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Zend_Service_Spotify

Jason — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:22:01 +0000

I just posted the initial beta release of Zend_Service_Spotify to my Github account. I’ve always really appreciated the Zend Framework components due to their coding style, code comments (not to be confused with real documentation), and inter-operability. So, I decided (…)

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Rails Flash Notices in Zend Framework

Jason — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:29:19 +0000

Anyone that has used Zend Framework, especially Ruby on Rails developers, have most likely implemented the FlashMessenger Controller Action Helper and wished that you could organize the messages into different types. As a Ruby on Rails developer I have been (…)

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How to reindex a Solr Database

Jason — Sun, 22 May 2011 14:29:33 +0000

The past few months I’ve ventured into new territories such as Hadoop Map Reduce, Amazon Web Services, and the topic of this post Solr. My experience with Solr has been amazing. The learning curve for this database is VERY light. (…)

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PHP File Streaming with cat and passthru

Jason — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:36:45 +0000

The problem This weekend, I needed to figure out how to make an on-request, downloadable, backup of an entire MySQL database (for Magento, in case you were wondering). At first, I attempted the simplest approach, which was to perform the (…)

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PHPMailer Inline String Attachment

Jason — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:38:22 +0000

Recently, while using PHPMailer, I needed the ability to have an inline string attachment, however this functionality is not present as of version 5.0.2, so I wrote my own. For those who don’t know, PHPMailer has a number of ways (…)

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WordPress API

Jason — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:13:14 +0000

Recently I’ve gotten into WordPress plugin development. I’ve created a few plugins for clients that include widgets, settings pages, and hooks into several actions. However, one thing I’ve not yet been able to figure out is how to encrypt settings (…)

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Kaltura WordPress Plugin – Switching Partner IDs

Jason — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:50:13 +0000

I am using the Kaltura All-In-One-Video WordPress Plugin on a project these days and I’ve come across a situation where I needed to switch my Partner ID to a new one (we purchased a paid account). However, there is currently (…)

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Antipodr

Jason — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:37:27 +0000

Antipodr is a simple little tool I created with Jake Rutter that allows you to calculate the exact spot on the other side of the planet from any location you enter. A complete waste of time, yes, but fun! Antipodr (…)

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PHP Autoload Issue

Jason — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:46:52 +0000

On a recent project, I couldn’t figure out why the following block of code worked on OSX but not Red Hat Linux. function __autoload($class_name) { require_once 'lib/' . $class_name . '.class.php'; } I had a class named ‘bank.class.php’ which autoload (…)

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