Category Archives: PHP

Quick And Easy Music Command Generator In PHP

I won’t go in to the convoluted reason why I needed to write this script, but I will tell you that I recently used it to convert over 540 music files (using FFMPEG) from wma to mp3. You see, when … Continue reading

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Working With XML/XSLT, JSON, And PHP

So, this tale, which for your sake I will attempt to make brief, is typical of my experiences in web development. As one of my old bosses used to say (and I’m paraphrasing), “if there’s a hard way to do … Continue reading

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Install A Linux Web Server On Your Windows 7 PC With Vagrant

First, I’d like to reference an excellent video tutorial that I used for my initial foray into the Vagrant world. Click here to see that tutorial. Disclaimer: This blog entry does not necessarily follow safe computer/networking procedures. Use this only … Continue reading

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Towns In Connecticut – Highlighting Mapped Regions Of An Image With jQuery

Having lived most of my adult life in another part of the country, I am often at a loss when towns/cities are mentioned (say, for instance, in a job posting). Until recently, the only solution was to google or mapquest … Continue reading

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Auto Image Display With PHP And JQuery

This script will automatically display all the .jpg images in a given folder. The beauty of this script is that it needs no database access. The information for the caption (and alt) are in the images themselves. Easy modifications that … Continue reading

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Random Password Generator

One way to make a random password generator. See it in action: Random Password Generator Example Hopefully I’ve commented enough in the code to explain it all: <?php /** * generateRandomPasswords.php * @author Robert Newton <lektrikpukeAtYahooDotCom> * if you use/reuse … Continue reading

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