Posts Tagged ‘PHP’

What to Expect From PHP 5.5

PHP, Web Development | Posted by Keefr December 24th, 2012

Co-worker shared this with our team last week and wanted to post it. I didn’t realize how big of a jump forward PHP 5.5 was going to be. Pretty cool stuff — especially Easy Password API and Generators.

Mobile_Detect PHP Class for Mobile Device Detection

Mobile, PHP, Web Development | Posted by Keefr November 27th, 2012

A friend and co-worker shared this with me this morning. Seems like a nice way to go, instead of rolling your own mobile detection:

Mobile_Detect PHP Class for Mobile Device Detection

Live Weather Display Using CSS, jQuery and PHP

CSS, jQuery, PHP | Posted by Keefr October 3rd, 2012

Isn’t it cool how far the web’s come? Check out this tutorial for how to tie into Yahoo’s weather data to systematically change a site’s look based on the local weather and/or the time of day.

Live Weather Display Using CSS, jQuery and PHP

How To Find The Full Path to a File Using PHP

PHP, Web Development | Posted by Keefr April 27th, 2012

Was going to write up a little piece on how to find the current file’s directory on a webserver, but the little article below does a good job of explaining it. I use this all the time for creating my .htaccess/.htpasswd combo, but can see other times when this would be useful as well.

I’ve adopted their code snippet for my own TextExpander time saving purposes:

How To Find The Full Path to a File Using PHP

How to Customize the WordPress Admin Area

PHP, Web Development, WordPress | Posted by Keefr February 16th, 2012

Co-worker came across this yesterday, and I had to immediately read it word for word, bookmark it, and setup a post for Keefr.com.

I’ve used some cool plugins to make the WordPress Admin your own, but these are some cleaner things to make the admin area your own — and cut out the fat that you (or your client) is not utilizing.

All of this articles’ tips involves getting into the PHP, so as always, make back ups, and try to familiarize yourself with PHP and its syntax as you add, edit and delete.

This is a good start on customizing WordPress. The plugin mentioned in the article’s comments, (Adminimize) is a nice plugin-based solution as well.

How to Customize the WordPress Admin Area

Getting Started With PHP Templating

PHP, Web Development | Posted by Keefr November 5th, 2011

Nice intro to MVC concepts with PHP, separating the view of your PHP applications from the rest.

Getting Started With PHP Templating

10 PHP Hacks Worth Knowing

PHP, Web Development | Posted by Keefr October 8th, 2011

Here’s a nice list for PHP novices, and even some seasoned veterans in the PHP space. The list isn’t perfect though. I can think of at least 5 better ways to implement the first one (styling a site differently based on the day of the week). Overall though, a nice list of PHP tips/hacks.

10 PHP Hacks Worth Knowing

PHP.JS – Port PHP Functions to JavaScript

JavaScript, PHP, Web Development | Posted by Keefr July 21st, 2011

JavaScript and PHP are the two things I work with the most, obviously behind HTML and CSS. JS and PHP both have a few things the others don’t. This project focuses on bringing some of PHP advantages over to JavaScript— a commendable project IMHO.

phpjs.org via PHP.JS – Port PHP Functions to JavaScript

Web Designers Roadmap for 2011

CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, Web Design, Web Development | Posted by Keefr July 4th, 2011

Man, this list reads like my resume. Web designers and front-end developers skill sets are always shifting. I’m excited and relieved to see that all of this list describes a lot of my professional knowledge.

Web Designers Roadmap for 2011

G5 – A HTML5 Framework For PHP Websites

CSS, HTML, PHP, Web Development | Posted by Keefr May 25th, 2011

This is a really cool framework utilizing HTML5 within PHP — my favorite combination in web dev. It includes a pretty impressive set up features rolled up in it including search engine optimization, CSS, xHTML, jQuery, GZip for speed and even some IE6 compatibility bits for the browser that just won’t die.

G5 – A HTML5 Framework For PHP Websites