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by JPlush76
Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:10 pm
Forum: PHP - Theory and Design
Topic: The Observer. I don't get it :(
Replies: 12
Views: 4881

a good PHP example would be message board postings... You can use the observer pattern when someone posts a message When a user posts a message you usually want to: Send out email notification of a new post Update post counts Update other counters Update your RSS feed So if each of those puppies wer...
by JPlush76
Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:07 pm
Forum: PHP - Theory and Design
Topic: The Observer. I don't get it :(
Replies: 12
Views: 4881

a good example of the observer pattern is in javascript when a page loads you have an onload event that is fired in the browser. Sometimes you want to execute a function when the page loads... ok thats great but what if you want to execute 5 functions when the page loads? you could create a wrapper ...
by JPlush76
Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PHP Mag vs. PHP|Architect
Replies: 15
Views: 3286

I have a print and PDF subscription to php|arch and what I find is that I usually wind up reading issues months in the past, because I'll remember an article on something I was going to try. I find it pretty valuable.
by JPlush76
Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:37 pm
Forum: Testing
Topic: Unit testing HTML without oodles of regexps
Replies: 8
Views: 11546

personally I don't see the need to actually validate the html you're outputting with unit tests because as you say its very fragile. The goal of a unit test is to make sure the code is functioning properly with proper and improper input. So with that said what I would do is make sure that my html pr...
by JPlush76
Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:22 pm
Forum: PHP - Security
Topic: CAPTCHA - Really need some help
Replies: 12
Views: 7398

fyi there is a new PECL extension that produces a new "audio captcha" in php. You basically pass it a string of text and it outputs a stephen hawking type wav form. http://www.jeremyjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2006/01/28/flitetts-now-available-in-pecl/ audio is pretty easy to read in wav f...
by JPlush76
Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:17 pm
Forum: Testing
Topic: Beginning testing - how to test NuSOAP app?
Replies: 9
Views: 13228

I actually created a test suite for a web services app that I was using nusoap with. Here is a sample of one of the classes I used in my test case. I used a mock object with simpletest so I could verify what was getting sent to nusoap and that the appropriate amount of calls were made. function test...
by JPlush76
Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:35 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Advantage of Session ID in broswer query
Replies: 4
Views: 1497

as you know all of those can be spoofed and I'd bet MOST available php apps do not check anything but a session id
by JPlush76
Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:21 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Advantage of Session ID in broswer query
Replies: 4
Views: 1497

What did your professor say? Sounds like he was wrong this time ;) there is no advantage, in fact its horrible in a security sense, imagine if someone cut and paste'd their url which included the session id to a friend (or stranger), now that person who clicks on the link just became that user. PHP....
by JPlush76
Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:59 am
Forum: Job Hunt
Topic: PHP Programmer needed in Orange County, CA (full time)
Replies: 0
Views: 1473

PHP Programmer needed in Orange County, CA (full time)

I work for one of the world leaders in network security and we're currently seeking 1-2 new PHP developers full time, onsite. Relocation is possible for the right person. Please email me at: jiminoc@gmail.com or PM me on here with your resume and just a little about yourself. This is a great opportu...
by JPlush76
Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:30 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Pie Chart
Replies: 5
Views: 1809

google JPGRAPH
thats your ticket, its easy to get started with and featured packed with great documentation
by JPlush76
Sat Feb 28, 2004 12:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Richest Web based company?
Replies: 14
Views: 3851

yahoo beats google ;)
by JPlush76
Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Richest Web based company?
Replies: 14
Views: 3851

IPO = initial public offering... basically google is a privately held company right now and when they "IPO" they will be listed on the nasdaq as a public company. It basically means millions of dollars will pour in from investors. I say that will be the END of google as we know it. They wi...
by JPlush76
Sat Feb 21, 2004 6:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Richest Web based company?
Replies: 14
Views: 3851

amazon
ebay
yahoo
google (soon to IPO)

profitable or not those are public companies bringing in hundreds of millions and some billions.
by JPlush76
Sat Feb 21, 2004 6:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what the largest site you've ever created?
Replies: 14
Views: 3824

Jason, I'd rather know how big your thumbnail directory is holding pics of those hot chicks on your avatar. lol :lol:
by JPlush76
Sat Feb 21, 2004 3:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what the largest site you've ever created?
Replies: 14
Views: 3824

at my last company I coded an ecommerce system from scratch all the shopping cart/product management/reporting/account management/etc and the site did over $2million bucks last year without any problems. at my new job I'm working on an enterprise level portal that fortune 500 companies use as well a...