I just managed to create a function that will automatically find all URLs in the text in a text area and replace them with shortened URLs by way of bit.ly and I thought I’d share it.... Read More

This is the long walkthrough on how to fix this problem which is due to the fact that a too low memory limit is set in the PHP ini file.... Read More

As the title implies we’ve now added online/offline functionality and the ability to toggle the user list to show only friends or all members.... Read More

There’s been a lot of discussion on whether Python, Ruby or insert your favorite dynamic language, is a good lisp.... Read More

This time I’m going to go through the code for Paceville’s chat in a chronological order from the user’s point of view, as follows:... Read More

A demo of the functionality can be found in one of paceville.com’s galleries. Just click the first thumbnail. Update: To see the full images one now has to be registered so the demo is not easily accessible anymore.... Read More

Today was a bad PHP day, a very bad PHP day. Now all of the below is known by seasoned PHP coders already, you learn to live with it, however it does make for a good anectode, rarely does PHP’s crappier aspects converge in such a profound way to completely screw you up for hours on end.... Read More

Update: The following code is now using the HTML5 XHR upload capabilities instead of the Flash uploader, you might want to check that out.... Read More

Update: Paceville.com is now online. The functionality of this article can be seen in people’s profiles, for instance here.... Read More

Through our plgCommunityExt class what was described in the first article in this series it’s very easy to use controllers and views anywhere you like.... Read More