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An all around general purpose file uploader for CakePHP. Packaged as a stand alone plugin with file validation, file scanning and support for a wide range of basic mime types.

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Entries for December 2010

Dec
20

Using Closures as callbacks within loops

Other, PHP // 2 comments
In jQuery (and other Javascript frameworks) it is quite common to use closures (I refer to them as callback functions) to loop over arrays or objects. Even though this is a slow process and is much better to use the built-in for loop, it got me thinking. Why not try and use the new Closure class in PHP 5.3 and see how well it performs within a loop? Continue reading...
Dec
14

Getting the page height with jQuery

jQuery // 2 comments
In jQuery, the document and window objects return different heights than expected. I will easily explain the difference and some simple methods to remember which does which. Continue reading...
Dec
6

The end of the HtmlHelper

CakePHP // 11 comments
The HtmlHelper has been an amazing convenience by automatically building my anchor links, by creating images with the correct path, or linking my CSS from within separate views, and much much more. But why do all this when you can simply write the HTML yourself? Continue reading...