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Protected: Forking PHP

Gavin Williams — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:34:24 +0000

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Continuous iPhone Application Integration with my buddy Hudson and Xcode… and then some

Gavin Williams — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:13:04 +0000

So you wanna take your iOS development to the next level? I’ve got just the thing for you! Continuous integration allows you to continuously create up to date versions of your application whether it be iPhone, Android, PHP or JS and deploy them to the appropriate platforms as well as run other tasks depending on

New Toys, Old Thinking – Advertising in a new age

Gavin Williams — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:01:50 +0000

As a content provider a switch or move towards distributing content over the internet is quite a big thing, you can leverage the power of the internet, the extra input devices such as built in cameras, microphones and the standard keyboard and mouse. With that, one would assume that you could offer a much richer

Setting up Zend Framework from PEAR

Gavin Williams — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:37:29 +0000

Alright, so I’ve just changed my VPS provider because 1&1 are shit and my buddy Andy runs a good hosting gig http://www.theserve.com/. We’re running our stuff one one of his VPS’s until September and will more than likely move to a dedicated server once we move office. Any way! One of the teething issues I

There has to be an easier way :(

Gavin Williams — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:37:16 +0000

So I’m working on a project, and I want to find all of the rows that don’t have a row in it’s related table using Zend_Db_Table_Select… Simple right? Not really . In theory this would be the query that I would write… After toying with Zend_Table for a while I’ve managed to figure out how

ZEND FRAMEWORK 1.10 IS OUT!

Gavin Williams — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:45:35 +0000

Zend Framework 1.10 is out, and with it a bunch of new features, and for once… the documentation is VERY helpful! For those having problems getting their head around Zend_Acl check out this tutorial… http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/learning.multiuser.authorization.html

Stripping down for IE6

Gavin Williams — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:40:15 +0000

This is a big subject for me as it’s very annoying, IE6 is a pain in the arse, and it always has been, my previous posts will tell you how much I hate the browser. Recently I have been working on CSS/JS based graphs. The designs for these graphs are amazing, but I shuddered at

Zend_Acl + Zend_Auth + Zend_Controller_Plugin = HAPPY!

Gavin Williams — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:43:58 +0000

Ok, so after playing around with Zend_Acl for what seems like forever I’ve finally cracked what feels like the perfect marriage between Zend_Acl, Zend_Auth and an application. You may ask yourself, why the fuck is it so hard? The simple answer is this… Zend_Acl was designed in such a way that it does not require

PHP Variable Variables

Gavin Williams — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:34:39 +0000

Whilst I don’t advocate assigning variable variables, there are times when you need to create variables in PHP dynamically. What is a Variable Variable? A variable variable is a variable that can be set dynamically. For instance the normal way to create a variable in PHP would be: But what happens when you’re setting a

JS – Adapting to the situation (smart coding) with Portlet’s

Gavin Williams — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:04:36 +0000

Preface For the past few months I’ve been workin with a content management portal to deliver my XHTML/JS/CSS I can’t stress how big a pain in the arse this is, as with any CMS there are limitations in the way that it works and problems when you try to use it for more than what