Tag archive: php

When unique isn’t really unique

Sometimes, an auto-generated number isn’t enough and what you really need is a unique identifier. Several people have different techniques for generating their unique identifiers. My favorite has been generating a random number and then hashing it through the md5… continue reading »

Using git hooks to check syntax errors

Git is currently my favorite source code versioning tool and while I used Subversion, I knew about something called hooks that I never used. Essentially, hooks allow you to execute custom scripts when you perform certain actions on your repository… continue reading »