Phil Sturgeon

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


iPhone Upgrade - Upgrade cheap, free or for profit

Find out how you can save money upgrading your iPhone contract with o2. You could save yourself £400 just by waiting 2 months! If you have the right criteria, you could even make a profit on the upgrade. Find out how. Read More »

Posted: Jul 20, 2009  Category: iPhone


Create an Admin panel with CodeIgniter

A topic I see come up on the CodeIgniter forums quite a lot is "How do I create an admin panel" in CodeIgniter? This article will show you the best structure for your admin panel, but leave the actual code to you. Read More »

Posted: Jul 08, 2009  Category: CodeIgniter


Rant: Fed up with Twitter news!

Is anybody else getting really bored of Twitter news? These days it seems to be everywhere; you cannot get away from it. Do you - like myself - find it really difficult to give a damn? Read More »

Posted: Jul 01, 2009 


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


Debugging ActiveRecord queries in CodeIgniter

When you have an ActiveRecord call that just will not work, it can be a pain. To save asking questions on the CodeIgniter forums that you could answer yourself, try these steps. Read More »

Posted: May 29, 2009  Category: CodeIgniter


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