Combine two or more associative arrays and sum the values of any keys that exist in common.
HTML auction template generator
Simple Auction Wizard is an online HTML template generator for auction websites like eBay. It’s fast, free, and easy to use.
Protecting multiple downloads using unique URLs
A PHP script for protecting multiple downloads by the use of unique URLs. The actual file on the server is not discoverable and each URL will only be valid for a certain time and number of uses.
Minifi.de – Another URL shortening service
Minifi.de is a URL shortening service like tinyurl.com, bit.ly, and is.gd. You enter a long URL and it returns a shorter one.
Broadway 2 + Lightbox: a Plogger theme
A dark Plogger theme that uses Lightbox 2.
Interrupting a script.aculo.us event
A client wanted me to implement a drop down contact form that was triggered when the cursor hovered over a button in the site’s navigation. This was no problem, and I delivered some code using script.aculo.us’s blind effect. A few hours later, the client contacted me and said that as he moved his [...]
A PHP script for converting between different datetimes
This script converts a Unix timestamp (Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT)) to the International Standard ISO 8601 date and time notation (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) and vice versa. I find it useful for verifying datetimes.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN”
“http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd”>
<html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang=”en” lang=”en”>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; charset=iso-8859-1″ [...]
Protecting a download using a unique URL
A PHP script to protect a download by generating a unique link. Each time you visit a page, a unique link is created that can be shared. The link will expire after a certain amount of time or number of uses. With some work, this could be integrated with your Paypal “thank you” page.
A PHP script for testing a MySQL database connection
A simple page for testing and troubleshooting a connection to a MySQL database. The PHP script will test the server address, username and password. If the database field is left empty, it will return a list of available databases. Testing a specific database is optional, but if a database name is supplied, [...]
Using timestamps to reduce WordPress comment spam
In this post, I’ll explain how to reduce the amount of comment spam your WordPress blog receives by using an unobtrusive ‘handshake’ between the two files necessary for a valid comment submission to take place. I’ve written a few different articles on reducing comment spam by means of a challenge response test that the [...]