Monthly Archives: October 2007

FIEO with PHP 5 Interceptors

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Mike G.

Note: Before getting into this, it may be easier to just download the file, run the code, then read this post. Thanks to the efforts of Chris Shiflett and other PHP security experts, Filter Input/Escape Output (FIEO) is now a … Continue reading →

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The Abstract Collection

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Mike G.

I discovered something cool the other day while playing around with a PHP class that was designed to hold a bunch of items of a certain type. Essentially it is a way to get around PHP’s lack of strict type … Continue reading →

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Introducing Planet JavaScript

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Mike G.

Planets are nothing new. No no, not planets like in the solar system; planets like news aggregating sites. I’ve been reading some for quite a while now as a low-fat alternative to full-on feed readers like Google Reader or Bloglines. … Continue reading →

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Learning Python

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Mike G.

No need to fear, I still love PHP way more. I’m working on a command-line application and decided to use Python because it seems to be a little easier to work with for CLI purposes. I needed to teach myself … Continue reading →

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Namespacing Your JavaScript

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Mike G.

There is just too much bad JavaScript in the world. It’s sad because JavaScript, like other functional languages, has so much potential to be beautiful. One of the biggest contributing factors to nasty JavaScript is that it has an implied … Continue reading →

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