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Phil Sturgeon

Phil Sturgeon

Software Engineer gone ferril. Digital nomad since 2018 (bike/van). Now dedicated to woodland creation and restoration, as co-founder of UK climate chairty Protect Earth.

Using OmniAuth to make Twitter/oAuth API requests

Using OmniAuth to make Twitter/oAuth API requests

Using the brilliant user system gem Devise and a gem called OmniAuth you can make a Rails application that logs in or registers users via Twitter, Facebook, Gowalla, etc with amazing ease. But once the user is logged in, how do you go about actually interacting with the API on

Upgrading to CodeIgniter 2.0

Upgrading to CodeIgniter 2.0

As soon as I saw the tweet from EllisLab that CodeIgniter 2.0-dev was available on BitBucket I instantly converted PyroCMS to run on it. I got it all working in a few hours after LOTS of headbanging, mouse throwing and blaspheming. All the bugs I found along the way

CodeIgniter Packages != Modules

CodeIgniter Packages != Modules

So many people are asking about the new Packages feature in CodeIgniter 2.0 that I need to put this to bed: Packages are not Modules. These are two entirely different concepts and should not be confused with each other. Modules By modules I mean any HMVC implementation such as

Modular Separation for CodeIgniter 2

Modular Separation for CodeIgniter 2

Sadly CodeIgniter 2.0-dev has not brought us any sort of modular/HMVC system, but luckily Modular Separation works for this new "version" with two minor tweaks. The fix was worked out a few hours after the CodeIgniter 2.0 dev code was released but I was hoping

CodeIgniter Base Classes: Keeping it DRY

CodeIgniter Base Classes: Keeping it DRY

Most applications in CodeIgniter will have various types of pages. The public frontend, a backend admin panel, perhaps some sort of moderator or staff panel, etc. Logic for these types of pages is normally copied between all of their different Controllers which means, for example, if the way the admin

Working with RESTful services in CodeIgniter

Working with RESTful services in CodeIgniter

This blog has been pretty quiet for a few weeks now, mainly because I have been working on a beast of an article for NetTuts called " Working with RESTful services in CodeIgniter". It is a great feeling to finally get an article on a site as large as

Twiny-Framework: the framework small enough to tweet

Twiny-Framework: the framework small enough to tweet

Many frameworks say they are lightweight, quick and easy on your server, but none are as lightweight as my new "framework" which is so lightweight it can fit in a Tweet. <? $g=$_GET;$c=@$g['c']?:'Home'; if(!@include"c/$c.php&