PHP Archive

Handling Binary Data with PDO

I'm a great fan of the PDO database access library in PHP 5 and use it for all of my database work in PHP. I love its' clean, object oriented syntax and great support for prepared statements. I also like the fact that it supports most of the most common database...
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Location Aware Webpages

I'm working on a site for a client at the moment who has around 35 store locations across Canada. The client was keen to have a 'your local store' feature on the home page where the store closest to the visitors location was featured. I thought I'd write briefly about...
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Tracking Social Media Marketing

Many businesses are now using social media services such as Twitter for marketing. It can be a great tool for reaching a wide user base but I wonder how many businesses really know what is being said about them on social networks. It seems to me that if someone wants...
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Zend Certification

I became a Zend Certified Engineer in PHP 5 in May 2009 and I thought that I would write about my experiences of the process. I should firstly explain a little about why I took the exam. I had a major career change in my mid thirties when I switched...
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