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Well Christmas is right around the corner, and I would like to wish all of my readers and visitors a happy holiday! I hope you all enjoy the holidays with your friends and loved ones and get the most out of this break that you can. The holidays are not what this blog post is really about, the main point is that I am now a member of GitHub. Continue reading...

Recently on my Twitter I mentioned this exact tip, "PHP Pro Tip: Don't close your PHP documents with ?>.", and got many responses asking why or if its possible. I will briefly explain the benefits of this technique and when it applies. Many assumed I meant that you should never close your PHP scopes with ?>, but that's not the case, I was merely stating that the closing tag (at the very very bottom of your PHP file) does not need to be there. Continue reading...

Cake 1.3 has been around for quite some time now, but I never had the desire to upgrade with it being in such a beginning stage. Well seeing as how its now in Alpha and many users are testing it with no problems, I thought it would be a good idea. Heres how it went. Continue reading...

Lately all I have seen is the "Pure OOP is the way to go mentality" without much reasons to back up why its beneficial. I write OOP code, but I don't write overly verbose, bloated and cluttered OOP code either. I attend Zendcon, I have my PHP certification, I read PHP blogs on a daily basis, I have had multiple OOP discussions with other developers, but in the end I still ask the question, "Why do you spend so much time writing and separating your objects? When in the end its unnecessary as you are not extending them in the future anyways." Continue reading...

Its been over a month since I posted an entry and even longer then that since it was a CakePHP entry. My goal was to post on average two entries a week, or at most 10 entries a month, but I have failed to do that so I am sorry. I mainly have been absent because of my new job I started on November 2nd, and it has been taking up most of my time and day. Furthermore, I haven't worked in CakePHP for months, seeing as how I have no new projects or features to add to my existing ones. Continue reading...