In a reply to my twitter rant about PHP’s lack of method overloading a while ago, I was pointed to PHP Advent 2008 / PHP is not Java by Luke Welling. The post discusses how PHP code may turn unnecessary complex by applying Java-style design to PHP code. Well, it tries to. The point of [...]
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PHP is not Java but Java is not a Singleton
Posted by Trond on July 4, 2010
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/web-development/2010/php-is-not-java-and-java-is-not-a-singleton/
MySQL BLOB to File in 20+ Lines of PHP Code
One of the nice things about PHP is how extremely quick it is to hack together a script that will save your day. Today, I needed to throw together a script for converting some images stored as BLOBs in an old MySQL database of mine, to JPEG files stored on the file system (obviously, I [...]
Posted by Trond on March 9, 2010
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/web-development/2010/mysql-blob-to-file-in-20-lines-of-php-code/
Open to Web Development Opportunities in the US
Shoot me an e-mail at trondpet[curly-thingy]hotmail.com if you’re a US based employer in need of a sr. web developer with a proven track record. I’m a US citizen with no need of sponsorship. My strengths are web development and -programming — from architecture and back-end programming to front-end coding. Below is a list of some of [...]
Posted by Trond on January 25, 2010
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/web-development/2010/open-for-web-development-opportunities-in-the-us/
WP2TM version 0.1
The first version of WP2TM is just around the corner. I’ve set up a separate page for WP2TM, and will be posting news about it there (see also: releases feed). Update: I’ve just made the plug-in available for download. Happy blogging Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Buzz it up Subscribe to [...]
Posted by Trond on March 9, 2008
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/semantic-web/tm/2008/wp2tm-version-01/
XTM Feed Plugin For WordPress
Dmitry wishes to see more blogs in XTM format. Now, this is far from being a Topic Maps driven blog, or blog in XTM-format, but I figured it would be fun to write a Topic Maps “feed” plugin for WordPress (inspired by Lars Marius Garshol’s Blog Metadata in Topic Maps). So from today (or evening, [...]
Posted by Trond on February 7, 2008
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/semantic-web/tm/2008/wp2tm-wordpress-xtm-plugin/
High Quality PHP Code? Really?!
Many people seem to think that it is impossible to write high quality code using PHP. Too often, I see comments like the ones in RHO’s Cookie Monsters in the Closet: Or maybe he (or He) was a PHP programmer? [...] This effectively shouts into your face “Hey, look what cool IF-statements a PHP programmer [...]
Posted by Trond on January 12, 2008
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/web-development/2008/high-quality-php-code-really/