP makes the basic CRUD workflow pretty easy to achieve. However, the following situation arose with setFlash() in the CakePHP application I was building at work: I have a page which list…

I am really enjoying the challenge of answering coding questions on Stack Overflow. In his book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, Covey lists Habit 7 as “Sharpen the…

I have played with various WordPress plugins for code syntax highlighting, but recently helped answer a query with regards syntax highlighting in other projects using Google Code Prettify. If you store…

I have always stored IP addresses as strings in VARCHAR fields in MySQL. I am currently reading “High Performance MySQL” (O’Reilly) and it mentions the advantages of storing IP addresses…

Whilst fiddling around with QR Codes, I came across this Bar-code generator for PHP. Minimum requirements: PHP 5 GD2 Extension Here is my code for a basic implementation (adapted from…

JSFiddle is an incredibly useful online tool to test (or fiddle with) your JavaScript, HTML, and CSS code. You can test, save, share, embed, and even collaborate. Seeking help — or even…