Synchronizing Website Data by matt on June 29, 2007
Q: I would like to know if it is possible for my website to be updated when I update information in a software package on my computer. For example, if I update the shipping status of an order in my software is it possible to have that then go and update the information on the [...]
What Is A Hex Dump by elise on May 1, 2007
Q: What is a hex dump useful for? What exactly do you do with it and how do you turn the code into English (so to speak)?
A: A Hex Dump is a display of the contents of a digital file in Hexadecimal code. Traditionally programmers could use the Hex code to determine where a computer [...]
Store HTML and Cascading Style Sheet Code In MySQL by matt on August 22, 2006
Q: How do I store html and cascading style sheet code in a MySQL table?
A: You would want to use a text data type. Depending on how much data you are going to need to store you might need to use mediumtext or longtext but look at the Data Type Storage Requirements page in the [...]
Generate a CSV file using PHP by matt on February 28, 2006
Q: How do you create a CSV file dynamically with PHP? I have tried many of the examples on the web but while the save/open prompt does show, it lets me know my file is unable to be opened. I need this to not be a file that is stored on my server but instead [...]
Open source forum software by matt on February 25, 2006
Q: Do you know of any good open source forums? I’m working on a site running on the Apache web server and I was wondering if there are any good ones.
A: The most well known piece of open source forum software is phpBB, which is programmed in PHP. This software should be easy for you [...]
JavaScript random function by matt on January 31, 2006
Q: How do I create a JavaScript random function that does not return two consecutive identical results?
A: Random functions are always interesting topics but this one just caught my eye because the user wanted a random function that did not repeat two numbers in a row. This means 1,2,1,5 is acceptable but 1,1,2,5 is not [...]
Calling a function in JavaScript a few seconds after page load by matt on January 28, 2006
Q: How do you call a function, using JavaScript, in your web browser a few seconds after a page loads? We would like to display a portion of a page for about 5 seconds and then minimize the section after that.
A: To call a function once a page load you want to use the onLoad [...]