Personal blog of Yzmir Ramirez

Don’t download from these other sites tools that claim to remove probably the most prevalent virus in computer history.  Go to this site on Microsoft’s website:

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx

Zend announces the availability of Zend Framework 1.7.8 to download! As always recommended to download and install.

On his blog Fabien Potencier has described in a simple manner with excellent examples, just exactly what Dependency Injection is, and how to use it within PHP to good effect.

Any web developer today is probably running Firefox because of some of the great add-ons they have (i.e. WebDeveloper, Colorzilla, Firebug, Hackbar, etc…). But you may also want to install some addons for security:

Security and privacy are some of the major concerns these days while choosing a web browser to use. So much so that all the major players in the “browser wars” are providing or developing a private browsing mode.

Firefox with the myraid of add-ons that it has to offer is never far from action. Here are some of the top Firefox addons that you should install for better privacy and security

Check out this article for the list of 10+ Best Firefox Addons for Security and Privacy.

I sometimes forget what cursors will look like on the different browsers. Here is a handy little CSS Cursor Tutorial that I keep handy.

Great Classic Comedy Film

Was going though my DVD collection and watched one of my favorite movies, Spaceballs – its a timeless comedy.

I would argue the Firefox (currently #2), is probably the easiest of the browsers to develop for because of the great add-ons they have available. If you’re not already using any of the below, download them now:

1. Web Developer: Next to Firebug, this is a very useful tool for manipulating and inspecting web pages.  It gives you tools for Javascript, Cookies, CSS, Forms, Images, Validations, and other useful utilities (I use the on-screen Ruler alot as well to get dimensions).
2. Firebug: If you find yourself having to debug Javascript or integrate some of the popular frameworks, you’ll need this tool.  It has some overlap with Web Developer, but when you really need to inspect the DOM and debug Javascript, I can’t think of a better add-on.
3. Colorzilla: Ever wish you had an eyedropper inside Firefox?  Well here’s your tool.  A small add-on that allows you get the colors from a page quickly without having to open up your graphics program or search the style sheet for the color.
4. HackBar: When manipulating a URI is too cumbersome, you may want to invest in this little add-on.  Take a URI you’re on and split each parameter into a separate line in a small text editor in your toolbar.  Then you’ll have quick access to encode, encrypt, increment or decrement parameters easily for POST or GET calls.

There are many business web applications written in PHP4 that use the Informix module for data access. PHP4 is no longer supported and as a result will not be issued any more fixes or releases. Since version 5.2, the Informix module is no longer available for the PDO module.

In this article I’ll to describe how to compile and install the Informix module on the Zend Core 2.5 (PHP 5.2.6)

In this article I’ll show you a simple approach to enable your Zend Framework application with support for conditional http requests, effectively saving bandwidth for your web server and your website visitors.

Conditional GET, being a feature of HTTP protocol, allows browsers to cache website pages locally, checking with webserver for updates when necessary.

The best applications for the
rich Internet connect to the server to both read and write data. So,
the easier it is to get data from the server and send data back to it,
the quicker you can develop some awesome applications.

Reading and posting to
Extensible Markup Language (XML)–based services with Adobe
Flex is easy.
But what’s even easier is using Adobe’s Action
Message Format (AMF) to send messages between the Flex client and the
server. It’s as easy to use as a method call on an object.

This
article written by Jack Herrington shows how to set up an AMF service on your PHP web server using
the Zend Framework and Zend_Amf.