From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Signing AWS requests in PHP

Recently Amazon added the requirement that all requests must be signed. The process of signing requests is documented on this product advertising API page. Based on the steps listed there, and with a lot of help from @giltotherescue, I was able to create a PHP function to create a signed request URI based on a [...]

Read the full article → August 19, 2009

SCP for Komodo IDE

I have just finished developing my first Komodo IDE plugin. I love Komodo. It’s the first IDE for PHP that I’ve been very, very happy using. I’ve run it on Windows, Linux and now on a MacBook. The only frustration I’ve had is that Komodo doesn’t support basic integrated file uploading via SCP. While it [...]

Read the full article → August 17, 2009

Facebook Connect comments as WordPress plugin

My article Integrating Facebook Connect using the Thesis theme has generated a great deal of interest and several requests for a WordPress plugin. I personally haven’t had the time or inclination to create a plugin, but my friend and colleague Aaron Collegeman has. He was interested in the concept for one of his projects and [...]

Read the full article → August 14, 2009