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1. How to see Wikipedia during SOPA protest!

(Markup and Style/CSS) ...it and it works fine for me. Apply it by using Chrome extension, i.e. Stylebot, or put it into separate file if you are using Opera. Using Chrome Install Stylebot extension Navigate ...

2. Watch a Log file for changes

(PHP/Debugging) Here is how to watch a log file for changes in a Linux command shell. tail -f log/development.log This command will let you watch a log file for changes as soon as they happen.

3. Favicon MIME type?

(Markup and Style/CSS) As with all files on the Internet, each needs to have a MIME type assigned. It is the responsibility of webmasters to make sure their files are properly served. With "text/*" MIME, browsers / search

4. Funny PHP code

(General/LOL) Here are some snippets of PHP code which were found deep in the SVN source tree... $shipping_amount=$shipping_amount;

5. Function to format filesize

(PHP/Gotchas) This lightweight function will display file size in a user friendly format without much effort. I.e.: // will output i.e. 1KB (function always accepts bytes value) echo convert(1024); function

6. Getting MIME of remote file with Zend Framework

(PHP/RapidPHP) If you ever need to get content type of remote file from within PHP, this class will come in handy. Supposing you need to check external link if it is an mp3 file. You will be able to do this: $sn

7. PHP code check

(PHP/Gotchas) ...lly, it's based on CodeSniffer parser. I am looking forward on to providing more options like uploading files (single or zipped package), prettier output and detailed explanation of errors. This will ...

8. Little PHPDoc and SVN Integration

(PHP/Gotchas) ... type of integration in your projects. On a large project where many people are working on multiple files, using Subversion for version control system is a common choice. The Subversion (or SVN fo...

9. Seven PHP performance rules you should be aware of

(PHP/Performance) ... website and "remember me" feature I've been working on a high traffic website where session files really cluttered the web server because users were able to use "remember me" feature which...

10. Super slow website on IE6?

(PHP/Gotchas) ...on css rule like "background: none" on elements as "background: url(none)" thus requesting non-existant file from server slowing down everything. That makes me think of another IE 6 bug: if "/none" r...

11. Separating CSS and JS from HTML

(Improve/Website Optimization Techniques) ...tors to store non-changing parts of your website in browser cache for faster access. Using external files basically results in faster page response times because JavaScript and CSS files are cache...

12. Ultimate Website Performance Optimization

(Services/Website Hosting) ...our server's bandwidth and makes loading your webpage lightning fast Concentrating your website asset files on a separate domain (i.e. static.domain.com) for better client side caching Implementin...

13. Lighten the load for Zend Framework Application - Part I

(PHP/Performance) ...l have to "yum install lighttpd-fastcgi" for running PHP as FastCGI. You can use default configuration file once installed, located in /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf. Here is a server.modules part of ...

14. Serving XHTML in Zend Framework App

(PHP/Performance) ...in is attached before that plugin. (simply adjust the numeric value). Make sure to edit your layout file if using MVC to output ONLY html code that comes after html opening tag. For instance, ...

15. Enable your Zend Framework App with Conditional GET! (Make it green)

(PHP/Performance) In this article I'll show you a simple approach to enable your Zend Framework application saving lots of precious bandwidth, and thus, making it more end-users friendly, and save on bandwidth costs.

16. Debugging your ZF application with Firebug

(PHP/Debugging) ...oller - Action - Helper - Logger.php Add this line to your bootstrap file: // register the default action helpers Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addPath($r...

17. CSS and Javascript Compression

(Improve/Website Optimization Techniques) Apart from being GZIP'ed, the CSS and Javascript files can be compressed (minified) by stripping unnecessary comments and whitespaces. This allows to save even more on bandwidth and produce faster web

18. Serving XHTML in Zend Framework App

(Comments) ... have corrected the code. The code worked fine with Opera and Chrome for me. Make sure that your layout file looks like this: <head> ... </head> <body> <span>Some text>/span...