CodeIgniter
CI 1.7.0 Released
The folks over at EllisLab have released CodeIgniter 1.7.0. The highlight of this release appears to be a brand new validation library as well as a number of other enhancements and bug fixes. Check out the change log for more information then download the latest.
On another note, I know it’s been quiet here for the [...]
Customizing Domains With Wildcard DNS
It seems to be the “in” feature of most modern web apps today. Giving your users the ability to create a custom URL that they can use to access their account like http://chickenbbq.sign-up-sheet.com. From a feature stand point its nice because it’s another way users can customize your app to their specifications. From a developers [...]
How to use reCAPTCHA with CI
Image by mathowie via Flickr
SPAM… a nasty little four letter word. Could mean tasty meat in a can or could mean junk e-mails and form submissions clogging your server and taking up space in your inbox. We are all familiar with it and are engaged in a constant battle to stop it. In this [...]
What would you like to see built?
I wrote a post the other day asking if any developers would be interested in getting together and writing a tutorial series for CI. The discussion has generated some interest, so now I’m trying to see what users would like to see built. I think that if we define what we will be working on [...]
Want to help me write a tutorial?
With the new version of CodeIgniter on the horizon I think it would be cool if we could get a group of developers together and build a tutorial series based on using CI to build a large scale web app. I think this has been attempted before but I’m not sure if anything has ever [...]
CI gets a pat on the back!
I just read a post on Sitepoint where the author, David Peterson, commented on a talk he saw Rasmus Lerdorf give. For those of you who don’t know, Lerdorf is the father of PHP and is still involved in it’s development. In this talk, Lerdorf decided to talk about PHP frameworks and why the majority [...]
CI Inferno
For those CI fans out there that don’t follow Elliot Haughins blog, he released an awesome project yesterday called Inferno. The idea here is to create a version of CI that has a bunch of third party code libraries already installed and ready for use. This could equate to a big time saver for those [...]
Generating PDF files using CodeIgniter
PDF files rock! Some of the programs used to view them could use some work, but the file format itself is real handy. As a programmer I have found PDF’s to be most helpful when generating reports that need to be printable. I know we are all supposed to be doing our part to make [...]
Simply perfect RSS parsing
RSS is a really useful tool for syndicating content between separate sites. Those people familiar with blogs and such are probably very familiar with RSS. Some of the clients where I work have taken advantage of RSS feeds provided by Web MD and other medical content providers to display new and updated content on their [...]
10 Reasons Why CodeIgniter Rocks
Every once and a while you come across a blog post or forum discussion about what PHP application framework is the best. They each have their own positives and negatives, but the true answer to that question is that it depends on the programmer. Each programmer has a different style and different priorities when it [...]
