Category Archives: Web Development

Anything to do with Web Development

Installing the CKEditor in Drupal 7

Posted on February 10, 2012 by daleV

I had the opportunity to install Drupal 7 for the first time in a couple of years, and I was looking forward to re-acquainting myself with the latest from the Drupal community.  My last go round with Drupal was with … Continue reading →

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Joomla 2.5/1.7: Automatically assign users to a group based on email

Posted on February 6, 2012 by imperialWicket

Access control advancements are the primary reason I moved many of my Joomla efforts beyond 1.5. One request that I hear repeatedly is to have access control automatically added when a user registers. In its most basic form, this is … Continue reading →

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The PHP Switch Statement

Posted on February 2, 2012 by daleV

The PHP switch statement is a good substitute for a lot of “if, “else”, and “elseif” statements. The switch statement is much more efficient than the “if”, “elseif” statements, however there are some quirks that you should be aware of … Continue reading →

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NetBeans 7.1 Review

Posted on January 21, 2012 by daleV

One of outcomes of switching jobs is you lose some of your favorite tools.  For me that was Zend Studio.  Having done PHP development full time for many years, Zend Studio had become my IDE of choice. Since Zend Studio … Continue reading →

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PHP array_push, and other array manipulators

Posted on January 12, 2012 by daleV

Every once and a while I like to take a closer look at a particular function that I use quite frequently. This let’s me make sure I’m using that particular function to the best possible effect. I find it also … Continue reading →

Posted in Sorting Arrays | 2 Comments