basketweaving for the mind

PHP: Of Eyes, Ears and Clouds

SOme quick notes on Microsoft and PHP things that are in motion. Things is such a great Anglo-Saxon word. July CTP of PHP SDK for Windows Azure . If you are more visual, Rob Bagby has an excellent post and more excellent screencast overview: Also, pop Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:27 PM by nhodge | 0 Comments

PHP on Windows

Do you use PHP on Windows? Love to hear your stories. Comment here or email me at nhodge@microsoft.com and I will send you a special postcard from Australia! Read More...

Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 10:19 AM by nhodge | 1 Comments

Open Source Developer Conference, Sydney, 2008

During the 30 minutes of presentation, I demonstrated the following bits and pieces of open source and or free Microsoft bits. Demo set 1: Open source licensing and giving back ASP.NET MVC on Stackoverflow.com: licensed via MS-PL Codeplex.com ; the main, Read More...

Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 8:52 AM by nhodge | 1 Comments

Demos and Links from Edge of the Web, Nov’08 Perth

During the 50 minutes of presentation (including at least 9 ICHC images), I demonstrated the following bits and pieces of open source and or free Microsoft bits. Demo set 1: Web Standards Live Mesh Mobile : take photo to mesh on laptop MacOS X 10.5 client Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:08 PM by nhodge | 1 Comments

October 2008 Update: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP

Now available, prebuilt is available for download Source is also available from Codeplex: CodePlex Read More...

Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 8:44 AM by nhodge | 0 Comments

Hidden in the Mists of the Forest

Hidden in the mists of the autumnal forests (northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere it is springtime!) Microsoft opened a new door to interesting Opensource-web things: http://www.microsoft.com/web/content.aspx?id=microsoft-introduces-installers-for-open-source-apps Read More...

Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 11:01 AM by nhodge | 0 Comments

SQL Server Driver for PHP: Last Inserted Row ID

After a mysql_query with an INSERT statement, a quick call to mysql_insert_id provides the ID of the last inserted row. $lastRow = mysql_insert_id($link); How do you accomplish the same with the SQL Server Driver for PHP? In this extended example, it’s Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:56 AM by nhodge | 1 Comments

SQL Server Driver PHP commands compared with MySQL PHP commands

Over the years I have used the inbuilt PHP drivers for MySQL. The best mechanism for mapping the two methods is a simple table laying out a comparison between the two systems. Note this is not a SQLServer vs. MySQL argument, just for information and reference. Read More...

Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 5:20 PM by nhodge | 1 Comments

Vista as my PHP Developer Workstation

Prior to joining Microsoft, I always setup my Windows laptop as a PHP/Apache development workstation. Having created my own content management system in PHP (and who hasn’t!) – having a remote development copy is critical. Over the last few weeks, I have Read More...

Posted Saturday, September 13, 2008 11:30 PM by nhodge | 3 Comments

Slides from Sydney PHP User Group

Microsoft, PHP and IIS7 View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Read More...

Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 9:03 PM by nhodge | 2 Comments

Speaking at Sydney PHP Group

Pop along. PHP and IIS7, plus other SQL goodness . Also find out what exactly is a demon core ? Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:09 PM by nhodge | 1 Comments

In Which I Get My Own IIS7

Thanks to our resident Hosting Geek: Jorke , I have an internet-facing Windows 2008 / IIS7 web site. Yes, Jorke is a brave man. After logging in via Remote Desktop and changing my password, it is off and away on this funny experience with Windows IIS Read More...

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:28 PM by nhodge | 3 Comments