Updating PHP Deprecated Other TimeZones With Valid TimeZones
It all started with some clean up of some legacy code that was storing dates and times in a particularly odd fashion. Each row in the users table of the database had a field for that user’s timezone. Some of these timezones were from a deprecated list of PHP timezones. The question was how to update these timezones from a list of supported timezones. I began doing some research with the PHP DateTime and DateTimeZone classes. The following are some examples from my date and time research. Read more…
The Sieve of Eratosthenes In PHP
I was recently teased with a fun coding exercise and that required some fundamental mathematical and problem solving skills. I did have to do a little research that led me to the Sieve of Eratosthenes, an ancient algorithm for finding all of the prime numbers up to a given limit. Here’s more about the coding exercise. Read more…
Deleting Files And Directories With PHP
It’s not uncommon to be given project specifications that require the ability to dynamically delete directories and/or files. Sometimes we need to delete only one directory or file and other times we need to delete multiple directories or files. There are also times when we need to recursively delete files and folders and this takes a little more effort. Read more…
CKEditor Configuration
In my last post I began the integration of CKEditor with Zend Framework to show how to implement a rich text editor as part of a proprietary content management system. In this post I would like to further show how you can configure the CKEditor. Ok, let’s get started. Read more…
Integrating CKEditor And CKFinder With Zend Framework
Sometimes I’d rather build websites to build websites than build websites. Basically, there may come a time when you need to develop a proprietary content management system (CMS) for your clients rather than choosing one off the shelf to better suit your needs. To add and edit content with our proprietary CMS you’ll need a rich text editor and my favorite is CKEditor. In this example I’ll show you how to integrate CKEditor with Zend Framework. Read more…
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