Nov/090
A Java Swing Application for Testing PHP Snippets
I’ve put together an application that lets you test PHP snippets without having to save them to a file. This should be useful to testing out built-in functions and regular expressions amongst other things. There’s also a built-in web server so you can see the results in your browser. The article talks through how I’ve put it together. There are links to download the application and it’s source code.
Oct/093
FULLTEXT Search with MySQL and CodeIgniter
This article demonstrates how to use MySQL’s FULLTEXT search feature from within CodeIgniter with a sample search application. It highlights a few of CodeIgniter’s features such as the MVC pattern, pagination, custom configuration, custom helpers and profiling.
Jul/092
PHP Script to Compare MySQL Database Schemas
A brief description of the process involved in determining the schema of a MySQL database, and an accompanying tool, which will compare schemas of databases. The tool is able to compare databases that reside on separate hosts. This may be a useful tool for checking that databases have the same schema when deploying an application to separate hosts.
Jul/095
Stock Quotes with Ext JS Charts
An example to display stock indexes in an Ext JS chart. Including an introduction to Ext JS, a simple introductory Ext JS example and an introduction to the new charts feature. Concludes with a more comprehensive demo, showing some more of Ext’s features.