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  • PHP function to check valid date

    I have written a PHP function to check a supplied string is a valid date or not. Lets have a look into the code. /** * The function is_date() validates the date and returns true or false * @param $str sting expected valid date format * @return bool returns true if the supplied parameter is…

  • Rich Text Editor, a lightweight jQuery Plugin

    Recently I am using a rich text editor (WYSIWYG editor) one of my professional web project. This is a jQuery plugin developed by Andrey Gayvoronsky. I am one of the contributors of this project. I choose this RTE for some reasons. My requirements were- It should be lightweight Customizable and extendible This plugin fulfills my…

  • Writing review on the book- “Kohana 3.0 Beginner’s Guide”

    One year back I have written a post on Kohana and CodeIgniter. In that post, I wrote I like Kohana than CodeIgniter. Kohana is an open source, object oriented MVC web framework built using PHP5 by a team of volunteers that aims to be swift, secure, and small. Kohana is changing rapidly. But still Kohana…

  • Kohana and CodeIgniter PHP Framework

    CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework. I have been working on CodeIgniter for more than 2 years. I suggested lot of my friends to learn CodeIgniter. Few months back I started working on Kohana PHP framework. The slogan of Kohana is nice – “The Swift PHP Framework”. I liked Kohana at the first sight. I…

  • Validate HTML forms using jQuery Ketchup

    I was looking for a jQuery plugin to validate HTML forms. Today I was reading articles using Google Reader, and found a fantastic jQuery plugin Ketchup to validate HTML forms, shared by Hasin Hyder. Its simple, very flexible and extendable for its appearance and functionality. More jQuery resources: jQuery Documentation and Tutorial Google AJAX Libraries…

  • How to Fix NetBeans jdkhome error

    I use NetBeans as the IDE both in Linux and Windows environment. I like this NetBeans IDE very much. In my Windows PC Java Runtime Environment was updated recently. I am getting following error message when I start NetBeans. “Cannot find java.exe in specified jdkhome.” If I click on yes it opens using default version…

  • How to upgrade Ubuntu in command line

    I was trying to upgrade Ubuntu in command line. I would like to share the commands in this post. There are two simple commands to upgrade the version of Ubuntu distribution. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade These commands perform smart update of Ubuntu.

  • What can we do with .htaccess files

    Today I found a website regarding .htaccess tips and tricks. I learned a lot of .htaccess tips from that website. I would like to share the URL here. .htaccess tips and tricks part 1 .htaccess tips and tricks part 2 This article was very helpful to me.

  • ডিসকানেক্ট সমস্যা, আমার অভিযোগ ও গ্রামীণফোনের কাস্টমার সার্ভিস

    লেখার টাইটেলটা কিছুটা শিবরাম চক্রবর্তির গল্পের টাইটেলের মত মনে হতে পারে। গল্পই বটে, জীবন্ত গল্প। ঘটনাটি শুরু থেকেই বলি। তা নাহলে আবার বলবেন শুরুটাতো শুনলাম না। ২০০৮ সালের নভেম্বর মাস থেকে ইন্টারনেট লাইনের গতি এতই ধীর হয়ে গেল যে প্রতিদিনই মেজাজ গরম থাকতো। বউয়ের সাথেও মেজাজ খারাপ করতাম। কিছু দিন পরে পোস্ট পেইড সীম কিনলাম…

  • PHP Security Tips and Tools

    I was reading on the topic “php security” using Google Reader. I hope it helps everyone to defining PHP security and it’s uses. Here I would like to quote some paragraphs from the original post on noupe.com PHP is the most popular web programming languages in use today due in large part to the fact…

  • Joomla error – Layout “unijoy” not found

    I was getting a error message while trying to visit Joomla site in my local PC. I can visit the live joomla sites, but can not visit the Joomla site those are hosted in my local PC. Following error message was generating: [sourcecode language=”plain”]Layout "unijoy" not found[/sourcecode] I was trying to visit using Mozilla Firefox.…

  • Open Flash Chart :: amazing chart generating application

    Now a days I am working in Open Flash Chart (OFC). I found this amazing, easy to generate chart and use in web applications. Flash produces high quality graphics. OFC generates high resolution charts, I think you like this very much. Lets take a look into a screenshot. Click on the thumbnail to view actual…

  • Flip and Fun

    Few days ago Hasin Hayder sent me a link where texts can be flipped. Really interesting and funny. >> Try this to flip your texts. >> I made some modification according to my necessity. You may use Flip Text service for following things IM screen names Put it in your profiles like MySpace, Bebo, Hi5,…

  • HTML tag label is useful for Radio buttons

    To click on a Radio button is very boring things to me. A radio button is maximum 15 x 15 pixels. So need extra care to click on Radio buttons. When I work with Radio buttons in my web applications, I use HTML tag – ‘Label‘. For example, I have a Radio button like this-…

  • HTML form :: difference between disabled and readonly element

    I was working with HTML forms. In the forms I used readonly and disabled input elements. What is the deference between these two attributes of input element? Say for I have an input element in HTML form. If we set the attribute readonly=”readonly” then the input element is not editable. This attribute allows the user…