Understanding Circumstance
"I have been working for years in this industry and I have never needed to do what you do. Therefore your opinion is obviously wrong."
Catapult into PyroCMS
People wanted a book for PyroCMS, so I wrote one:
This will get you from "I have heard of PyroCMS once before" to building custom modules and themes in next to no time. Plus, it's only £7.
Archive
August 2012
CICONF - Mission Complete
Another trip to the States and another CodeIgniter Conference complete. This is a quick roundup for anyone who didn't make it to the conference this year.
Why PHP DateTime Rocks
Working as a freelancer and contracter sometimes I come accross some code that is so terrible I have to laugh, then immediately tweet a screenshot for others to laugh. I think this is fairly healthy, but one reaction I get fairly often is "Yuck, PHP!". Really that should be "Yuck, PHP 4!" I've been using PHP since 4.0.1 and I remember it well. It was terrible. Whenever I see these chunks of code I like to see how clean I can make them with PHP 5.3 + code and DateTime has saved me a lot of lines.
