Using the PHP Fileinfo extension

25 February 2009 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | 4 comments

In my last post, I described how to install the Fileinfo PECL module on a Media Temple (dv) server, but I didn't really talk about what it does, why one might want to install it and how to use it.

The methods/functions in the Fileinfo PHP extension "try to guess the content type and encoding of a file by looking for certain magic byte sequences at specific positions within the file. While this is not a bullet proof approach, the heuristics used do a very good job."1 (Note that this module replaces the Mimetype module.)

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Jeffrey Barke is senior developer and information architect at theMechanism - New York, a multimedia firm with offices in New York, London and Durban, South Africa.

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Adhesive 3.4.0 released

30 November 2008 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | 2 comments

Adhesive 3.4.0, a WordPress plugin that allows one to easily mark posts "sticky," is now released. Sticky posts always appear at the top of the page when several posts are displayed.

The most important changes to Adhesive in version 3.4.0 are:

  • Compatibility with WordPress 2.6.5.
  • No longer breaks the native paging functionality in WordPress.
  • Removes all Adhesive-added rows to the wp_postmeta table on plugin deactivation
  • All configuration options and the admin panel menu have been removed. Adhesive simply makes posts sticky—there's really nothing to configure.
  • Solo file functionality has been removed

Get Adhesive 3.4.0.

Jeffrey Barke is senior developer and information architect at theMechanism - New York, a multimedia firm with offices in New York, London and Durban, South Africa.

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