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Comment on Joomla – Remove index.php from URL by Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:44:26 +0000

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Comment on PHP Tutorial – Get your Twitter statuses by Nicola Elvin

Nicola Elvin — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:14:41 +0000

It only shows up one of my tweets, I am using exactly the same code as you, and I have at least 100 tweets available.

Comment on Understanding functions in PHP by Understanding functions in PHP | Ross Tanner - Web 2.0 BLOG | Web 2.0 BLOG

Tue, 01 May 2012 21:39:51 +0000

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Comment on PHP Tutorial – Connect to multiple databases with PHP and MySQL by Ross Tanner

Ross Tanner — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:20:52 +0000

Yes, you could do this. I assume $conn already exists from your other queries but perhaps as a different variable name.

You could then say:

if ( isset ( $conn2 ) && is_resource ( $conn2 ) ) {
$db_resource = $conn2;
} else {
$db_resource = $conn;
}

Your connections would then rely upon $db_resource but this could be one of the two connections, depending on whether or not $conn2 is set. Is that what you meant? So you have 2 active connections but only one is being accessed at a time and you are just switching between them.

Ross

Comment on The ‘Your SIM card has a name’ Facebook trick by khalil

khalil — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:47:21 +0000

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Comment on PHP Tutorial – Connect to multiple databases with PHP and MySQL by Tw

Tw — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:22:22 +0000

This is great but is there a way to have the first connection without the $conn ? I want to add the second connection to an already written script that has lots of querys already but I still need lots of querys from the second database. I was thinking of some kind of if statement to see if there is a $conn2 defined if there is then use database 2 in my generic class, if not then carry on and use the default db connection.

Thanks in advance.

Comment on Hire Me by David Abingdon

David Abingdon — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:32:56 +0000

Ross,

Please contact me asap on 07860 433328. I have some PHP work that needs doing, perhaps you can help?

Cheers,

David Abingdon

Comment on User Membership System Part 1: Registration by Ross Tanner

Ross Tanner — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:10:22 +0000

Thanks for your comment Adam. SHA1 is indeed more secure than MD5 but for those looking to take it to the next level I strongly advise using salts to add that extra level of security.

Even SHA1 has proven to have its downsides so I guess it really depends on the type of system the user registration is intended for. It is a tutorial however and not a final system so as you say, bear this in mind when turning to production.

Comment on User Membership System Part 1: Registration by AdamAlicki

AdamAlicki — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:33:39 +0000

As per the MD5 issue, you can replace it with SHA1, which would look like sha1($var);

Decent tutorial overall, Ross. Might prove to be a good starting point for beginners, or as you mentioned, those looking for a refresher / how-to.

Comment on Joomla – Remove index.php from URL by Muhabas

Muhabas — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:56:08 +0000

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