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Text to Image in PHP with GD

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Nimal

This is simple script to demonstrate the capabilities of PHP with the GD library, which provides a lot of image functions that can be useful in many applications. Continue reading →

Posted in Tech Notes | Tagged Linux, PHP | 2 Comments

Activate Oracle on XAMPP for Windows

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Nimal

PHP has got the OCI8 extension, which provides Oracle connectivity to PHP application, and OCI8 uses Oracle Instant Client Package to get Oracle specific functions. Continue reading →

Posted in Tech Notes | Tagged Database, Linux, Oracle, PHP, Windows, XAMPP | 5 Comments

On this day in 1999, Pyra Labs launched Blogger. Blogger was later bought by Google in 2003. I have been blogging with Blogger for the last 3 years in this blog, and also in my Tamil blog. It has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Tech News | Tagged Birthday, Blogger, Internet | 2 Comments

Free calls to US using Google Voice & Gizmo (with IPKall or a Friend in US)

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Nimal

So how did I get my Google Voice number from outside US… Yeah I live in Sri Lanka, and I have registered my Google Voice number and use it without any restrictions…! Continue reading →

Posted in Tech Notes | Tagged Free, Google, VoIP | 3 Comments

Using the ‘exclude’ option with ‘tar’

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Nimal

The meanings of –exclude and –exclude-from are always confusing to me. I’m always confused with the use of ‘exclude’ options with ‘tar’. Continue reading →