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Joomla 1.5.7 Security release is now available
Joomla! has released the latest version of their Open Source Software. In a nutshell, the release contains fixes for 1 critical and 2 moderate vulnerabilities. The Developers urge all 1.5.x users to...
The Default Virtuemart Theme is a piece of $***!
There I’ve said it, I’ve spent the most part of today and my afternoon yesterday theming VM. I thought, hey there’s a default template here, I’ll just modify that… Severa...
Security Alert for Joomla 1.5.x Users
A security alert has been raised at the Joomla Developer site. A vulnerability has been found to exist in the “user” component of the popular OSS which allows attackers to forge a passwo...
Stay away from Bloated Class Methods, actually, bloated ANYTHING!
Why are there so many examples of bloated PHP methods out there?! I see a lot of bloated methods being used in examples through sites like phpclasses.org and a very large chunk of a project I’ve...
Execute Linux commands in PHP by using backticks
You can execute linux commands within a php script - all you have to do is put the command line in backticks (`). Recently, I had to upload an archive to a server which did not allow ssh. For files th...