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Error-handling in PHP can be complex, and getting a good way of having clear and good error reporting and maintaining security, by not displaying to much to the public, can be difficult. Maybe sending errors to developers per email could be a good tool for you. Check out the following example code: // Our custom error handler function nettuts_error_handler($number, $message, $file, $line, $vars) { $email = " <p>An error ($number) occurred on line <strong>$line</strong> and in the <strong>file: $file.</strong> <p> $message </p>"; $email .= "<pre>" . print_r($vars, 1) . "</pre>"; $headers = 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n"; // Email the error to someone... error_log($email, 1, 'you@youremail.com', $headers); // Make sure that you decide how to respond to errors (on the user's side) // Either ...

You probably know Wordpress as a very popular blog or content management system. It has tons of features, and can even be extended with plugins - adding custom functionality. There are very many plugins available already, by individual developers and other web services, to integrate with and extend Wordpress. You can find a directory of most existing plugins here: Wordpress Plugin Directory Creating your own plugin Sometimes it's hard to find a plugin that exactly fits your needs. Maybe because you want to integrate with a very specific service, or because existing plugins just don't cut it the way you want. In that case custom plugin development is a really good ...

I've stumbled over a great list of cool CSS techniques I think could be useful some web developers: "CSS3 is taking web development and web design to a higher level. In this article, I have compiled examples of amazing CSS3 techniques that will probably become very popular when CSS3 will be fully supported by most browsers." Color animate any shape with CSS3 and a PNG Let’s start this compilation with an interesting effect created using only CSS3: A png image with a changing background. The background is using CSS3 transitions. Not the kind of effect you’ll put on your website, but definitely an interesting demo of what CSS3 can do. View source: http://jsfiddle.net/chriscoyier/vhKhT/ Create adaptable layout using ...

It seems that the increasing amount of accounts, logins, services, increases the amount of passwords to keep in mind dramatically. All too often you see people using too simple, or same passwords, for many important services. Therefore I would like to remind about the importance of secure passwords, like in a previous article here on the Servage Magazine. It's important to keep focus on this issue, so users are always reminded to increase their personal level of security. It’s easy for service providers to ask their users to use secure passwords. After all it is the user who is supposed to remember it. Obviously it is better for everyone if secure ...