Always check the manual!

I've been using the PHP manual for close to 8 years now, turns out I still don't know my way around it.

Published: 1st January 1970 Read More

jQuery Validation on Fields with Complex Names

This took me longer to figure out than it should have, so I thought I'd share it.

Published: 10th December 2012 Read More

Multidimensional Array Search Using Xpath Wildcards in PHP

As part of some ongoing improvements to my Validation Class I had need to be able to validate posted data from dynamically generated forms.

Published: 4th December 2012 Read More

PHP and jQuery Validation combined.

This is my PHP validation class, it works together with the excellent jQuery Validation plugin to make validating forms simple.

By writing just one configuration file and using it for both the server-side validation (in PHP) and also for the client-side validation (in jQuery), you can reduce your code duplication, saving you time and keeping your code uncluttered.

Published: 6th November 2012 Read More

PHP function to get data from deep within a multidimensional array

Extracts data from deep within a multidimensional array.

Published: 6th November 2012 Read More

Cold Spell

Spent half an hour on Sunday morning wandering about some local fields with the camera before going cycling with the WMMTB lot...

Published: 16th January 2012 Read More

Long Mynd photo walk

As my Christmas holiday was rapidly running out I decided to make the most of my last day off work with a walk up the Long Mynd in Staffordshire.

Published: 6th January 2012 Read More

CSS Pimp

A little tool to pimp up yo' messy stylesheets.

Published: 4th December 2011 Read More

PHP: Convert Array to Hash

A couple of little functions to help convert arrays into a hash table like array structure.

Published: 11th November 2011 Read More

Long Exposures in Lichfield

The clouds parted and a special sunset was on the cards, so I set off camera in hand to re-take and improve on a shot which I took earlier in the week.

Published: 5th November 2011 Read More

Setting Up you Local Development Environment

Something every developer should have is a local development environment where you can mess about till your hearts content without the risk of breaking stuff and incurring the wrath of angry clients. So here's a little guide on how to set-up you local development environment on a Windows PC.

Published: 1st November 2011 Read More

Roll Your Own PHP Framework

Building your own PHP framework from scratch can be a great learning experience, not only will it teach you how to use OOP design patterns, but you will be left with a great little framework at the end of it which will be lightweight, easy to customise and will save you time in future projects.

This tutorial aims to answer questions such as why use a framework?, and how can design patterns save me time? It is aimed at the intermediate level web developer who has an understanding of OOP but doesn't yet use it to it's full advantage. In this part we aim to explain some of the ideas that underpin the framework we will build a very basic OOP site using the MVC design pattern.

Future tutorials will expand on this basic structure, and will add lots of other functionality.

Published: 23rd November 2011 Read More

Omnium PHP Framework

Omnium is my own PHP Framework, I'm planning on writing a run-through of how it all works in the hope that I can help others. Keep checking back for updates.

Published: 31st October 2011 Read More