Category Archives: PHP

How to add special shipping by product in Zen Cart

originally posted at http://www.goodfeelingplace.com/how-to-add-special-shipping-by-product-in-zen-cart I am in the process of migrating a static site (peacemonger.org) to a database driven site “powered by” zen cart. One of the features requested was the ability to add special shipping charges for odd shaped items, like posters. After doing some research I discovered a page with instructions at http://tutorials.zen-cart.com/index.php?article=190, …

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The Essence of AJAX – How I learned it in an hour

originally posted at http://www.goodfeelingplace.com/the-essence-of-ajax-how-i-learned-it-in-an-hour I was a bit resistant to learning ajax for a couple years because I didn’t see a need for it in the programs I was developing.  However, one day I learned it without knowing it.  I was working with code written by someone else which called a javascript function that invoked …

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Free MDB file to MySQL Conversion

originally posted at http://www.goodfeelingplace.com/free-mdb-file-to-mysql-conversion This week I created a pretty useful tool I’d like to share. I was given an MS Access file (.mdb) and I needed a way to transfer the structure and the data into a MySQL database. I don’t have MS Access and I have no plans to purchase it, so I …

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How to enable SOAP on a LAMP server

originally posted at http://www.goodfeelingplace.com/how-to-enable-soap-on-a-lamp-server I wanted to use the MSN search API on a VPS (Virtual Private Server) I have setup for a client, but the existing CentOS 5 operating system only had PHP5.1.6 and I needed PHP5.2.1 (at least) with SOAP enabled for the search API to work. So I downloaded all my code …

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