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PEAR::Pager Tutorials - Use Pager with Smarty. Use Pager_Wrapper with AJAX

Since I keep getting emails asking for help with PEAR::Pager, here's a couple of new examples about the most requested features: 1) how to use Pager with a template engine like Smarty; 2) how to use Pager_Wrapper to paginate database results and display them using AJAX.   Read article

8 March 2007

An update on my PEAR packages

An update about some of the PEAR packages I maintain: [M]DB_QueryTool, Mail_Queue, MDB2, Translation2.   Read article

1 February 2007

Get involved in PEAR!

An overview of the many ways to get involved in PEAR, and a few concrete suggestions.   Read article

15 November 2006

Firebird 2 cheat sheet

Cheat sheet for the upcoming Firebird 2. A handy reference of the FB2 datatypes, an useful query reference and a list of the PHP Firebird/Interbase functions.   Read article

6 November 2006

PostgreSQL cheat sheet

Cheat sheet for PostgreSQL 8. A handy reference of the PostgreSQL datatypes, an useful query reference (with an eye on the INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables) and a list of the internal PostgreSQL functions.   Read article

6 November 2006

PEAR::Pager Tutorials - Article Pagination and Navigation

How to navigate through the paragraphs of a long article with PEAR::Pager.   Read article

16 October 2006

PEAR::Pager Tutorials - Navigation with Pager and AJAX (or simple Javascript)

PEAR::Pager can generate javascript links and AJAX calls. Read how in this new Pager tutorial, examples are included.   Read article

3 October 2006

DBMS and charsets, a summary and a call for help

Some clarification about charset settings for the various DBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Firebird/Interbase, Oracle, Sqlite) and a call for help for charset setting support in PEAR::MDB2.   Read article

28 September 2006

PEAR::Pager Tutorials - Create pretty links with Pager and mod_rewrite

How to tell PEAR::Pager about your links format and use it to generate mod_rewrite compatible links.   Read article

19 September 2006

PEAR::Pager Tutorials - Paginate database results

Paginate database results with PEAR::Pager, in an efficient way.   Read article

8 September 2006