Monthly Archives: September 2008

Connecting to Multiple MySQL Databases with PHP

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Josh Pratt

I ran into a case where I needed to connect to two seperate databases within the same script, and I didn’t know how to do it without closing one connection, and opening another.  With a little time and effort, I … Continue reading →

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Drop.io: Free and Easy Private File Sharing

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Josh Pratt

If you haven’t heard of drop.io yet, you might be glad you came across this post. Drop.io is a new website that offers free and unlimited 100mb file “drops” which you can make public or you can password protect them. … Continue reading →

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eCommerce with Magento

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Josh Pratt

If you haven’t yet heard of Magento, you ought to check it out. For the past couple years, I have been using Zen Cart and I’ve done one installation of X-Cart. While these shopping carts work fairly well, the overall … Continue reading →

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Plesk open_basedir Fix

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Josh Pratt

I wanted to try and install the Zend Framework on my hosted server today, and I ran into problems.  The Zend Framework suggests that you run a lot of files outside of the httpdocs folder.  But in doing so, you … Continue reading →

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