Monthly Archives: September 2008

Connecting to Multiple MySQL Databases with PHP

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

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

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

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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