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		<title>Codeigniter slugify library</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A simple Codeigniter library to &#8220;slugify&#8221; your URL.


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&#60;?php if &#40;!defined&#40;'BASEPATH'&#41;&#41; exit&#40;'No direct script access allowed'&#41;;
&#160;
function slugify&#40;$text&#41;
&#123;		
	$CI =&#38; get_instance&#40;&#41;;
	$CI-&#62;load-&#62;model&#40;'my_model', 'Mod'&#41;;
	$text = preg_replace&#40;'/\W+/', '-', $text&#41;;
	$text = strtolower&#40;trim&#40;$text, '-'&#41;&#41;;
	$slug = $text.&#34;-1&#34;;
	//tests if there is any slug like &#34;text&#34;
	$res = $CI-&#62;Mod-&#62;getSlugs&#40;$text&#41;;
	if &#40;$res-&#62;num_rows&#40;&#41;==0&#41;
	&#123;
		//if not, make it first
		$slug = $text.&#34;-1&#34;;
	&#125;
	else 
	&#123;
		//else add 1 to number the slug ends with
		$lastItem = $res-&#62;row&#40;&#41;;
		$tmp [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create ISO image file of a folder</title>
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		<comments>http://pc-tips.net/2009/04/21/create-iso-image-file-of-a-folder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pctips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
mkisofs -J -allow-leading-dots -allow-multidot -R -V "Label" -iso-level 4 -o image.iso Folder

where:

-J:  Generate Joliet directory informatio
-allow-leading-dots:  Allow ISO9660 filenames to start with &#8216;.&#8217;
-allow-multidot: Allow more than one dot in filenames (e.g. .tar.gz)
-R:  Generate Rock Ridge directory information
-V: Set Volume ID
-o:  Set output file name
-iso-level:  Set ISO9660 conformance level (1..3) or 4 for ISO9660 version 2


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		<title>Scalix backup: Part 1- Users Message Store</title>
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		<comments>http://pc-tips.net/2009/01/25/scalix-backup-part1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pctips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scalix]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pc-tips.net/?p=249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If your server setup does not support creating file systems snapshots rsync-ing the message store is not the best solution because you may have to keep Scalix off for a long time. So you will need another way for saving data.


Based on scripts found on  Scalix Community forums I created a small backup script [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extract text from .rtf and .doc files with PHP and COM</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pctipsnet/~3/d-WadrnCsoU/</link>
		<comments>http://pc-tips.net/2009/01/20/extract-text-from-rtf-doc-files-with-php-and-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pctips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted to extract text from a Microsoft Word document with PHP and COM? It&#8217;s not so hard as it seems. Create a Word document on your computer and use this piece of code:



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&#60;?php
$word = new COM&#40;&#34;word.application&#34;&#41; or die&#40;&#34;Unable to instantiate application object&#34;&#41;;
$name='c:\\TEST.doc';
	try &#123;
&#160;
		$word-&#62;Documents-&#62;Open&#40;&#34;$name&#34;&#41;;
		$content = &#40;string&#41; $word-&#62;ActiveDocument-&#62;Content;
		$word-&#62;ActiveDocument-&#62;Close&#40;false&#41;;
	&#125;
	catch&#40;Exception $e&#41;&#123;
		$content=&#34;Error!&#34;;
	&#125;
	echo $content;
?&#62;

You can even parse a folder and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GTA 4: Lost and Damned</title>
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		<comments>http://pc-tips.net/2008/12/18/gta-4-lost-and-damned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pctips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After less than a month since the PC version of GTA4 was released, Rockstar presented at the Spike TV Video Games Awards a trailer with a new episode of GTA4: Lost and Damned.



The expansion pack will be available in the first part of 2009. First it will be available, as usual, for Xbox, but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SLR Cameras – What is a Single Lens Reflex?</title>
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		<comments>http://pc-tips.net/2008/12/17/slr-cameras-what-is-a-single-lens-reflex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pctips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The hottest thing in the digital camera market is undoubtedly the digital SLR, which is better known as a dSLR. While dSLRs are flying off dealer shelves, many new users are confused about the terminology. Most people know that SLR stands for &#8220;single lens reflex.&#8221; Since nearly all SLRs accept interchangeable lenses, it would appear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsft Office source code example</title>
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		<comments>http://pc-tips.net/2008/12/11/microsft-office-source-code-example/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pctips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weekend fun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a snippet of MS Office source code, leaked some time ago:

From here:
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Microsoft_Office_source_code


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  #include &#60;iostream.h&#62;
    #include &#60;vengeance.h&#62;
    #include &#60;world/domination.h&#62;
    #include &#60;monopoly.h&#62;
    #include &#60;evil.h&#62;
    #include &#60;office.h&#62;
    #include &#60;clippy.h&#62;
    #include &#60;annoying.h&#62;
    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to disable virus scanning in Firefox 3</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pctipsnet/~3/Rh6LaBNv_3M/</link>
		<comments>http://pc-tips.net/2008/11/13/howto-disable-virus-scanning-in-firefox-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pctips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Windows, Firefox 3 uses the installed antivirus software to scan the fully downloaded files. This might be a good idea, but it can be the source of some annoying complications: freezes, delays an so on.

Considering the fact that almost every decent antivirus software offers a real time protection for your system I would say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remove index.php from your Codeigniter application URL</title>
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		<comments>http://pc-tips.net/2008/10/21/remove-indexphp-from-your-codeigniter-application-url/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pctips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pc-tips.net/?p=205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are using Codeigniter for developing PHP applications you noticed the &#8220;index.php&#8221; part of the URL of your application.
You can remove it by doing two simple things:
1. Edit the config.php from .system/application/config/ and change the $config['index_page'] like this: $config['index_page'] = &#8220;&#8221;;
2. Create a .htaccess page in the root of the Codeigniter application:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /CIapplication
RewriteCond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Does VoIP Work?</title>
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		<comments>http://pc-tips.net/2008/09/29/how-does-voip-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pctips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Amy Nutt
VoIP, or voice over internet protocol, simply put, is a way to make phone calls over the internet with the use of an analog telephone adapter. In making &#8220;phone calls&#8221; in this manner, the user can often avoid the high charges from the phone company, especially in the case of long distance calls.
How [...]]]></description>
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