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2008 January


Akismet Class Updated

Jan 7, 2008
I've released a new version of the PHP4 Akismet class to allow multiple comments to be checked for spam using only a single instantiated Akismet object. This should help cut d ... Read More

MySQL LIKE query using column contents

Jan 14, 2008
I recently needed to build a query that would filter results by comparing a value from one table against another. This is relatively simple if you're checking for equality, bu ... Read More

cakePHP helper for jQuery Validation plugin

Jan 17, 2008
I've been working on a page that needs some heavy validation. I decided to take advantage of the Improved Advanced Validation method in cakePHP for server-side and the jQuery ... Read More

How I got Linux back on my desktop

Jan 20, 2008
Roughly a year ago, Linux was no longer the primary OS running on my desktop. My daily computing has moved to my laptop, which has happily run Ubuntu for about a year now. How ... Read More

Skipjack API Class

Jan 24, 2008
A friend of mine, Steven Vondruska, wrote a Skipjack class that he kindly let me use for a project of my own. He wrote the class a while back and we've both since become bette ... Read More

Bazaar, version control made easy

Jan 31, 2008
I've attempted in the past to use a version control system to manage my projects big and small; from the single Akismet class file, to much larger client projects with thousan ... Read More

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