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jacek wrote:I generally prefer to do everything myself, people tend not to like it when I say this...

I can completely understand what you mean! I used to prefer that aswell, and still do sometimes, but Frameworks make rapid development a lot faster in a large amount of cases. Each to their own eh!

libeco wrote:I'm using CodeIgniter for my work and I love it. It just makes everything just that little bit easier, without adding too much. Had a very quick look at Zend and CakePHP, but never really tried them.

I'm a massive hater of CakePHP, it's too "magic" for me, doesn't feel like your coding.

OOP is for DRY (Dont Repeat Yourself) coding. It's the same way you might use functions but you use classes as well to separate out them functions (sort of..). I'd recommend CodeIgniter as a first framework, it has a small learning curve. Once you get comfortable with MVC Architecture I recommend Fu...

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1366x768 - Ubuntu 11.10 - Chrome (From Google, not Chromium)

EcazS wrote:

Josh wrote:If you're using windows you should really install Xampp instead of installing each part seperately.

Why? Please do tell me why.

Because it's a much easier process having everything installed in one go and having it auto-configured.

Hey! I'm Josh, a PHP developer from West Midlands, UK. PHP is my main language (been doing it 5 or so years) but I also dabble in Java and occasionally Ruby. Recently I have become a massive framework fan and use them for any decently-sized project. I'll be here quite often helping out and giving su...

EcazS wrote:I use Windows 7 with Notepad++

Whenever I code on W7 I use Notepad++ aswell, or Sublime Text.

If you're using windows you should really install Xampp instead of installing each part seperately.

I'd suggest using the __autoload($class_name) { include $class_name . '.php'; } function rather than doing that include all, including them all will slow page speed which isn't good, especially if they're not all being used. Oh and I'd suggest you look at CodeIgniter's docs and helpers, their helper...

What are your opinion on Frameworks? Personally I use one for every decently sized project that I do. My favourites ones at current are Laravel and occasionally a bit of FuelPHP. I used to use CodeIgniter but I got bored of it really easily, it just seems outdated. I've seen Kohana, Symfony etc. but...

I was wondering, who uses Ubuntu or another Linux distro? I am currently dual booted with Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7 and was wondering what you guys use. I know Jacek uses Ubuntu (but which version do you use Jacek? do you like Unity? personally I actually quite like it). Just wondering, also, what ...

Yeah I was thinking that I didn't want to at first but it's an awesome library that can convert HTML into a PDF really well, just a suggestion

Let's say you had two variables: one is the integer 3 and the other is a string representation of the number 3, so it'd be "3" or '3'. If you compared them two variables using == it would come out true, as they are equal, but if you use === it would return false because they are different ...

I see on your Upcoming Tutorials list you have PDF Creation. Are you going to be using a PHP Library for this or inbuilt PHP stuff? I'd recommend using mPDF and printing HTML to the PDF, I spent hours trying to make stuff work then I found mPDF and it renders stuff how you'd expect it if you render ...

I code in Ubuntu and then if I need to design I'll boot Windows for Photoshop, seems to work best for me
I use gedit for coding (modified, with plugins etc.)

Am I being blind or is there not a Java support forum? I know the main focus is PHP but since there's Java tutorials I'd like to see a support forum

Thanks!

I was wondering how to style Gedit to how Jacek has it in his PHP tutorials.

Many thanks for any help given!
@Jacek