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Using Parameterized Prepared Statements in a Class

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: parameterized, statements, query, prepared, class

Binding statement parameters to class variables so they can be used anywhere in the class

Read more | Comments (0) | Dec 24, 2014

Using Parameterized Prepared Statements to Retrieve Data

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: parameterized, statements, query, prepared

Using prepared statements is good, but calling prepare() over and over in a loop is bad. Here's how to avoid it.

Read more | Comments (0) | Dec 17, 2014

Making Things Appear and Disappear without JQuery

Posted by Bob Ray | Tags: JQuery, slider, toggle, javascript

Make content appear and disappear without the overhead of JQuery

Read more | Comments (0) | Mar 24, 2014




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