PHP
Introduction In an earlier article I explained how to use .NET assemblies in php. This concept is the basis of the image generation as used in my entry for the WinPHP challenge. Because the user is in control of selection colors, all images used throughout the weblog need to be generated. Php provides a number of graphical functions, but none is capable of creating rounded corners an gradients with ease. Everything has to be done by hand. WPF on the other hand uses xaml which supports everything...
The blog engine I’m writing for the WinPHP Challenge is really getting shape. At certain points in the application I would like to send an email. Luckily SMTP is supported by IIS. Here’s a small how-to to get it up and running and send an email from your php app using IIS. Setting Up and Configuring IIS Start by going to the ServerManager on you Server. Most often this is the server you’ll be running your php website on. Go to Add features in the Features summary section. Check SMTP Services in the...
Introduction For my entry for the WinPHP challenge, my personal Blog Engine “BlogSnor”, I wanted to make use of Ajax to retrieve posts, comments, color data and more from the server. I’ve used Microsoft Ajax in ASP.NET before, so why not try that in PHP too. Here’s how… Installing For the simplicity of this tutorial I make the assumption you have php 5.2 or higher running in iis7 and that your localhost points to c:/wwwroot/inetpub. (If you have not, and you have questions about this, just send me...
Intro For the blog engine I’m writing for the WinPHP contest I needed a place to store data. Because windows specific features need to be used, Microsoft SQL Server is the logic choice. Getting data from the database isn’t as easy as making that choice. The extension that comes with PHP worked well with SQL Server 2005, but failed when running on a Windows Server 2008 machine with SQL Server 2008. Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to get it to work on SQL Server 2008. Installation First, download...