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iPhone apps with Flash

jg — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:34:50 +0000

Looking forward to the official CS5 release!

MySQL Backup

jg — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:16:47 +0000

I needed a PHP script that would backup a MySQL database and email the copy to a specified email address. I found parts of the script below on the we and added them together along with some
of my PHP code. This script will backup all tables in a single database, using mysqldump, zip the resulting file and email the zip file as an attachment to a specified email address.

To use this script, download the file, change the .txt extension to .php and change the parameters at the top of the file. You can run the script interactively or setup a cron job or a Windows Scheduled Task.

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Flex Forms and PHP

jg — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:30:11 +0000

Does anyone really like HTML forms? Seriously, just say no to HTML forms! Most of the IDEs and server-side technologies give you some visual tools to handle html form creation and validation but these tools lock you into specific technology and still leave the problem of cross-browser formatting up to the developer. After looking at Flex it seems like a potential answer to the cross-browser formatting problem and supports using whatever server-side technology you desire.

Here’s a quick sample to show you want can be done. The MXML source for a form is below. The form includes simple validation and will post to a web server that is running PHP. The post variables are echoed back to the Flex form.

How to deploy this example

1. Download SampleForm.mxml, edit the url in the httpservice to point to your web server and build the Flex project.
2. Download Form.txt, rename Form.txt to Form.php and move it to your web server
3. Preview the Flex form!

Flex MXML File

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PHP file to handle the response

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