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Design Patterns – Factory [Series][How-To]

by Nikolaos Dimopoulos on February 2, 2010

in Design Patterns, How-To, MySQL, PHP, Programming, Series, Zend Framework

A note about these series. It appears that Giorgio Sironi and I had the same idea regarding Design Patterns and blogging about them. He covers the Factory design pattern thoroughly in his blog post, which is recommended reading.
The Problem
I started off my IT career as a network administrator. This was back in the good old [...]

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Design Patterns – Singleton [Series][How-To]

by Nikolaos Dimopoulos on January 22, 2010

in Design Patterns, How-To, MySQL, PHP, Programming, Series, Zend Framework

A note about these series. It appears that Giorgio Sironi and I had the same idea regarding Design Patterns and blogging about them. He covers the Singleton design pattern thoroughly in his blog post, which is recommended reading.
The Problem
When I started programming in PHP I was faced with creating a simple database driven web page [...]

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Flexible Storage in MySQL [How-To]

by Nikolaos Dimopoulos on November 16, 2009

in How-To, MySQL, Programming, Storage

We all need data to function. Whether this is information regarding what our body craves at the moment – hence go to the local take-away and get it or cook it – or whether this is electronic data to make our tasks easier, makes no difference.
Storing data in an electronic format is always a challenge. [...]

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