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Dejan Marjanovic

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Web everything; IT Engineer; ZEND PHP5.3 Engineer; DebConf11 organizer; Open Source enthusiast and Android & Ruby developer wannabe.

Create Instagram Filters With PHP

Create Instagram Filters With PHP

on Mar 24th 2012 with 83 comments

In this tutorial, I’ll demonstrate how to create vintage (just like Instagram does) photos with PHP and ImageMagick. Wait? What? Yes, you can do this very thing with PHP and ImageMagick, and that’s just scratching the surface!

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PHP 5.4 is Here! What You Must Know

PHP 5.4 is Here! What You Must Know

on Mar 5th 2012 with 113 comments

PHP 5.4 is here; the next major step forward since version 5.3 – keeping PHP 6 (full Unicode support) on hold for now. The latest enhancements significantly improve its elegance, while removing deprecated functionality, resulting in a dramatic optimization of the runtime (up to 20% more speed and memory usage reduction).

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PDO vs. MySQLi: Which Should You Use?

PDO vs. MySQLi: Which Should You Use?

on Feb 21st 2012 with 57 comments

When accessing a database in PHP, we have two choices: MySQLi and PDO. So what should you know before choosing one? The differences, database support, stability, and performance concerns will be outlined in this article.

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