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php Image Rotator :: Making sense of the code

By On September 19, 2008 In PHP, Web, Web Design, Web Development With No Comments Permanent Link to php Image Rotator :: Making sense of the codePermalink

So let’s look at an image rotator that comes bundled with this WordPress theme. It’s actually coded by the founding WordPress developer and Internet ubergeek Matt Mullenweg (whose funky website is accompanied by a funky URL: http://ma.tt). The full code for the rotator is here, but I wanted to work my head around a couple of lines.

Here’s a snippet from the code:

 while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
    foreach($exts as $ext) {
       if (preg_match('/.'.$ext.'$/i', $file, $test)) {
          $files[] = $file;
          ++$i;
       }
    }
 }

Hmmmm, we need to look a bit closer at what’s going on there… Continue Reading →

All Change, please. All Change.

By On September 17, 2008 In PHP, Web With No Comments Permanent Link to All Change, please. All Change.Permalink

So, we’re back. It’s been almost a year but it’s time to get this show on the road once more.

What can we expect from RichardShepherd.com? More and more updates, correctly categorised and tagged for your viewing pleasure. See that bunch of random words in the top right corner? Well, as I add more and more info those words will start to inflate. The larger the word, the more I’ve written about it. It’s called a Tag Cloud, and it’s the future, man.

I’ll be writing, blogging if you will, three different things over the coming months..

The first is web design. I’m what you might call an intermediate user, and I want to take this to advanced. This involves brushing up on php, mySQL and Javascript in particular. I’ll be embarking on a few projects, like designing a WordPress widget and Facebook application from scratch, and hopefully we’ll all learn something along the way. Of course as I do, this site will evolve and be a work in progress. A playground, if you will.

The second is film. Or film-making, to be precise. I’ve had a modicum of success with some short films and commercials I’ve directed, but it’s been over a year since I called ‘action!’ so it’s time to get our hands dirty again. As we piece together our next epic short, the front row seats to the behind the scenes action is right here.

The third is the ramblings from my over-productive and underutilised brain. We have a lot to discuss, and that why there’s a new poll feature on the right hand side of these posts. I’ll change it every so often, and would love to hear ideas or questions.