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My PHP Story - 20 years of PHP

Today is PHP’s 20th birthday! it’s incredible to think what it has become today. Thinking...

David Carr

2 min read - 8th Jun, 2015

Speed up your website using minify

One of the factors to consider when improving your search engine ranking is page speed. Re...

David Carr

3 min read - 12th Apr, 2015

What type of web development tutorials do you prefer?

I’ve been giving a lot of though to the tutorials I create recently, when I go through tut...

David Carr

1 min read - 10th Apr, 2015

Add hour to datetimepicker

When working with dates and forms I like to use datepickers, these allow the users to use...

David Carr

2 min read - 2nd Apr, 2015

Best PHP Framework for 2015 results for Simple MVC Framework

The results are in today for Sitepoint’s Best PHP Framework for 2015 I’m extremely happy m...

David Carr

1 min read - 28th Mar, 2015

Forcing HTTPS with PHP

Using HTTPS is recomended, Google also preferes HTTPS they recently announced: “HTTPS is a...

David Carr

1 min read - 8th Mar, 2015

Angular JS and HTML5 Admin Templates

Angular JS and HTML5: Keeping in mind the benefits and popularity of Angular JS we have d...

David Carr

1 min read - 7th Mar, 2015

Cpanel create emails with php

Here’s a easy way to create new email addresses for Cpanel using PHP. I recently needed th...

David Carr

2 min read - 3rd Mar, 2015

SitePoint's Best PHP Framework 2015 Survey

My framework Simple MVC Framework is in SitePoint’s Best PHP Framework 2015 Survey! Take...

David Carr

1 min read - 3rd Mar, 2015

Create PDF with form data

It’s possible to populate a PDF using information provided by a form using the MPDF librar...

David Carr

3 min read - 28th Feb, 2015

Beginner Guides

The following is a collection of useful starter guides and tutorials. Beginner Guides...

David Carr

2 min read - 24th Feb, 2015

How to backup and restore a MySQL Database

I was recently asked how do backup and restore a database. As with most things in programm...

David Carr

2 min read - 24th Feb, 2015

Using filters with Heidisql

This week I've been using a Windows machine to that end I needed to use a MySQL client I p...

David Carr

2 min read - 6th Feb, 2015

A week without my Mac

Recently the battery on my Mac has deteriorated a lot, to the point where it lasts only an...

David Carr

2 min read - 6th Feb, 2015

Vivaldi - Taking the new browser for a spin

Started using the new web browser, here’s a few observations, nice features and things tha...

David Carr

3 min read - 28th Jan, 2015

Vivaldi a new browser from Ex-Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner

Today a brand new web browser has been relased named Vivaldi https://vivaldi.com/ currentl...

David Carr

1 min read - 27th Jan, 2015

Weekly tech newsletters

Keeping to up date with the tech industry is hard work, every week new libraries, tools an...

David Carr

1 min read - 16th Dec, 2014

Mini Course - Build a blog with Simple MVC Framework

I recently recorded a 6 part series on creating a blog using Simple MVC Framework This ser...

David Carr

1 min read - 14th Dec, 2014

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