Programmer's Notebook

Using the mail() function in php

2008-02-07T05:34:00.000+08:00

I've been using this function quite a lot. I just want to share how to use this function which is very easy.The mail() function in php is used to send email.Examples :$to = "name@example.com";$subject = "Test Subject"; //be careful to have this as one line or it will not be sent properly$message = "This is the message";// sends am email to $to email address with subject $subject and message $

My Programmer's Notebook is back!

2008-02-01T17:53:00.000+08:00

At last! It's been a while since blogger mistakenly took my blog as a spam blog. My last post was December 14 last year and after about 5-6 times trying to validate my blog, it's now back. My other blog also had the same problem. But it took around 6 days only when they get it back up again.I will be posting lots of things soon...By the way, today is my girlfriend's birthday! :)

Some good tools for web development

2007-12-14T13:18:00.000+08:00

I work remotely on most of my projects. Some I need to use ftp to transfer files and some needs to be worked on directly through ssh. The programs I use to do these tasks are putty and coreftp.Core FTP can be used to connect to the ftp server. It has two versions, Core FTP LE and Core FTP Pro. Core FTP LE is a free software that include ftp features. Core FTP Pro on the other hand is for

Apple Exceeds IBM

2007-12-13T01:42:00.000+08:00

I just ran by this article and it pretty much amazed me. Although it's two but old but still... Apple is now worth more than IBM! For the first time in history.Wow. Good job apple!

Developing over ftp using vim

2007-12-09T16:32:00.000+08:00

Vim, which is short for Vi IMproved, is a text editor that lets you edit a remote file via ftp. It is cross-platform but most popular in Unix-like operating systems.To use vim, the syntax is : vim ftp:///user@domain//path/fileExample : vim ftp://username@example.com//var/www/index.htmlYou will be asked for the matching password to your user name after. Just enter the password and you'll have the

Using lftp in copying files between two servers in ssh

2007-12-08T23:09:00.000+08:00

LFTP is sophisticated ftp/http client, file transfer program supporting a number of network protocols. It is very useful and I've been always using this. There is this case where I need to login on one server through ssh before I will connect to this server and this has helped me a lot.To connect to a server type :lftp -u [username],[password] [servername]Example : lftp -u username,password

A few linux commands

2007-12-04T10:00:00.000+08:00

It's a slow day today. So I'm going to share some very helpful linux commands. These commands are what I always use every time I work since I log in through the server using ssh. This is just an overview of the basic commands. I might discuss later the advance use of each command.ls - show files and subdirectories under the current directory.pwd - shows current directory you arecd - change

Google Maps Not Working in Internet Explorer, Operation Aborted

2007-12-01T04:20:00.000+08:00

This has been bothering me for a while now. This is about the phpGoogleStoreLocator script that I have been working on integrating into a site the past few days. Just when everything was fine and seems to be working properly, it wouldn't function on Internet Explorer. Everytime I open it, it just crashes. I let other people try it and they experience the same thing.So after googling around I

Slow programming day...been traveling

2007-11-28T00:00:00.000+08:00

I just arrived at my parents house today. I came here to visit them until the Christmas season. I've been traveling whole day so no programming for me today. Travel is 5 hours total which consists of 3.5 hours of land travel and 1.5 hours by plane :). I'm going rest for the rest of the day then I will continue programming tomorrow. I'll be back soon to post what I have done..... I miss my

Exporting mysql data to csv

2007-11-25T19:06:00.000+08:00

Today I'm going to discuss the opposite of the previous post. Here it is :

Importing a csv file to mysql

2007-11-22T13:15:00.000+08:00

This is one of the things I did with my current project. It is about adding data on MySQL using a csv file and I thought I should share what I did.First we need to have an html form that will ask for the file input. It will be something like this one:[form action="import_csv.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"][input name="csv" type="file"][input name="filesubmit" value="Submit" type

Still raining very hard

2007-11-22T06:40:00.000+08:00

This storm just won't stop! Good thing my internet connection is fine now. But I really need to go out to buy some food. I haven't eaten for 8 hours now.In the meantime, please check my other blog if you're into DOTA (a custom game for warcraft 3). It's my in depth guides and strategies for DOTA.I hope this rain storm stops soon. I can't work if I'm very hungry. I will post again soon when I've

Another web programming day with phpGoogleStoreLocator Part 2

2007-11-21T20:49:00.000+08:00

It's been a very slow day... at least for my programming. As for everything, it's been a very tough day. We've been hit by a big typhoon and it's been raining very for almost 2 days now. It even became a super typhoon on some parts of the country and lots of properties were destroyed already. Internet here also went down for about 12 hours. What a day!Anyway, I just continued working on my

Another web programming day with phpGoogleStoreLocator

2007-11-20T02:10:00.000+08:00

It's been a very tiring day for me. It's raining hard the whole day. Today, I continued with what I have been programming the past 2 days. I've been working on a store locator for a dietary supplement drink website. I've been using this very cool php script phpGoogleStoreLocator which you can download here.phpGoogleStoreLocator is an application that uses the Google Maps API service which can

Blogging Sounds Fun

2007-11-19T04:55:00.000+08:00

After hearing about blogs from friends and the internet, I decided to make my own blog. I thought it's better to let out my thoughts and share it with other people who might be interested. And I thought it would be better to have like an online diary for my life as a freelance web programmer and share what I have learn for all the times I've been working and of course share what I'm going to