Javert03

Colonary Surgery

2010-07-07T16:24:00.000-07:00

I don't get the opportunity to do a vast amount of XML parsing, but when I do I use SimpleXML because it's normally built into PHP and is just so...well, simple. Unfortunately, there are some things SimpleXML can't handle. One of these is colons in tag names. Google's API's use colons in abundance, such as when giving the ID of a YouTube video: .For now, I don't have time to learn

Foreach His Own

2009-12-16T11:58:00.000-08:00

I quite often use the foreach() loop in PHP to easily modify an array by passing the array elements by reference, like so:$testArray = array('one','two','three');foreach($testArray as &$v) { // whatever}But today this got me into a little trouble. The variables created by the foreach() loop, whether passed by reference or not, continue to exist after the loop has been closed. Thus in the

Checkbox: Finding the TRUE value of "checked"

2009-11-17T15:00:00.000-08:00

Today I had a familiar scenario that turned not-so-familiar, so I'll post my results here for future reference. The core problem is that the value of this.checked within jQuery's .click(function({})) changes depending on what triggered the click event.The setup: In a form, I had one checkbox which, when clicked, would set some fields based on the values of other fields (think "Click here if same

Javascript Toggle Boolean

2009-11-17T13:19:00.000-08:00

I'll put this here for future reference. Found it on the blog of Jerad Bitner.var bool = true;bool = !bool // it's been toggled!

The Threat of shell_exec()

2008-08-04T16:17:00.000-07:00

Just built a website? Think it's safe? If you're using shared hosting, think again. On many shared servers, it's a cinch to get a list of every file the web server can see, including configuration files. Hey and guess what, if you've got the config files for every site on the server, you know every site's database login credentials and could wipe out all their data or, better yet, make yourself

VirtualBox: openSUSE in Mac OS X

2008-07-20T20:26:00.000-07:00

In the summer of 2005, Linux came into my life. I know to many of you that doesn't seem like so long ago, but in the years since I have developed quite an attachment to Linux; without it nearby I feel lost and trapped, and somehow computers just aren't as fun. But now I have a MacBook(!), and I must confess, Leopard is quite a piece of software. Still, Linux is Linux. 'Nuf said. Normally I'd just

Wonder of Wonders

2006-07-18T17:13:00.000-07:00

My tri-boot system is up and running again, but with some serious improvements! Previously I was using Windows 98SE, SUSE Linux 10.0, and Ubuntu Linux 5.10. I've kept Ubuntu as is, but did some major remodeling in Windows and SUSE, the most important change being...I finally have Windows XP! And you know what? I really like it!So far I've been very impressed by XP's speed. Based on my experience

Reality

2006-07-16T15:39:00.000-07:00

Ok. Here's the big test. I'm always saying Blogger looks better than Xanga, but is it really? Now I can find out the truth.