Working with multiple views in CodeIgniter has always been a pain. Out of the box CodeIgniter provides no real way of having a layout file or header/footer functionality. This library makes the whole process very easy and gives lots of useful methods for shared output.
Many frameworks say they are lightweight, quick and easy on your server, but none are as lightweight as my new "framework" which is so lightweight it can fit in a Tweet.
A complaint I often hear about CodeIgniter is one about HTML helper functions like form_open(), doctype() and img(). This post helps explain what they are and why they are useful.
Find out how to make PHP 5.3 shut up complaining about "warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings" and deprecated functions in your CodeIgniter applications.
After a long wait the new stable PyroCMS has been released which adds German language support and a bunch of other bug-fixes.
Stable and unstable branches mean that while you work on a new version of your software, you maintain the current version by working on bug-fixes and small tweaks. Find out how to achieve this using Git.
Dwoo is a PHP based templating engine aimed as a replacement for Smarty 2.x using similar and alternative syntax. This implementation basically overrides the logic of the default parser with this more powerful system.
Most web-applications currently use automated e-mail's to let an administrator know someting is going on and some applications use Twitter. Why not use iPhone Push Notifications to get an alert to you immediately without having to check a thing?
I've been using Matchbox in one of its many forms for several years - almost as long as I have been using CodeIgniter - and it got to the point where I could not use CodeIgniter without it. After all this time an alternative has come along with all Matchbox's features and more.
When this developer designs
Posted: 2009-11-18
For far too long this blog felt tainted. It's quality diminished by using a free design from Free CSS Templates. Well no more, I have finally had a crack at designing and after a few horrendous iterations I have something that I am happy with.
