PHP Coder. OK, the last step is to get an IDE for PHP. Wow, amazing what is free. Just downloaded this tool which has syntax checker, etc. Now, I can single step and figure out what is going on.

b2 on a Windows server is not supported. Wow, still couldn’t get B2 to run, I had forgotten what configuration hell was with all the various INI files. Here are the quick notes from that author on hacking at c:\windows\php.ini… Too numerous are the threads about problems installing b2 on a Windows server, and too […]

WinZip? Home Page. so of course DDG is actually in Unix Tar compressed format, so you have to get winzip in order to read it since Windows XP doesn’t know this. Arrghh. How many layers down do I have to go. Also, with dbg, he saves it with the file extension .tar[1] so of course […]

DBG: Php Debugger. OK, I’ve gotten Mysql, PHP4 and B2 installed, but the b2install.php script is generating an error, so off to find a good debugging tool. Google led me to this for a step by step debugger. Wow, a single integrated suite would sure be great. And of course, it turns out this debugger […]

Configuring PHP 3 and 4, MySQL 3.23, PHPMyAdmin, gd, Zend Optimizer for IIS 5.0 under Windows 2000. OK, to get to Cafe/B2, a great blogger according the blog Compendium, I had to learn how to install MySQL, a terrific free SQL database and also PHP4. Wow, this was pretty tricky to do just by reading […]

802.11 Wireless Home Network Recommendations. The new 802.11a at 72Mbps is coming out. Quite a few folks have been asking me about it. Right now for most homes I’d recommend that you get a low cost 802.11b solution for right now. My buddy Tom Hatsukami was asking and wanted to buy NetGear, so here are […]