CakePHP

Last 2 weeks I tried to put ZF2 to my project www.mateonline.net. It was endless pain to configure Zend Framework 2 for me as a beginner with this. ZF2 as syntax is very nice. But something got wrong with server configuration.
So, then I said I will try Symfony 2. But, I quit immediately. I though it will be easier, but it is no so nice as ZF2.
And, then I pass to CakePHP. Which I like. Except the fact that it has no PDO. I don't like  how is linked to MySQL DB but I can use to it.

PHP namespace

When you use namespace on PHP scripts you have to use require(), require_once(), include() or include_once() . It doesn't work without one of these like you can see on this example:

php namespaces are case-insensitive:

file1.php:
namespace foo;

function bar()
{
    echo 'from bar';
}?>
file2.php:


fOo\bar() // output: from bar
?>

This example is here:
http://php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.rationale.php

A better example is here:
http://www.sitepoint.com/php-53-namespaces-basics/

Javascript redirect for mobile devices

The best method to redirect for mobile that I found is following:


<script type="text/javascript">

if (screen.width < 1081) {
 var ref = document.referrer;
 var urls = new Array("http://www.mymainsite.com","http://m.mymobilesite.com");
 var n = ref.match(urls[0]);
 var m = ref.match(urls[1]);
 if ((m!==null) || (n!==null)) {
 stop;
 }
 else if (ref=='') {
 var r = confirm("Small Display is Detected.\nClick \"OK\" for MOBILE SITE.");
 if (r==true) {
  window.location = "http://m.mymobilesite.com";
  }
  else {
  stop ;
 }
 }
 else
 {
 window.location = "http://m.mymobilesite.com";
 } 
}

</script>

Angular JS

Last days I was struggling with implementation of Angular JS on one  my websites: www.pensiunealajura.ro/mobil/

The big issue with this was to list HTML code without listing HTML tags like < or >. For instance, I wanted to have

    This is a bold text.

not

  This is a <b>bold text</b>.

So, I tried to have this with the module ngSanitize and $sanitize and $sce with  $sce.trustAsHtml.

But all of these were not good. And i dug more. And I found out that the best way to write formatted HTML code into a web page using Angular JS  is using directive ngBindHtml as is explained here: 
https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/directive/ngBindHtml

Now, everything is ok with my page.
:)

News about Java

A new article about Java 20 years:

Java's 20 Years Of Innovation

The importance of a given programming language—especially one as pervasive as Java—in changing how people use technology is difficult to underestimate. The big data revolution, for example, is primarily a Java phenomenon. 

[...]

Fatigue with C

However, a fatigue with C was definitely emerging. The language had two major handicaps in those days: First, it was too low level—that is, it required too many instructions to perform even simple tasks. Second, it wasn’t portable, meaning that code written in C for the PC could not easily be made to run on minicomputers and mainframes.

The low-level aspects, which still are apparent today, led developers to feel that writing applications in C was akin to mowing the lawn with a pair of scissors. As a result, large software projects were tedious and truly grueling.

The portability of C was also a major problem. Although by 1995, many vendors had adopted the 1989 ISO standard, they all added unique extensions that made porting code to a new platform almost impossible.

It’s no coincidence, then, that this era saw the emergence of a new generation of languages. In 1995 alone, there appeared Ruby, PHP, Java, and JavaScript.

Java almost immediately became popular for mainstream programming due to its portability and large set of built-in libraries. The then-mantra for Java was “write once, run anywhere.” While not strictly true initially, it quickly became so, making Java a good choice for business applications that needed to run on several platforms.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/oracle/2015/05/20/javas-20-years-of-innovation/