Web Development
PHP Tip: Handling Form Data
One of the most common tasks of a Web Dev, has down, is handling form data. As a web developer you'll create hundreds of forms and in turn, write hundreds of pieces of code to handle your form data.
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Q&A: Which Framework Should I Use?
Q: Which Framework Should I Use to make <blank> ?
A: You're already off on the wrong foot. The reason? You're thinking you need a framework to get whatever you need done.
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Modrewrite and Short Urls – What you really want to know.
I recently opened up an old .htaccess and I was struck with the memory of how much it sucked trying to Google search for some real, working, answers on making short urls.
So here you go, my quick tip on what you really want to know about mod_rewrite.
Professional PHP
It's important to remember what sets a professional PHP developer apart from the pack that floods your average help channel.
Too often I run into reviewing or helping a "professional" developer, and I can't help but mutter "you're doing it wrong..."
Google Speaks on Net Neutrality and Benefits of caching
In this post on the google blog,http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/net-neutrality-and-benefits-of-caching.html , Google speaks about how people are confused on the net neutrality and the use of edge caching.
I find it interesting that someone could take the usage of CDN's as an act of an un neutral web.
The act of handling certain traffic as more important than other traffic is the act of an un neutral web. Developers should consider these words carefully.
Screen Scraping made too easy
Recently I had some free time and I decided I wanted to automate some common tasks of mine. And let me tell you honestly, I hate having to do screen scraping. It's an annoying, tedious task. Making regex for this, and for that, and then to find out my hours were wasted as that regex won't work on another site.
That's a thing of the past.
Search Engine Spam Videos
Some some tweets come in and I headed on over to IM Broadcast saw some Search Engine Spam videos come up.
I thought they were pretty interesting to watch, and it was nice to hear from MSN, Google, and Yahoo. It does make me wonder if black hat SEO really does have a chance? 
Anyways, here are the direct links to the vids:
http://www.imbroadcast.com/video/53/Search-Engine-Spam-Part-1-Overview
http://www.imbroadcast.com/video/55/Search-Engine-Spam-Part-2-On-The-Page-Issues
http://www.imbroadcast.com/video/54/Search-Engine-Spam-Part-3-Link-Spam--Paid-Links
Hope you all enjoy.
PHP Reference Card – Failed?
While taking a look at my 'Tech Blogs' tab in NetVibes I saw the headline for a reference card available for PHP. So, I hopped on over to dZone.com, got an account (it's free), and downloaded it.
I'm not really impressed.
I believe the beginner may benefit from this, but there's just so many gaping holes in the reference card... Like what about the GD library? Or perhaps cURL? File handling? XML?
Honestly, how could you call a reference card a PHP Reference Card without the most common uses listed? I think the card may be off to a good start, but please, release a new more complete version soon.
Final Verdict:
While it may be great for beginners, it's still lacking for the rest of us. I'll pass and keep php.net as my reference card.
Work that DOM
Just real quick, this came up in #javascript the other day. Working with the DOM, appending new elements.
PHP and MySQL Tip #1 – Error Checks
I'd like to share with all of you some PHP Tips.
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