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17 May 5:04 AM: weierophinney: Up way too late coding. New #zf2 service manager is looking solid. Next days will be docs.

16 May 10:18 PM: zeevs: Vacation 2012, daily battery charging duty: 2 iPhones, PowerTrip, 3G access point, cam, laptop, sometimes iPad. Time for new battery tech!

16 May 9:21 PM: zendcon: Daily Countdown: only FIVE days left until the #ZendCon Call for Papers closes - get your submissions in now for sessions and tutorials #php

16 May 6:45 PM: zend: Zend Studio 9.0.3 is available! New workflows, new components, performance improvements, bug fixes. Download it... http://t.co/UKlbKaSO

16 May 5:10 PM: phpdeveloper: Marcus Bointon's Blog: Compiling wkhtmltopdf on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: Marcus Bointon has written up the process h... http://t.co/ylV7PgMY

16 May 3:10 PM: weierophinney: Constantly amused that Skype mis-typed the "Dialing" notification on linux as "Dailing".

16 May 2:28 PM: weierophinney: #protip: Your configure script should test for all utilities needed during compilation. I'm looking at you, git-scm.

16 May 2:04 PM: phpdeveloper: Symfony Blog: Symfony Community Survey 2012: The Symfony Project is running a community survey for developers u... http://t.co/9ivjiVvB

16 May 1:32 PM: phpdeveloper: Community News: AtlantaPHP June Meetup - Introduction to Laravel: The Atlanta PHP User Group has announced thei... http://t.co/QTdWycrY

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16 May 12:23 PM: weierophinney: Many happy returns of the day to @akrabat - and thanks for being a constant sanity check these past months!

16 May 4:23 AM: zend: Event: WEBINAR: Open Source Productivity Tools and IBM i http://t.co/NkbUQlUS

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15 May 11:19 PM: allzend: Richard Knop: When there is a method to get an object, always use it!: I have just learned an important less... http://t.co/FaZni0bK #zf

15 May 10:04 PM: weierophinney: My new forms implementation has been merged to #zf2 master branch… http://t.co/21UjdSxs

15 May 9:45 PM: planetphp: Composer Dependency Woes - http://t.co/ZyITb0V6 Â» PHP http://t.co/lU01jhc7

15 May 5:50 PM: phpdeveloper: http://t.co/2EWhvGJ2: Using SPL Iterators, Part 1: On http://t.co/2EWhvGJ2 today there's a new tutorial posted, t... http://t.co/eKtIpaL9

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Reducing a Map Path Using Douglas-Peucker Algorithm

By Quentin Zervaas, 27 April 2011

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When drawing a path on a map (for instance, the directions from point A to point B) it is important to consider the limitations of the device you're drawing the path on. In this article, I will show you how to reduce the number of points in a path so the path can be displayed with minimal loss of quality on devices such as iPhone or Android-powered devices that may struggle with an extremely large set of points.

Translating Text Using the Google Translate API and PHP, JSON and cURL

By Quentin Zervaas, 6 May 2011 cURL Google JSON PHP Download PDF

Google Translate is a service from Google that you can use to translate text or HTML from one language to another. One of the great features of this service is that they now offer an API to let you programmatically translate text. In this article I will show you how to interact with the Google Translate API.

Shortening URLs for goo.gl with Google's URL Shortener API

By Quentin Zervaas, 12 January 2011 cURL Google JSON PHP Download PDF

In 2010 Google released its own URL shortener, which allows you to shorten URLs to use the goo.gl domain. In this article I will show you how to easily create your own short URLs using their new URL shortener API.

PHP A to ZCE: Functions

By Quentin Zervaas, 14 December 2010 PHP ZCE Download PDF

One of the key features of nearly all programming languages is the ability to create reusable code that can be used on-demand. In PHP this is achieved with the creation of user-defined functions. In this article I will show you how to define and use functions in PHP.

PHP A to ZCE: Error Handling

By Quentin Zervaas, 24 November 2010 PHP ZCE Download PDF

One of the features of PHP is its comprehensive error-handling functionality. You can control many aspects of how errors are triggered and handled. In this article I will cover the key aspects of errors and error handling in PHP.

PHP A to ZCE: Databases and SQL

By Quentin Zervaas, 18 November 2010 MySQL PHP PostgreSQL Sqlite ZCE Download PDF

Databases are an extremely useful tool in web development as they allow you to store data about users, customers, e-commerce products and orders, or anything else. In this article I will cover the basics of using databases in PHP, including how to manage data using SQL.

Using Callback Functions in PHP

By Quentin Zervaas, 17 November 2010 PHP Download PDF

A commonly used technique when programming is to use callbacks. A callback is a piece of code that is passed to a function that is later executed by that function. In this article I will show you how to define and call callbacks in PHP, as well as a practical example of how callbacks can be useful.

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