http://www.devshed.com Dev Shed - RSS Feeds en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:52:09 -0500 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:52:09 -0500 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:04 -0500 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/MySQL/MySQL-Security-Tips/?kc=rss - Because of its immense popularity, MySQL is also a regular target for malicious users or hackers wanting to exploit your system and steal data. This type of exploit can be serious; it can include putting malicious software on your web server and using the website to host malware. To avoid lettin...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/MySQL/MySQL-Security-Tips/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:03 -0500 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Building-Dynamic-Queries-with-Chainable-Methods/?kc=rss - And now that you have been gently introduced to the main goal of this multi-part series, its time to quickly summarize the topics that were discussed in the last installment. In that article I explained how to create a simple, yet useful MySQL abstraction class. It was composed of a few straightf...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Building-Dynamic-Queries-with-Chainable-Methods/?kc=rss Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:00:01 -0500 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/PHP-Encryption-and-Decryption-Methods/?kc=rss - You might have seen encrypted PHP scripts which may look like the one below: lt;?php eval(gzinflate(base64_decode('FZfHDoTYEUV/ZXYzIxbkJFseAU1qcg4bi9TknPl64z0SUK/ evef8859///NHcSTdX+VTD78u2Yq/0mQtCOy/ eZGNefHXn0L8kz5jKAueDcZhVNSnh9+OYd6flsK+PCKjqtEnIJoRtF3TO+ GH4UyCIED/st8VD9APjg8Nj+m1ysH0OIj...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/PHP-Encryption-and-Decryption-Methods/?kc=rss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Building-a-MySQL-Abstraction-Class-with-Method-Chaining/?kc=rss - Put it in a simple way, method chaining is a handy programming methodology that allows you to create classes whose methods can be easily linked to each other, thus building a highly compact API. Building chainable methods is not a proprietary approach supported by a particular programming language...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Building-a-MySQL-Abstraction-Class-with-Method-Chaining/?kc=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:00:01 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/BrainDump/Demystifying-SELinux-on-Kernel-26/?kc=rss - Before we begin, first we need to understand what kind of access control we're talking about, and then we can easily comprehend how quot;mandatory access control quot; (MAC) tries to accomplish our aims. The operating system has the ability to examine the course of an action that an quot;initiator...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/BrainDump/Demystifying-SELinux-on-Kernel-26/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Completing-a-Sample-String-Processor-with-Method-Chaining/?kc=rss - Method chaining is a simple, yet powerful, programming approach that permits you to write classes whose methods can be easily linked with each other, thus building a modular and highly-compact API. Logically, as with other methodologies, chainable methods are not a proprietary feature of a particula...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Completing-a-Sample-String-Processor-with-Method-Chaining/?kc=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Mastering-WHILE-Loops-for-PHP-and-MySQL/?kc=rss - The early part of this article will focus on both basic and advanced WHILE looping techniques entirely written for PHP. The last part will be devoted to the use of WHILE Loop in displaying MySQL queries. There are different types of loops in PHP that suit different applications. Seeing actual ex...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Mastering-WHILE-Loops-for-PHP-and-MySQL/?kc=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:00:01 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Method-Chaining-Adding-More-Methods-to-the-Chain/?kc=rss - Method chaining is a programming approach that permits you to chain multiple methods of a class in one single step, to perform several tasks in the context of a specified application. Logically, this approach can be used equally with various programming languages, and PHP 5 certainly is no exceptio...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Method-Chaining-Adding-More-Methods-to-the-Chain/?kc=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:00:05 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/AJAX/PHP-AJAX-Form-Validation/?kc=rss - One of the most important requirements for PHP web forms is usability; it's the goal of many web designers to improve the user's experience. With classic PHP web forms, a user is required to enter information in the form and then press the submit button. The PHP script will then validate the data ...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/AJAX/PHP-AJAX-Form-Validation/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:00:03 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Method-Chaining-in-PHP-5/?kc=rss - Over the course of the last few years PHP has reinvented itself; that's why it's the mature language that we see nowadays. The most significant change introduced by the PHP development team is the release of PHP 5, which incorporates a robust object model, a good exception handling mechanism, type...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Method-Chaining-in-PHP-5/?kc=rss Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:00:03 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/The-Role-of-Interfaces-in-Applying-the-Dependency-Injection-Design-Pattern/?kc=rss - When it comes to defining the way that a PHP class is going to accept the instances that it will need to work within a given application, theres a simple and powerful approach that allows you to achieve this goal in a truly effective way, without suffering premature hair loss. Does this phrase rin...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/The-Role-of-Interfaces-in-Applying-the-Dependency-Injection-Design-Pattern/?kc=rss Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Dependency-Injection-Using-a-Setter-Method-within-a-Model/?kc=rss - While not as widely known as other popular design patterns like Singleton and Factory, the dependency injection pattern is a powerful programming methodology that allows you to define the way that one given class is going to accept additional objects that it requires to work as expected. In the...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Dependency-Injection-Using-a-Setter-Method-within-a-Model/?kc=rss Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:00:01 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Using-a-Model-Class-with-the-Dependency-Injection-Design-Pattern/?kc=rss - And now that you've been introduced to the goal of this series, its time to review the topics that were covered in the last article. In that tutorial I explained how to apply the dependency injection pattern with a couple of sample classes. In this concrete example, the first of these classes was ...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Using-a-Model-Class-with-the-Dependency-Injection-Design-Pattern/?kc=rss Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:00:01 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Injecting-Objects-Using-Setter-Methods-with-the-Dependency-Injection-Design-Pattern/?kc=rss - One of the most common tasks that many PHP 5 programmers must tackle during the development of object-oriented web applications is defining the way that objects are going to interact with each other. While this process seems to be a no-brainer one at first sight, the truth is that in real-world cond...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Injecting-Objects-Using-Setter-Methods-with-the-Dependency-Injection-Design-Pattern/?kc=rss Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:00:01 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Injecting-Objects-by-Constructor-with-the-Dependency-Injection-Pattern/?kc=rss - In simple terms, when this pattern is applied, the dependency is directly injected (hence its name), either through the constructor of the receiver object or via a setter method. In both cases, the implementation of the pattern goes hand in hand with a concept of software engineering called Inversi...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Injecting-Objects-by-Constructor-with-the-Dependency-Injection-Pattern/?kc=rss