VTech Innotab 2 video conversion isn’t hard, but getting those settings right the first time can be, so I thought I’d share how I managed it. The InnoTab 2 needs videos to have the following settings: File Type AVI Video Encoder … Continued
I needed to POST JSON formatted data to a RESTful web service using PHP earlier, so I thought I’d share my solution. There are a couple of approaches that could be taken, using the CURL extension, or file_get_contents and a … Continued
I thought I’d share a useful snippit of jQuery code for scrolling to a specific element on a page.
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$('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: ($('#element').offset().top) },500); |
We use the .animate() method to scroll to the top of #element, over a period of 500 milliseconds. jQuery To … Continued
I had to connect to a SQL Server database from a PHP script earlier, and I came across an error I wasn’t expecting. My SQL was working fine, until I tried to select one particular column, it would then give … Continued
Recently I’ve been using both Phing for my PHP builds, and QUnit for my JavaScript unit tests, so I’ve been looking for a way to run these QUnit tests when Phing builds my application. By default Phing can run PHPUnit … Continued
In this article I wanted to give you an introduction to unit testing in JavaScript using QUnit. QUnit was originally developed by John Resig for testing jQuery, but it is now a stand alone project, without any dependancies on jQuery. … Continued
Deploying a PHP project to a production or even a staging environment isn’t always as simple as copying a directory. One project I have been working on recently has benefited from using Phing as a deployment system. To deploy my … Continued
I’ve recently been having a spot of bother with UTF-8 data in a Perl script on an old linux box. Specifically, I have been importing data from a RESTful service that includes the name Michael Bublé. That accented e at … Continued
Recursive functions can be very useful when developing in PHP. A recursive function is simply a function that calls itself, but why would you want your function to be able to call itself? They are best used when a problem … Continued
There are times when you find yourself having to rename data in your MySQL database based on a specific pattern. I had this very problem today. A designer had changed the dimensions of the thumbnails on a website and needed … Continued