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How To Extract Email Attachments With PHP

1. February 2011

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Looking for how to extract email attachments with PHP? I was too, because I needed to extract pictures from mail that came in. I’ve been looking around, and it looks like the best thing’s this: PHP Mime Mail Parser Class using PHP’s MailParse Extension. It’s an open-source project hosted on Google Code. Tags: Attachments, Class, [...]

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How To Find All Unread Mail in GMail

26. January 2011

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If you’re using GMail and notice that it tells you that there’s an unread message, but for some reason you can’t find it in your inbox, or all mail, try searching for it. The good thing about GMail is that even unread mail carry labels, so you can actually search for mail that haven’t been [...]

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How To Redirect or Disable BBPress Registration Page

6. January 2011

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BBPress is a great forum software that integrates nicely with WordPress. The problem is, it’s not as full-featured as the other forum software available. One of my gripes is the inability to change certain options. For instance, if you’ve integrated BBPress with your WordPress blog, then you want to redirect or disable the default BBPress [...]

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How To Automatically Remove error_log Files

30. December 2010

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Apache has great logging features, but if you’re using shared hosting, then sometimes removing error_log files might not be very simple. Poking around the Internet did lead me to Lester’s site, where he has generously created and offered an error_log file cleaning script for free. Grab that script here. Just upload that script to your [...]

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How To Solve Lag Problems And Slowness With Samsung Galaxy S (Even After Updating Android OS)

20. December 2010

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If you have problems with your Samsung Galaxy S (all versions) after you updated from 2.1 eclair to 2.2 froyo, you’re not alone. Turns out that there’s a problem with Samsung and their Galaxy S’s, and many people are experiencing lag, or general slow-ness, when using their phones. Android 2.1 was pretty okay for me, [...]

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SingTel 3G Mobile Broadband Internet Settings

11. November 2010

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Following up on my previous post on getting the setting for Starhub 3G APN settings, I got an Android phone with Singtel, and had to play around with the APN settings. If you need the APN settings for Singtel 3G network, then these will work. You can use it in case you’ve loaded a new [...]

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How To Get Back The Classic WinXP Alt-Tab in Windows 7

5. November 2010

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If you have migrated to Windows 7 from Windows XP, you’ll realise that a lot has changed, including the alt-tab functionality. In the default Windows 7 behaviour, alt-tab shows thumbnails, but looks messy and cluttered, not to mention slow. Thankfully, you can still get back the Windows XP alt-tab functionality. Just follow these steps: Go [...]

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