http://eide.org eide.org Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:33:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got a elePHPant after the testfest, and just in time for a roadtrip to Stavanger ( 1000km roundtrip ), I went over with a car to move my sister and her boyfriend ( with all their stuff ) to Oslo. I brought the elePHPant with me and got some ... http://eide.org/2008/10/09/elephpant/ In Norway we have a rap show on the radio that have been going on for 15 years around these days, and tonight the first of several celebration shows is on air! Lots of classics, make sure to check out the website and tune in to the playlist when that ... http://eide.org/2008/10/03/national-rap-show/ The people that know me have over the years *slowly* figured out that I'm a big whisky fan: I'm a member of the norwegian malt whisky association, me and some friends come together to taste whiskies and enjoy the flavors that it brings. If I have to choose I'd go ... http://eide.org/2008/08/26/whisky-tasted/ With the release of 4.4.9 PHP4 is now officially dead. What can I say? Nothing much really: it should die silently and we'll move along with PHP5/6 and be happy! http://eide.org/2008/08/08/rip-php4/ Today I'll look at some iterators: a set of classes in the SPL that implements various iterating patterns: ArrayIterator, AppendIterator, FilterIterator, LimitIterator and NoRewindIterator. Hopefully you'll get a idea of what these are capable of and that you can get some new ideas for your day-to-day tasks. ArrayIterator The ArrayIterator does exactly ... http://eide.org/2008/08/05/iterators/ Today I will look at the Countable interface, it has a single function that needs to be implemented: count(), by implementing this you can ensure that there is a count() function ready to use on any given class that implements it. The Countable interface is used in other places in ... http://eide.org/2008/07/30/countable/ Well, the testfest 2008 is wrapping up and a lot of the tests are now a part of the php distribution. php.no had a session where Hannes Magnusson introduced us to writing tests. I focused on some SPL areas that didn't have coverage, and I got myself a elephant! ( ... http://eide.org/2008/07/30/php-testfest/ Well, back from vacation out west at my parents house and a week at beitostølen. The first week was kinda bad with rain and really bad weather, but the final week I spent with some friends in a cabin doing some walking in the mountain area of Jotunheimen. Since I ... http://eide.org/2008/07/28/beitostoylen/ In this post I will look at SplObjectStorage: a container that allows to store objects uniquly without the need to compare them one by one. Adding objects So, what can the SplObjectStorage do for you? Let's see how it behaves when we start to use it. And this will, as you most likely ... http://eide.org/2008/07/21/splobjectstorage/ Congratulations to Trude and Marte from my track & field team ( gfil ) with silver and bronze in todays national championship in women's hammer throwing competition! Ok: why this interest in hammer throwing? Some people might not know, but I have a history that might have eluded some: I've been ... http://eide.org/2008/07/19/hammer-throwing/