PHP Documentation Tips

Recently had to run PhpDocumentor on a project only to be faced with broken documentation after bringing all class files into compliance with proper comments. At first I thought I was missing a config flag for the command-line but, it turns out that the PhpDocumentor-1.4.3 ZIPREAD MORE

ZamfBrowser – ZendAMF Service Browser

One of my colleagues at Almer/Blank, Omar Gonzalez, just released a very promising project into the open source community today, ZamfBrowser. This AIR application is a lifeline for all the developers who have embraced ZendAMF since its release yet have longed for that familiar service browserREAD MORE

AMFPHP Fatal Errors After PHP 5.3 Upgrade (Part 2)

As promised in Part 1, I’m documenting yet another issue that must be addressed in your AMFPHP installation upon upgrading to PHP 5.3. This issue stems from the usage of the [code lang="php"]eregi_replace[/code] function that has been deprecated in PHP 5.3. If you run into aREAD MORE

AMFPHP Fatal Errors After PHP 5.3 Upgrade (Part 1)

If you experience the following error in your AMFPHP-based applications:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘VerboseException’ with message ‘date(): It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you usedREAD MORE

Flex :: AMFPHP Login

The subject pops up a lot about reusable Flex components. Here’s one to handle multi-user logins via AMFPHP / MySQL:

< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx :Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" xmlns="*" width="355" height="213">
	</mx><mx :Script>
		< ![CDATA[
			import flash.net.Responder;
 
			public var gateway:RemotingConnection;
 
			public function checkLogin( service:String, params:Array ):void
			{
				gateway = new RemotingConnection( "http://yourwebserver.com/flashservices/gateway.php" );
				gateway.call( service,new Responder(onResult,onFault),params );
			}
 
			public function onResult( result:Array ):void
			{
				if (result[0]!="VALID")
				{
					lResponse.textREAD MORE

Guestbook Reloaded and Revolutions

Some folks were still in need after viewing Flash Guestbook Basics so I’ve added (2) more videos. Part 2 covers building the PHP script that handles the Flash to MySQL communication while Part 3 deals solely with getting the MySQL database setup. Hopefully this willREAD MORE