Phil Sturgeon

Web developer, kayaker, outdoors madman and part-time alcoholic.


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June '09

Poll: Will you use goto in PHP 5.3?

PHP 5.3 adds some great features such as lambda functions, namespaces and class constants, but one new feature "goto" in my eyes is a massvie step backwards. Read More »

Posted: Jun 24, 2009  Category: PHP


How to: Multi-site CodeIgniter Set-up

A few people have asked me recently about setting up CodeIgniter to run accross multiple domains based on the same codebase, so here are a few tips on how to get this working on your CodeIgniter set-up.
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Posted: Jun 22, 2009  Category: CodeIgniter


Quick tip: Create a branch in Git with a dirty copy

We've all done it. Started working on a task, ticket or issue and realised we have forgotten to create a branch. Using git stash we can easily hide these changes, create a branch and then get the changes back. Read More »

Posted: Jun 22, 2009  Category: Git


Charging extra for iPhone tethering really that bad?

There seams to be a great deal of anger on the Internet over the new iPhone. I agree with the outrage over upgrade costs, but I have to disagree with iPhone fans complaining about the tethering costs.
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Posted: Jun 09, 2009  Category: iPhone


Poll: Which topic should my next screencast cover?

The last two screencasts I recorded recieved a great responce. Now I am not entirely sure to do for my next screencast. Use this Twitter Poll to cast a vote. Read More »

Posted: Jun 05, 2009 


REST implementation for CodeIgniter

There have been 1 or 2 RESTful implementations for CodeIgniter  so far, but none of them have been flexible or clean enough. This is the first publicly available RESTful implementation for CodeIgniter. Read More »

Posted: Jun 03, 2009  Category: CodeIgniter