Category Archives: PHP

What goes around, comes around

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Richard K Miller

I’m not a big believer in karma, but this week I experienced some karma-like effects. Two years ago for work, I developed code to protect wiki websites. Then I published it on my blog. This weekend a software upgrade caused … Continue reading →

Posted in Main, MediaWiki, MySQL, PHP, Security, Tech | Tagged | 3 Comments

Amtrak series: Ruby on Rails on Rails

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Richard K Miller

This will be the most technical of my posts in the Amtrak series, but it’s not just for computer geeks so stay with me. Here we go. Ruby on Rails is a “web application framework”, a way for programmers to … Continue reading →

Posted in Amtrak, Business, Entrepreneurship, Open source, PHP, Programming, Ruby on Rails, Tech | 1 Comment

New version of Seth Godin WordPress plugin

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Richard K Miller

Five months ago I created a WordPress plugin to implement a marketing principle taught by Seth Godin. He said good marketers “treat returning visitors differently than newbies”. The plugin has been one of the most popular features on my blog. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Open source, PHP, WordPress | 16 Comments

What Would Seth Godin Do

Posted on December 19, 2006 by Richard K Miller

If you’re a marketer or a WordPress user, you might like the WordPress plugin I recently created. Based on a principle taught by Seth Godin, it lets you treat new visitors to your site different from returning visitors: “What Would … Continue reading →

Posted in Main, PHP, Tech, WordPress | 8 Comments

PHP 5 and Beyond

Posted on August 16, 2006 by Richard K Miller

I enjoy developing in PHP 5, for its improved object oriented design and XML support. PHP 6 is slated to have additional useful improvements like built-in Unicode, built-in caching, and increased security out of the box (no register_globals, magic_quotes, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Main, PHP, Tech | 1 Comment