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Darkroom System

Emmanuel Lalande — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:02:41 +0000

The darkroom system is an online photo proofing application which allows photographers to sell photographic products online with ease.

60s Girl

Emmanuel Lalande — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:39:12 +0000

Download 60s Girl for you desktop.

A girl dressed in 60s style beside a record player.

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Parsing XML

Emmanuel Lalande — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:15:28 +0000

Just a quick note for those who wish to parse XML (rss feeds for example). Here is a link for a parser that converts the xml to an array : http://www.bin-co.com/php/scripts/xml2array/. There are also more examples on the W3 Schools website. If you would like to parse data with JavaScript, check if there exists some JSON feed instead.

Java Script + JQuery

Emmanuel Lalande — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:48:22 +0000

Schedule for this week:

Review the code so far
Look at Java Script and JQuery
Finalize our app

Doc for week 3 [night]

Doc for week 3 [morning]

ZIP of Week 2

Emmanuel Lalande — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:52:12 +0000

You may use this file to ensure you are up to speed with all our progress.

example_week2.zip

Slides from Week 2

Emmanuel Lalande — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:43:51 +0000

Here are the slides from the second tutorial…

Slides from Week 1

Emmanuel Lalande — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:41:27 +0000

The complete slideshow below…

Week 1

Emmanuel Lalande — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:26:27 +0000

Visit the Demo App

Document for week 2 (night)

Document for week 2 (morning)

Boilerplate.zip

Write_Image.php

filename: config.php

$dbhost = 'mysql.elalande.com';
$dbuser = '***';
$dbpass = '***';
$dbname = 'cart_tutorial';

$conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die ('Error connecting to mysql');
mysql_select_db($dbname);

filename: functions.php

//this saves a message to the database along with its creator
function setMessage($newMessage, $owner){
	$newMessage = base64_encode($newMessage);
	$query = "INSERT INTO hidden_messages (message,userid) VALUES ('".$newMessage."','".$owner."')";
	mysql_query($query);
}

filename: setup.php

//connect to our databse
include 'config.php';
include 'functions.php';

//this is the message you want to share with the world
$personalMessage = "Oil sands mining is licensed to use twice the amount of fresh water that the entire city of Calgary uses in a year";
//this is the name that will be associated to your message to retreive it
$myName = 'emmanuel';

//we call a function that saves the message to the database
setMessage($personalMessage,$myName);

filename: .htaccess

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule secretletter.png/([a-zA-Z0-9]+) write_image.php?text=$1
RewriteRule share.php/([a-zA-Z0-9]+) share.php?letter=$1

filename: save_share.php

//connect to our database using the same settings as usual
include "config.php";
//using the parameters passed through the URL we can save new data to the database
$query = "INSERT INTO letters_revealed (letter_index,message_id,userid) VALUES ('".$_GET['letterpos']."','".$_GET['messageid']."','".$_GET['fbuser']."')";
mysql_query($query);

Artistic Web Development Toolkit

Emmanuel Lalande — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:03:31 +0000

As a preface to a series of tutorials focusing on PHP programming in an artistic context, I am happy to provide you with a few key links to reliable source of information. I hope to add more resources as I make use of them.

What we'll be using

Tools for interactive web development

APIs

Filene's Boston

Emmanuel Lalande — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 02:54:45 +0000

Download Filene's Boston for you desktop.

Filene’s Basement closed for renovations in Boston.

Exif:

ExposureTime: 1/320 sec
FNumber: f/18
Flash: No Flash
FocalLength: 24 mm
ISOSpeedRatings: 400
Model: NIKON D3100