Friday, March 05, 2004

FPDF - "FPDF is a PHP class which allows to generate PDF files with straight PHP, that is to say without using the PDFlib library. The advantage is that PDFlib requires a fee for a commercial usage. F from FPDF stands for Free: you may use it for any kind of usage and modify it to suit your needs. " Another free PHP library for generating PDF files.  Great stuff.  I see on demand invoices, reports, catalogs, oh my!  I'll use this one. 5:37:50 PM

Lore 1.1.2. Lore is a PHP and MySQL powered knowledge base management system that allows users to easily create and maintain a FAQ, documentation system, or complete support knowledge base. It features "search engine friendly" URLs, unlimited articles, (sub)categories, file attachments, article comments, ratings, glossary, full-text search, related articles, WYSIWYG editor, and a completely customizable template/style system which is based on Smarty. Advanced features include reusable article components, the ability to publish or unpublish articles, and featured articles. A complete Web-based control panel is included, and an installation wizard allows for easy setup. [freshmeat.net] 5:29:40 PM

PDF Generation Using Only PHP - Part 1:"This tutorial is intended for the PHP programmer who needs to incorporate PDF generation in a script without using external libraries such as PDFlib (often unavailable due to licensing restrictions or lack of funds). " I need this to create invoices on the fly. No need to re-compile PHP. 3:42:17 PM

The city of Costa Mesa, CA has an RSS feed. [Scripting News] The feed includes info about meetings, hearings, etc.  Very cool.    10:58:05 AM

Scripting News: 3/3/2004:"Huge RSS support from Amazon. It just keeps growing. " 10:56:23 AM

Slate joins the parade with a new RSS feed. They also have an OPML reading list. Jonathan Epstein wrote an RSS tutorial for Slate readers. [Scripting News] 10:50:44 AM