To do some automated billing I needed to grab an email attachment off the exchange server. The Zend framework made it very easy to connect to the mail server and navigate files, and that part of the code came directly from the Zend Framework documentation. The issue that took the longest was saving the attachment. … More Save an email attachment using Zend Mail
PHPs SimpleXML is great for parsing xml files. The downside is that it does not return the root node name. I wrote this function that gets the name.
I love the fact that you can autoload classes using the ZF. I was a little shocked at the depreciation errors when I updated to ZF 1.8. Apparently, there is a new way to use the autoload class. It took a little reading but I came up with this solution. Let me know what you … More New autoloading with Zend Framework 1.8
I decide to try my hand at creating a soap server using the Zend Framework. This was an exersice in getting me more familiar with ZF and web services. Hopefully this will help others. I think the code is pretty self explanitory but feel free to ask questions or provide comments. Basically the WSDL is … More Creating a Soap Server using the Zend Framework
I had the problem of when I added new events on my iPod Touch they would not show up in iCal after syncing. The quick fix for me was to open iSync, go to Preferences, then click the Reset Sync History… button. This resolved the issue for me. Hope this helps somebody else.
So I decided I would try out Zend Server CE. I have tried the installation on a server running Windows 2003 and XP Professional with PHP already installed using ISAPI. The install goes fine, but when I try to access the web page I get an FastCGI Access Denied error. I have tried everything I … More Zend Server Community Edition Install
I found a nice simple way to do cross domain ajax calls reliably. I found this Yahoo page that gives a nice little tutorial on how to use php and curl to access other domains using a simple proxy. Simple and effective. The code that I tweeked for my own use is found here. Let … More Cross Domain Ajax
Although I love my Mac, I have to use Windows at work. On my Mac I love Adium it lets you connect to several IM services at one time and has some other nice features. I really did not like the latest release of AIM for windows so I went on a search for a … More Digsby = IM + Email + Social Networks
I was looking through the iTunes music store to see if there were any podcasts I might be interested in. I came across the Apple Quick Tips video podcast section. They are short videos focused on making you life with your Mac a little easier. Some you may already know, some maybe not. I subscribed … More Apple Quick Tips
Found a nice tip today. If you watch or listen to podcasts, sometimes you want to jump ahead to say skip commercials or parts you don’t want to listen to or watch try this. Hold down the ctrl+option+command (Apple Key) and then press the right arrow. This will skip ahead 5 seconds. Let me know … More iTunes fast forward or “Scrubbing”
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