First Letters SQL Statement
May 25, 2005 Databases SQL, MySQL, PHP, Web Development
Here is a neat SQL statement that will return a recordset that counts the number of records that start with a particular letter.
I do have a good use for this that I need to implement. It was created by Matthew Mullenweg, the creator of Wordpress.
URL Rewriting | Redirecting URLs with Apache Mod_Rewrite
Apr 14, 2005 PHP, Search Engine Optimization, Web Development
Bu$ter turned me on to the cool idea of SE friendly URLs. After doing a little looking around I ran into this Apache Module that would do just that.
I have a few sites w/ friendly URLs but I’ve always scripted it out using the that idea. This takes a little time and always run into obstacles on the way. So this might be a good alternative, plus it can be used w/ pre-existing scripts.
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I’m giving her all she’s got, Scotty!
Mar 18, 2005 PHP, Web Development
If your PHP app wasn’t fast enought to begin with, here is a way to help speed it up a bit when concatenating strings that are echoed.
PHP Security and Shared Hosting
Oct 5, 2004 Apache, PHP, Web Development
This article talks about the vulnerabilities of shared hosting.
Security Corner: Shared Hosting