I just finished most of the Laracast “Be Awesome in PHPStorm”. I didn’t do the last few because the topics are beyond where I am in my learning at this point. But I’ll be back for those later. Like any
How to handle login correctly in an iPhone app that connects to a web service
I am currently designing an iPhone app. It uses a web api that I’m building in PHP. The app requires users to login. What I am currently researching, and having a really hard time figuring out, is if there is
PHP Sessions: Part 4
Session Locking. Some people don’t ever consider this. I have dealt with it before in another language, so I decided to do a quick search to see what it looks like in PHP. The basic idea is that only one
PHP Sessions: Part 3
Now that I know how to enable sessions, and have a better understanding of how they work, the next thing to do will be to make use of the session in some way. But first, here are a couple notes
PHP Sessions: Part 2
Building off the previous part, I will now see what’s going on under the hood when a session is started. One of the things I needed to figure out is what this means: PHP is capable of transforming links transparently.
PHP Sessions: Part 1
It’s time to learn about sessions in PHP. Here is some basic code to start a session, and display the resulting $_SESSION superglobal: <?php session_start(); echo ‘<pre>’; var_dump($_SESSION); echo ‘</pre>’; The resulting output: array(0) { } To prove that it’s
The complexity of programming
In my last blog post, I built a basic “Hello World” app using the Slim Framework. Today, I decided to take a look at the tutorial provided by Luka Peharda on Code Forest called Creating simple tasks app with Backbone.js and Slim micro
My first Slim Framework app
Tonight I decided to check out the Slim Framework. I heard about it at Tek13, and had been wanting to see what it was like. The first thing I had to do was understand Composer. I started reading on the