Why PHP Won
I attended a very interesting talk last night given by Rasmus Lerdorf, the originator/creator/founder/daddy of the PHP programming language. Rasmus spoke for ~2.5 hours at LaunchPad NOLA in New Orleans and there were about 35…
Creating Better CSV Files With Excel
Excel is a great tool for a number of reasons. But when it’s used to create CSV files, it usually throws something at me that’s hard to parse. I often need to use a script…
My 9 Best Coding Tips
Over the last few years, I’ve learned a lot about programming and coding sites. Some of this knowledge came from books, but the majority of the really good things I’ve learned came from simply “doing…
Automating Shareasale Affiliate Reporting w/ PHP & cURL
For this example, I’m going to show you how to use PHP and cURL to check your Shareasale stats. I thought, “Why not prepare everyone with a nice way to automatically gather their stats?”. But the following lesson can be applied to just about any affiliate site…or any website for that matter.