Archive: php

If you use Netbeans along with Xdebug to facilitate step through debugging when coding PHP then you may come across this issue. It’s possible to get it into a semi working scenario where you can have working breakpoints and see variable values but you have no idea which bit of code you are actually stepped [...]

Some times you might have a legacy system that is built around csv or similar and you need to import an XML data source into this system. Of course one possibility is to build full XML handling capabilities into the system. Perhaps a more sane solution is to simply convert the XML to CSV so [...]

Ecommmerce Leeds Did you know you are #54 for ecommerce leeds on Google? This is only one of several keywords we have detected driving traffic, and potentially revenue, to your web-site. A bit of informative spam there. To be honest we didn't know this. We have not really gone into geo targetted SEO. Some of [...]

If you use FireFox with phpMyAdmin you will be able to resize the left column as required by simply grabbing it with your mouse However in Chrome that doesn't work. The fix is surprisingly simple, you just need to edit the index.php file and set all the frameborder="0" to frameborder="1" Job done More Reading:Flash covers [...]

If you are struggling with a weird bug with DomPDF, something about it trying to connect to a postgres database.. well here is the solution that will get you up and running: open the file and make the init method just return false PLAIN TEXT PHP: class Page_Cache {     const DB_USER = "dompdf_page_cache"; [...]

Running PHP on the command line, via cron etc there are a few common problems you can hit and from experience this my recommendations to avoid them. It seems that (on CentOS at least) PHP does not display errors by default on the command line. You will want it to I assume so you can [...]

If you want to offer a csv feed and want the results to be on demand and like the idea of avoiding messing about righting to files on the server etc, you might like this little manuever. You will notice I'm using a non standard db_query function, just assume that this does all the sensible [...]

Just an update for any PHP developers in and around the Leeds, Bradford and West Yorkshire region: Edmonds Commerce are still looking for skilled and enthusiastic PHP developers to join the team. Our focus is entirely on e-commerce which is an exciting and challenging field for the right kind of person. We expect our developers [...]

If you prefer a coding style that doesn't let you get away with as much as PHP does by default then you may like this trick. As standard PHP will let you get away with quite a lot of things that are probably not a good idea. Some times that can be great, allowing you [...]

Looking for PHP Jobs in the Leeds area? You have come to the right place. Edmonds Commerce are actively recruiting PHP developers in the Leeds area. We have more work on than we can handle and that's only likely to grow even more. If you would like to work as a PHP Developer with Edmonds [...]