php

5 PHP Performance and Optimization Tips

Speed is important to me. So important, in fact, that I do my best to optimize my programs like crazy. I’m always reading and learning new methods on how to perform some task quicker. I’ve also done my best to use these methods in WicketPixie (despite it’s bugs, heh).
Anyways, here are 5 tips I follow [...]

Rewriting for RESTful URLs in Apache and Nginx

In my last post, I shared my issues with Apache ignoring the .htaccess file. The reason I was using .htaccess was to create RESTful URLs for my PHP app. I thought that now would be a good time to show how easy it is to do this.
First off, I’ll start by showing you how to [...]

A Brief PHP Tutorial: #1 Hello World

My lack of posting has driven me to begin this PHP tutorial series. I suppose seeing as my main focus at the present is working on WicketPixie, I should teach others PHP while the subject is sharp in my mind.
We will start with everyone’s favorite, Hello World. This post will show you basic syntax and [...]