I posted how to get the keywords from a search engine referer url a while back (here) and from a number of useful comments on that post have completely revised the function which now also supports the query string when it is sent as part of a URL fragment.
This is a summary post containing a list of the articles from this blog containing recipes, tips and tricks for using Apache’s .htaccess files.
I have compiled a list of email providers here that support POP3 mail access on port 110 and IMAP mail access on 143, and also the big free webmail providers that do not just to round things off. If you know of any other reliable providers please add a comment or email me.
Apache’s configuration allows access to be restricted by IP address in both the main configuration file, virtualhost directives and .htaccess files. It can be useful to deny access to specific IP addresses, for example to keep a bad robot out; and it can equally be useful to deny access to all IP addresses but allow a select few in, for example to restrict access for a specific area of a website (e.g. the admin) to a specific number of IP address. This post shows how to do both.
Apple Mac OS X is generally good at memory management but I sometimes find the inactive memory takes a long time to be released as free memory and my system can grind to a bit of a halt if I need to start up a virtual machine. This post shows how to use the purge command to free up the inactive memory.
I currently develop PHP based websites on a Mac using MAMP. When testing the Interspire Email Marketer API on a local version of a site posting data through to an https:// URL with cURL, I discovered that the version of cURL on MAMP has some issues with certs and SSL.