October 2007

Here's a quick (and probably incomplete) how-to on making public your feed on feeds view script while still hiding your admin scripts in a protected dir:

copy view.php to an unprotected dir
in the copied view.php, change include_once("init.php"); to point to the original dir: include_once("../protected_dir/init.php")
in init.php, change is_writable( "cache" ) to is_writable( dirname(__FILE__)."/cache" )
(optional) strip all the admin links and options from the copied view.php
read your feeds via the copied view.php script so people don't get login prompts when following their referrers :)

August 2003

milov.nl/feeds/
This is a custom view script I wrote for my feed on feeds [2252] install, removing a bunch of details/options I don't need. Most importantly: I have no desire to read people's weblog entries in anything other than the original design, so descriptions are out.

It's still basically a flat listing of recent items sorted by date, except I made it so adjacent items are grouped together in one block if they happen to be from the same feed; resulting in something that would look quite nice in a narrow side frame or searchpane (IE-users can click here to open it in theirs--can't wait for Firebird to support this).

Source (script, template and stylesheet):
view-mv.php
view-mv.inc.html
view-mv.css

(Update: I have since totally changed the look of my /feeds/ page so don't be surprised if these templates make it look rather different)

November 2002

"funky caching" is what I usually try to do too on templated php-powered sites; generating static pages on access rather than on saving of data simply makes a lot more sense once you're used to it.

Although the concept of using a custom 404 php-script hadn't occured to me yet: checking if the appropriate static copy exists and the optional generating occurs in one main index.php. [via kryogenix.org]

42 slides of PHP tips by Rasmus Lerdorf (.pdf) [via php.weblogs.com]

August 2002

Announcing PHP Tools version 1.0 - Rasmus Lerdorf, 1995. [via Henso.com]

July 2002

Interview - PHP's Creator, Rasmus Lerdorf [via massless]

March 2002

DevShed.com - Error Handling In PHP [via php.weblogs.com]

January 2002

Another Secure Programming in PHP article; these are always worth the read. [via php.weblogs.com]

December 2001

phpMyAdmin 2.2.2 heeft weer wat meer leuke dingetjes dan 2.2.0 al had. Oeh, checkboxes voor de tables! Onderstreepte primary keys!

November 2001

Adjusted my script to ping weblogs.com using the www.yaysoft.com/pingweblogs.php XML-RPC function. More bandwidth-friendly than the simulated form-submit.

October 2001

PHP and XML: Parsing RSS 1.0 [via lgf]

September 2001

phpMyAdmin 2.2.0 is out. < print 'cool!'; ?>
[via elrado.nl]

July 2001

Sometimes, you just can't help but name a variable '$usertopicmenulistitem'...

Another 'Security flaws in PHP' article, somewhat more accessible than this one I mentioned two days ago.
[via drop.org]

Exploiting Common Vulnerabilities in PHP. Read this and learn. [via lgf]