milesjohnson

Before I start, id like to say hats off to the jQuery team, as 1.4 is looking beautifully so far. Ive already ran into about 3 problems that were fixed with the new features in 1.4, like the parentsUntil() function. However, the post today will be about the new element creation system using the core jQuery method, $(). In 1.4 you can now create an element by passing the tag name as the first parameter, and an object of attributes as the second. Continue reading...

I was always amazed that a feature like this wasn't available in HTML 4 (but is in HTML 5). It would be really cool to restrict an input field to only accept numeric characters (or alphabetic), without the need for Javascript. But I digress as I had to use Javascript anyways. Continue reading...

I have been working lately on adding an installation process to my forum plugin. For this process I needed a way to retrieve a list of tables within a selected database, to make sure there are no table name conflicts. You simply use the ConnectionManager class. 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...

Recently on my Twitter I mentioned this exact tip, "PHP Pro Tip: Don't close your PHP documents with ?>.", and got many responses asking why or if its possible. I will briefly explain the benefits of this technique and when it applies. Many assumed I meant that you should never close your PHP scopes with ?>, but that's not the case, I was merely stating that the closing tag (at the very very bottom of your PHP file) does not need to be there. Continue reading...