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Codeigniter Hints and Tips

CodeIgniter I'm actually feeling a bit guilty as I haven't added anything to this blog for quite some time, mainly because I've been so busy... but anyway to try and make up for it here's some hints and tips to help solve some real challenging problems I came across when using CodeIgniter...

How to get $_GET queries:

Now as many of you may have found out already, CodeIgniter basically discards query strings (anything after the ? in your URL's) for what are essentially conceptual reasons. Now I have to say I do agree with their strategy but sometimes you absolutely have to use GET and there's no alternative.

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(Updated: 16:16, Fri 8th May 2009)
Posted by Daniel: 17:36, Thu 7th May 2009

Microsoft's Silverlight at the end of the tunnel?

Microaoft Silverlight Now I'm not a huge fan of Flash and other rich webpage technologies mainly because they are mostly used unnecessarily for graphics and animations which don't really benefit anyone. Turning sites into something resembling a slow to download TV advert and reducing browser compatibility is something we can all do without; however one cant ignore the fact that sometimes rich browser technologies really are necessary. For example at the moment I am editing this blog entry in a Javascript based rich text editor called TinyMCE; without it editing my blog online would be considerably more painful.

Are the W3C going down the toilet?

For those of you that are new to web design you may or may not have heard of the W3C so before we start heres a quick summary:

About the W3C

The W3C are basically a consortium dedicated to creating standards and guidelines for the code that makes up web pages. Now the first thing you might say is "what gives them the right to make those guidelines?", well nothing I guess but since their director is none other than Sir Tim Burners Lee the guy that invented the 'World Wide Web' in the first place, I think its only fair that we at least give them a chance...