Facebook API: Banning Users From Your Application

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If you’re unlucky, you may have a few users who like to spoil the fun for all the other users using your application on Facebook or even Facebook-connected apps. Luckily, the Graph API lets you easily ban or unban users from using your application.

Facebook, Facebook Graph API, PHP

Securing Your Parse.com Database and Using PHP to Override ACL

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After discovering some of the insecurities of using Parse.com to store data, I’ve been researching techniques to use to make applications more secure. Here are just some of my findings to help make your application more secure.

ACL, JavaScript, Parse, PHP, Security

Review: Instant HTML5 Geolocation How-to (eBook)

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I’ve covered basic examples of using Google Maps and Geolocation using HTML5 and JavaScript, but if you’re looking for advanced knowledge, the Instant HTML5 Geolocation How-to eBook is for you.

eBook, Geolocation, HTML5, jQuery, PHP, Review

Facebook PHP SDK: Fixing getUser() on PHP 5.4.x

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PHP 5.4.x makes a few changes to the php.ini file which causes the Facebook PHP SDK to break. The issue is with the PHP SDK, which relies on $_REQUEST from the server, which has changed in PHP 5.4.0.

Bug, Facebook, PHP, SDK

Facebook API: Uploading Photos to a User’s Profile

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I get a lot of people asking me how to upload photos to a user’s profile on Facebook. One common misconception is that the Facebook JavaScript SDK does not support uploading photos, it only supports linking to photos.

Facebook, Facebook Graph API, PHP, Tutorial

WordPress Loop – Include / Exclude Tags Globally

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Show or Hide posts on your Blog using Tags (or Categories) using this Plugin. But be warned, it even affects the Admin Areas.

PHP, Tutorial, WordPress

PHP Substring – Respecting the Last Word

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This handy function reduces a string to a given length, but doesn’t cut-off the last word if it appears in between the limit. The function would truncate the string to the end of the previous word instead…

Function, PHP

Legacy Script: DB Link Archiver

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The DB Link Archiver was one of my early scripts hosted on HotScripts. The script was my first attempt at creating a flat-file storage solution to capturing links from users.

Flat File, PHP

Legacy Script: DB Hit Counter

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The DB Hit Counter is another one of my scripts hosted on HotScripts. It uses a simple flat-file to count visits to your website. The script is available to download for free, and has received more than 4,400 downloads.

Flat File, PHP