MySQL: Fantastic searches using FULLTEXT January 30th, 2007

If you’ve got a website that deals with data then chances are you have a search field somewhere on that website. If you’ve got a search field on your website then chances are you want that search to return the most relevant information, chances are your customers want this even more than you do. We’ve all been frustrated by websites that provide a search box but don’t seem to provide any useful results. Using the following tutorial you can ensure that searches on your site are better than the competition.


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The Internet: A tangled web of lies and deceit. January 27th, 2007

The Internet - one of the greatest resources for information in our lifetimes. With a few clicks you can find information on pretty much anything you like. The mighty search engines index billions of web pages. Running a search query on google “How to grow tomatoes” returns about 1,270,000 results. Wow - all that information from the touch of a button. Now with tomatoes nobody really cares whether the information is fact or fiction, but what about more serious subject matter.
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Download your brain to into a computer January 21st, 2007

Would you like to be able to view your first kiss on a tv screen, email your best mates exactly what happened the other night? How about backup what you did the other day - just in case you forget it.
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PHP Security: You don’t have a clue… January 19th, 2007

I don’t really mean to pick on PHP, it’s just in that unfortunate position where it has become so popular any old numpty can pick up a book and suddenly he is a PHP programmer. It’s a bit like Windows - get it out the box and it runs great, give it to someone with no knowledge and a speedy internet connection and pretty soon they’ll have a box choc full of spyware, adware and general rubbish. Of course when their computer starts running slowly they never even consider it might be their fault - it’s Windows that’s crap!
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