Category Archives: Nerdy stuff

Locked out of your Joomla?

This was just asked on the NYPHP Joomla mailing list, so I thought I’d add it here for folks as a quick cheatsheet. Basically the problem is when you find yourself with a Joomla site and have no idea what … Continue reading

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Joomla for blogging

This site has been up in the current incarnation – that would be WordPress – for several months now. That means time to tear it up and do something different. Since I’ve been bemoaning the sorry state of Joomla as … Continue reading

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PHP Frameworks Explained

So there’s all this hubbub about PHP frameworks, and heated debate over which one is the one true framework to rule them all. And you wondered, “So what is all the fuss about, is there really one framework that solves … Continue reading

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Goodbye, auto increment

You are going to see a lot more writing about non-relational databases from me in the near future, and I thought I’d start making the transition with a little ditty about auto increment columns in MySQL. In short, they are … Continue reading

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JTable and primary keys

While integrating Joomla with a remote user source, I learned that JTable won’t let you touch id columns (or the primary key, more specifically). I had to do some workarounds and this is my shameful story. Continue reading

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