24th
JUN

List duplicate database queries in CodeIgniter

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Posted by Lee under CodeIgniter, CodeIgniter Libraries, Programming

Sure we all like to think that we’re masters of our code but there does come times that you may not realise a database query (usually from a model) has been duplicated a few times. Sure it’s no big problem but when it comes to optimising your website this is one of the first things I would start hunting down to increase performance of a site - you’ve already got the dataset once so why do you need it again if it hasn’t been changed? Read the rest of this entry »

7th
MAY

HTree Hierarchial Model - a CodeIgniter Model

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Posted by David under CodeIgniter Libraries

We needed a class that would retrieve a block of data with parent/child relationships from mySQL and store it in an array which correctly represents the three dimensional nature of the parent/child relationships. The class needed to also have methods for add, deleting and moving entries within and between categories.

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24th
APR

SMS Global Gateway Library for CodeIgniter

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Posted by Lee under CodeIgniter Libraries

This is the first of many libraries we will be releasing as open source for the CodeIgniter community. Be certain to keep an eye on this site for future releases and other tips/contributions related to CodeIgniter.

Who is this library ideal for?

Anyone wanting to use the SMS Global (Australia Based) API for sending SMS’s from their application.
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