Karl Sheen Blog

Accessing email content using NetPop3

karlsheen — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:46:16 +0000

NetPop3 is a class to allow access to POP3 servers. It supports all POP3 commands including UIDL listings and APOP authentication. Download the package first at http://pear.php.net/package/Net_POP3/download Create a php file and include the NetPop3 at the beginning of the file include 'POP3.php'; Connect and login using connect() and login(). Enter the host, email and password. $pop3->connect( mail.host.com Read more...

What is the noscript tag?

karlsheen — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:39:41 +0000

The noscript tag allows browsers without javascript support to show an alternative html content. To use, insert the noscript tag inside the body of the document. <body> <script type="text/javascript"> document.write('Javascript is enabled.'); </script> <noscript> Javascript is not enabled. </noscript> </body>

Force Quit an Application in Mac OS X

karlsheen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:27:58 +0000

Any unsaved application data will not be saved once an application was forced to quit. Do it only if necessary. When to force quit an application? Only when its unresponsive and cannot be quit in a usual manner. How to force quit? 1.) By pressing Command, Option and Escape at the same time. It will give you the Read more...

Scrolling to the Top and Bottom of the page using Mootools

karlsheen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:22:55 +0000

Scrolling to the top and bottom is very easy in mootools. Check out the code below. window.addEvent('domready', function(){ var myFx = new Fx.Scroll(window); $('bottom').addEvent('click', function(e){ e.stop(); myFx.toBottom(); }); $('top').addEvent('click', function(e){ e.stop(); myFx.toTop(); }); }); Lines 5-8 lets you scroll to the bottom of the page. While lines 10-13 lets you scroll to the top of the page. Easy huh? Note: Fx.Scroll plugin must be included. Get it Read more...

Fx.slide using Mootools and CakePhp

karlsheen — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:17:59 +0000

Using Fx.slide in Cakephp is very easy. In this tutorial, I assume you know how the MVC works and how to create one. First, include the javascript in the head section of the default.ctp file. There are only two javascript files. They are the mootools.js( core ) and slider.js. Put these files inside /app/webroot/js. echo $this->Html->script('mootools'); echo $this->Html->script('slider'); In Read more...

Mootools Wordpress Delete Effect

karlsheen — Sun, 30 May 2010 09:15:37 +0000

This tutorial will show how to animate a content when a delete link is clicked. The script is based on wordpress comment deletion. Create first a html file and put the following code inside the body. <ul id="list"> <li>List 1 <a name="status" href="1">Delete</a></li> <li>List 2 <a name="status" href="2">Delete</a></li> <li>List 3 <a name="status" href="3">Delete</a></li> <li>List 4 <a name="status" href="4">Delete</a></li> <li>List 5 <a name="status" Read more...

Simple Mootools Shoutbox

karlsheen — Sat, 29 May 2010 04:14:57 +0000

In this tutorial i’ll show how to create a simple shoutbox mootools script that is based from other existing shoutbox on the net. Features of simple mootools shoutbox: Posting of messages Refreshes the page periodically for new posts to appear Loads previous messages Uses mysql as data storage Lets start with the database first. We will create a new database named shoutbox, Read more...

What is T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM?

karlsheen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:21:44 +0000

It is a scope resolution operator that can be found in Php. Paamayim Nekudotayim in Hebrew means “twice colon” or “double colon”.

Cannot upload in mac web server using php

karlsheen — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:25:01 +0000

I bought a macbook last december 2009 and transfer my files from my windows laptop. After the the transfer, the first thing I did is to browse the projects that I’ve done. While browsing, I came across a page where in there is a file upload facility. Then I started to upload a file. While Read more...

mysql_num_rows() VS mysql_affected_rows()

karlsheen — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:59:57 +0000

Whats is the difference between mysql_num_rows() and mysql_affected_rows()? mysql_num_rows() is used together with select statements while the mysql_affected_rows() is used with update, delete and insert statements. An example of mysql_affected_rows().

$result = mysql_query( "INSERT INTO mysqltable VALUES( NULL, '$value' )" );
$rows = mysql_affected_rows();
// returns 1