Tag Archives: php

CakePHP mutliple checkbox input

This is just here because I always forget how to do it: echo $form->input(‘fieldname’, array(‘options’=>array(’1′=>’val1′, ’3′=>’val2′ ), ‘multiple’=>’checkbox’, ‘label’=>’Da Label’));

PHP Script: Convert Excel or tab-delimited file to html table

Here’s a script which I wrote today while on the jorb.  The purpose was so that someone could copy and paste from an excel spreadsheet into a textarea, click a button, and voila: an html table. The nice thing was that when I pasted Excel data into the textarea, it was tab-delimited with line breaks. 

SwfUploadComponent: A CakePHP Component for Handling File Uploads

I recently published an article at The Bakery which explains how to incorporate SWFUpload into your CakePHP application. SWFUpload is a fantastic javascript/flash library which facilitates multiple file uploads with real-time upload progress. The article includes the SwfUploadComponent as well as usage tips. I developed this component because I needed to handle uploads which could

Mango Initial Release Draws Near

I’ve fixed most of the major bugs, and moved a few ideas I had to the next release wish list. As a final step, I must complete the help files. I plan to take care of that over the weekend and release a working copy within the next week.

March 2007 Mango Status Update

The Mango Initial Release is drawing near. I’ve resumed work on the project I was getting all fired up about last year – thanks to my wife – and it’s looking really good. A few things about the plan have changed, however. First, I decided that for now, I’m just targeting me as an audience

Mango – a wiki for the rest of us

This weekend, I’m hoping to release a beta of a wiki system I’m developing called ‘Mango.’� My intention is to start off with some basic wiki functionality, get some testers, revise, then produce a version 1 release which will be available for free download on the web. Ultimately, I would like to do a full