The Hind Leg

Image thumbnail view helper for Zend Framework

Cameron — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:24:56 +0800

I've just released a generic view helper for Zend Framework that generates thumbnails using PHP's internal image resizing functionality. It is based upon the code developed by S. Mohammed Alsharaf at http://www.zfsnippets.com/snippets/view/id/44. It's basically zero config, I've made it smart enough to be able to automatically thumbnail basically any image passed to it without worrying too much about paths and the like, and it should be straightforward to work in a lightbox as well.

How to geocode an address using Google and php

jeremy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:52:03 +0800

Google has some amazing services, one of my favourites would have to be the ability to geocode an address and get not only the lat/long but a clean, well formatted address back.

How you say... Easy!

Get yourself an api key from here: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html

use the following php code:

Suppressing errors with PHP's @ operator

Cameron — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:18:13 +0800

Don't do it.

I know this has been covered in various places around the Interwebs, but I'd like to add my voice to the chorus - every time you use @ to suppress a warning or error you can't be bothered dealing with, a puppy dies. There is essentially no good reason to use it, and if it ends up suppressing an unforseen yet important error, you're going to have a nightmare of a time trying to track it down.

Turn an old PC into a media centre with boxee

jeremy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:10:32 +0800

Years ago I purchased my first Xbox and with my love of the saying "If it’s working fine then hack it”... I of course instantly ripped it apart and mod’d it to run homebrew, a non Microsoft certified operating system. Over the following few years I found a wealth of fantastic applications that would run on my trusty mod’d Xbox, however nothing ever came close to the one killer app... XBMC or Xbox Media Center.

How Google Maps Can Benefit You

Evan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:57:54 +0800

Recently, I had to locate a store I knew only by name but not the address of. In order to find this store, I used my phone to access Google Maps and searched for the name of the store. Within seconds, I was shown the location of the store as well as the option to get directions to the store from my current location.