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Zend Framework Autoload Classes

frank — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:43:03 +0000

I wanted to add another library of classes to a Zend Framework project and autoload them, I created a folder called application/vendors/ to hold vendor libraries in seperate folders of their own. For example, using some CURL classes from Sem Labs, these classes would live in the application/vendors/semlabs/ folder. I renamed the classes to match [...]

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Jquery Lightbox Not Working?

frank — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:17:09 +0000

Had a struggle getting this jquery lightbox working recently, the solution for me was to alter the markup of the popup div because some divs were not closing correctly with />. Basically I had to replace this portion of code: /** * Create the jQuery lightBox plugin interface * * The HTML markup will be [...]

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Call user function for magic method PHP

frank — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:42:29 +0000

Put a bit of work into upgrading the blog and might as well make a quick post now. Heres a trick to test if a class variable exists, isset or has a particular value dynamically. Call the magic method __get() for the variable name which you can generate on the fly. For example, in SilverStripe [...]

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Silverstripe 2.4 Image Gallery Tutorial

frank — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:37:25 +0000

I have had a few issues installing image gallery modules on Silverstripe 2.4. I’m new to using silverstripe so this is a beginners tutorial, the aim is to install a basic image gallery which fits the following criteria: Allow CMS users to upload photos Add custom fields to be associated with each image (such as [...]

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vnStat hack to measure data usage in a given billing cycle

frank — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:22:57 +0000

I’m using vnStat to measure internet usage on my Ubuntu 10.04 laptop, coupled with the vnStat PHP frontend it works nicely. Only problem was the summaries of disk usage started at the beginning of the month (sensibly) and we get billed on the 23rd, which is when our month ticks over and we get a [...]

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Silverstripe Captcha

frank — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:09:26 +0000

Starting out on some silverstripe projects there will likely be a few bits and pieces finding their way to the blog. SilverStripe is a product I have always wanted to work with, besides being a great example of open source success in New Zealand I’m attracted to the MVC architecture. I’ve had a few teething [...]

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Rolling out an API for your cakePHP app Part 3: Handling Errors

frank — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:00:56 +0000

The last posts in this series covered the a basic architecture of an API in cakePHP, the limitations of that basic architecture and a possible solution using an API component and some external API classes. The last part is the handling of API specific errors. The goals for the error handling system: Return specific error [...]

Rolling out an API for your cakePHP app Part ++1: The Solution

frank — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:23:40 +0000

In the previous post I covered creating a basic API using cakePHP and what limitations are imposed if you want to extend the API over the course of several versions. This post is going to cover the architecture of a possible solution, I don’t claim its the best solution out there and feedback is welcomed. [...]

Rolling out an API for your cakePHP app Part 1: The Problems

frank — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:00:18 +0000

Recently I’ve put a lot of work into an API solution for a cakePHP app which addresses some of the architectural issues of creating an API in a cakePHP project. To start with I threw together a nice simple API as a proof of concept and to showcase the ease at which an API can [...]

CakePHP session expire bug

frank — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:00:33 +0000

UPDATE: This bug has been fixed. This auth component / request handler component “bug” drops the 403 header code from an AJAX response when the session has timed out. Note: this is based on cakePHP version 1.2.4.8284 and may have been fixed already I haven’t checked. The Problem If the session has timed out before [...]