Posted by: gf4e on: July 3, 2008
I have had a little project at work. The task is to convert a .pdf file into plain text, and then cut some parts out of the text to use them in my database. Well, the hardest part of it all was that I had to use PHP to do it. I had been looking for a conversion tool, but never really found anything. FPDI did not do what I needed, [...]
Posted by: gf4e on: June 25, 2008
Had to find a way to get webpages through proxy, and cURL for PHP was very helpful. Soon I am going to post a script with a possibility to use a proxy or not. Such a learning tip from me for people that might look for the same thing. I also decided to use Smarty [...]
Posted by: gf4e on: June 25, 2008
Almost a month ago I got a job at a Xerox premium partner, funnily the position is stated to be a Sales Manager, but I am definitely not doing what I am supposed to do. Well, I guess it is because I got it only for the summer, since I need to go back to [...]
Posted by: gf4e on: May 5, 2008
If you do not want to compile Apache, PHP, MySQL and other stuff, there is a very easy way to get the whole web-server thing going. First thing you have to do is download XAMPP from here for your favourite OS (Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X). Then simply follow the installation instructions on the [...]
Posted by: gf4e on: May 1, 2008
Having worked with PHP for about 5 years, I have finally realized that there are so many different styles of programming. I mean, every developer has his own or ripped off somebody style. The most popular scripts have always seemed to diffcult for me, and may be I am just not qualified enough, but now [...]
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