Browsing articles from "February, 2013"
Feb
18
2013

Custom PHP MySQLi Database Class

Updated class files (documentation remains the same) with better error handling and full OOP class structure can be found here. Since the depreciation of the mysql functions in PHP (archive here), I thought it may be handy to more effectively future-proof my web applications by wrapping my database interactivity functions in a class (and oh how it is!), and as I was building a new web framework anyway- I figured why not! Unrelated: featured image […]

Feb
5
2013

Dev Confessions (And lessons learned the hard way!)

I’ve learned a lot through the years as a web programmer/engineer/developer (pick and choose the term you prefer).  I’ve so too many thousands of lines of code to count, I’ve seen so many errors and warnings and server outages that I just don’t care to describe, and looking back at my past work is often pretty horrifying! Let’s get those confessions out of the way Forgive me oh holy purveyors of code, for I have […]

Feb
4
2013

Using PHP to output images (AWESOME STYLE)

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not lazy, but I’m also NOT a front end designer or HTML guru. So when it comes to repeating tasks endlessly that are even mildly lengthy- I get bored. That’s right, I said it- b.o.r.e.d. Tonight was a perfect example! As a back end engineer, I’m nearly always provided very tidy, but elaborate HTML assets, which are then on my desk to become amazing and highly functional beings. But after […]