Although it’s fairly easy to create a multi-lingual site with chunks and template variables alone it’s hardly ideal, to say the least. For most pages there will be a lot of unused template variables, the manager area will start to look like a mess. ... Read More
Update: Since the below piece was written I’ve ported the little framework to H2O instead, H2O is a cleaner alternative to Smarty.... Read More
I’m a bit rusty, after scouring the Doctrine manual for the import functions I found a script of my own that I totally had forgotten:... Read More
I just had to convert a lot of xls files to csv, too many to even contemplating doing it manually. I started looking for a solution and found a positive evaluation of PHP-ExcelReader.... Read More
The code documented here was originally posted as a single page as is. It just didn’t feel right, it felt lazy and not what this site is about, which is some kind of commentary or notes even though it’s not always extensive, so here you are, the verbose version.... Read More
Update: I’m not using flash for uploads anymore, XHR is better and more stable if you can require users to use at least Chrome 6 or Firefox 3.6 for instance.... Read More
I just found myself wishing for automatic CRUD, for quick and simple administrative tasks, as it turned out a very easy thing to add. The first thing we have to do is move the label selection from having to be explicitly declared in the insert/update form - like we are doing now - to the model:... Read More
This stuff can be seen as a continuation of an earlier tutorial integrating external search into a MODx site, i.e. a standalone search logic separate from MODx. This approach is however not limited to any kind of CMS or solution whatsoever, it’s totally agnostic through the use of Ajax. ... Read More
I had to start covering various Doctrine snippets for future reference. This post will be updated with more of them as they appear.... Read More