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CakePHP Extending one View from Another 20 Sep 2012 | 02:15 pm
A new feature in CakePHP 2.1 is the ability to make one view extend another view. This is a very neat feature; it’s actually quite similar to the concept of Jquery templating. The concept behind it ...
The Best Way to Prevent SQL Injection 19 Sep 2012 | 02:18 pm
If you use a framework of some sort, you probably haven’t thought about SQL injection for some time – in fact it almost seems dated to even discuss it. However, security should never be overlooked an...
CakePHP 2.x Login System 18 Sep 2012 | 02:10 pm
Well, since one of my most popular all-time blog posts is Login system with CakePHP in under 10 minutes I think it’s time that I update it to version 2.x (currently 2.2 at the time of writing). The o...
Load Testing Mysql with mysqlslap 17 Sep 2012 | 02:01 pm
I have a few thoughts for some testing/comparison of mysql tables that I have been curious about. Before starting though, I thought it was prudent that I should give it some thought about the approac...
Update: It Actually Should Be LEPP Not LEMP or LAMP! 14 Sep 2012 | 02:35 pm
In several recent posts: It’s LEMP not LAMP! and Amazon EC2 Shoutout! I’ve discussed how I switched from a shared hosting account with GoDaddy to a dedicated Micro instance with Amazon. At the same t...
A Short Rant About Coding Conventions 13 Sep 2012 | 12:39 pm
Yesterday’s article actually got me a little amped up about coding conventions – Comparing a while loop against a foreach loop of an array – because I never thought I would actually have to do a compa...
Comparing a while loop against a foreach loop of an array 12 Sep 2012 | 05:30 pm
Are you confused by the title? I was when I first got the idea to even write this blog as well. I was recently perusing the CakePHP change logs and came across an interesting commit – Optimization f...
PhoneGap and Jquery Mobile – A Truly Winning Combination 11 Sep 2012 | 05:43 pm
Any regular readers may have noticed that I finally got around to updating and adding a new book under “My Books” on the right-hand side of the screen. Yes, I not-so recently published my third book ...
Are you having CakePHP and NGINX Rewrite Rule Issues? 10 Sep 2012 | 05:55 pm
In a recent blog post – It’s LEMP Not LAMP – I discussed about making the switch to using NGINX (pronounced Engine-X). I had little-to-no issues getting by basic WordPress blogs up and running. Howe...
What I Learned This Summer 7 Sep 2012 | 05:10 pm
Well – it’s Friday and all of the kids are back in school. While this post is being published, I’m probably stuck in traffic! I can’t believe it’s a new school year already, luckily my kids aren’t o...