A WordPress Theme

August 29th, 2010

Here is a first attempt at a WordPress theme. I created it one weekend in June that surfaced from two things: An evolving story behind a WordPress theme that I purchased. A “thank you” comment that I received on the blog. Although it is not complete and does not look gorgeous, it’s functional. I’ve tested [...]

Native PHP SOAP Tips

June 26th, 2010

PHP 5 introduces two new classes, SoapServer and SoapClient. Rather than explaining what they do, I will cover some of the issues and solutions that I’ve encountered while working with them. If SoapServer and the SoapClient classes are not found on a Unix-based machine, configure PHP with the –enable-soap option and rebuild it. Although Soap [...]

PHP / Java Servlets

May 23rd, 2010

This illustrates the use two web programming languages, PHP and Java, to accomplish the same output in a simple example. In this example, they are used independently of each other. Any use of forms and associated problems with them are deliberately avoided. Any use of frameworks and additional libraries are also avoided. Note that my [...]

Strings and Character Positions

December 3rd, 2009

A sequence of characters compose a string. PHP comes equipped with an arsenal of string related functions. This posting will cover three string functions: strlen, strpos and strrpos. Strings are enclosed in a pair of either single or double quotation marks. Characters are taken at face value when enclosed in single doubles. Additional processing occurs [...]