Posts Tagged ‘php’

Best way to store IP addresses in MySQL

By David Pratt / Tags: , / 1 Comment » / Published: 10-08-10

It’s tempting to store IP addresses in a database as a varchar of length 15 in the absence of a dedicated IPv4 field type in mysql, but that isn’t the most efficient way of doing so…

Non-standard page size’s in TCPDF

By David Pratt / Tags: , / 3 Comments » / Published: 23-06-10

If you need to create a PDF using TCPDF that isn’t a standard size (A4, A5, B1, LETTER etc.) then this snippet might help you out: $resolution= array(100, 100); $pdf->AddPage(‘P’, $resolution);

Using Crontab with Plesk to call PHP files

By David Pratt / Tags: , , / 2 Comments » / Published: 06-05-10

How to set up a scheduled job on Plesk that calls a PHP file at an interval of your choosing.

How to set up a local server on Windows

By David Pratt / Tags: , , , , / No Comments » / Published: 11-05-09

Instructions on how to setup a local server manually on a windows box; running Apache, MySQL and PHP.