milesjohnson

Everyone caches, that's a pretty well known fact. However, the problem I always seemed to have was how to properly name my cache keys. After much trial and tribulation, I believe I have found a great way to properly name cache keys. Continue reading...

If you have been following my Twitter, you would of heard me complaining about converting a SimpleXML object into an array. I am still having that problem, so if you can get it working correctly (my test so far below), I would be greatly appreciative. If you have never used the SimpleXML object, it can be quite awesome when actually reading an XML document - but once it comes to converting it to something else, it comes straight from the darkest depths of hell. Continue reading...

Before PHP 5.3 was released, many programmers would suffix their classnames with the package and or module that it pertains to. For example, SessionHelper, UsersController, CommentModel, so on and so forth. But with the recent upgrade to namespaces, are these types of suffixes still required? Continue reading...

As I mentioned in my previous posts, I took the jump and moved over to GitHub. I moved over to a public repository system to make it easier on me pushing my code changes to the public (the current download system on my site isn't too intuitive). So over the past few weeks I have been slowly adding all my scripts to GitHub and pushing the code. Additionally, I have been uploading the old zipped versions of the scripts, which can be found on the respective repo's downloads page. Continue reading...

I have been trying to get into Git for a while now, but with its lack (or terrible) support on Windows, I ignored it. I tried using TortoiseGit, but wasn't too fond of still trying to get SHH or Putty integrated nicely. I want something that does it all for me, without me having to configure or do anything (or maybe I just completely did it wrong, or was using an old build). Along came GitExtensions in all its glory. Heres how to install it for Windows. Continue reading...