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Review: CodeIgniter 1.7 Professional Development

Along with being a Zend Certified PHP5 engineer I’m also a strong advocate for application frameworks (CodeIgniter specifically). That’s why I was pleased when Pact approached me about a month ago to write a review of their new book about CodeIgniter (CI): CodeIgniter 1.7 Professional Development. Aimed at experienced PHP developers with a solid footing [...]

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CodeIgniter 1.7 Professional Development

For you CodeIgniter fans out there, Packt released a new book last month called CodeIgniter 1.7 Professional Development. I got word this morning that my review copy is in the mail so keep your eyes out for my thoughts on this book in the coming weeks. From the summary it looks like it covers a [...]

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Facebook Connect Library for CodeIgniter

Just a brief follow-up to the post series I did a while back on Implementing Facebook Connect with CI. Today, Elliot Haughin continued his tradition of releasing helpful CI libraries and published a new library for implementing Facebook Connect using CodeIgniter. Haven’t had a chance to review it personally yet but I would imagine it’s [...]

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Building Applications using CodeIgniter (Part 4) – Code Templates

Last July I wrote a post entitled “What does your code say about you?” In that post I discuss the importance of writing clean well formatted code. It’s vitally important, even if you are the only programmer working on a project, that you document and format your code because you may be the only programmer [...]

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Building Applications using CodeIgniter (Part 3) – Helpers

So far in this series we’ve discussed framework/application structure and configuration information. The next thing I always add to new applications is some common helper files I’ve developed and that come in handy in most projects. CodeIgniter (CI) helpers are very flexible tools to assist with common tasks throughout the app. If it doesn’t belong [...]

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Building Applications using CodeIgniter (Part 2) – Configuration

The framework that you use to build your application will end up being the foundation of your program. Everything that your program does will revolve around how that framework works. Things like naming conventions, file paths and settings are dictated by the framework. But if you have chosen a good framework, like CodeIgniter (CI), you [...]

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How-to Ensure a Secure Connection Using PHP

Image via Wikipedia When submitting sensitive information over the web it’s important to ensure that the requested page is being accessed via an HTTPS encrypted connection. I’ve come across some forms that don’t check whether a secure connection has been made or not. In other words, you can delete the S from HTTP and instead [...]

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Building Applications using CodeIgniter (Part 1) – File Structure

Creating web applications with CodeIgniter (CI) is quick and easy because CI handles a lot of the typical application requirements right out of the box (like session management, database abstraction and file uploading). I’ve developed a number of applications with CI now, including BadgeTracker and Sign-Up-Sheet.com, and while CI does handle the repetitive stuff it’s [...]

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CodeIgniter in php|architect Magazine

For those of you who havn’t given CI a try yet or are just starting out, Chris Cornutt wrote a nice intro. article for this months issue of php|architect magazine. Check it out!

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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 [...]

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