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If you make some web applications with PHP, sometimes you don’t know how to create a good report. Maybe you’ll create another application written in VB combined with Crystal Report like i did in my previous project.:mrgreen:.But now there is an alternative to create a good report in PHP. “How will you do that?”, you’ll say that to me after read this introduction. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you a programmer?if yes, sometimes you need to replace many same string in your application source code at once. I’ve met that situation before. I run linux in my laptop and need to change some text to fulfill client need. Read the rest of this entry »

When you download a movie from file sharing sites like rapidshare or megaupload, sometimes the movie files is splited into small part. Usually they compress it with winrar. In windows, there will be no problem to extract that splited rar files. But how did you do it in Linux? Click here to know how to do it

I’ve got a problem when i use codeigniter to build a web application. There is no plugin or library that can create excel 2003 files perfectly. I used Spreadsheet::WriterExcel class to create an excel file. But i’ve got a problem when i merged some cells. Those cells is merged, but when i set a value, it appeared in the leftmost cell, not centered. I tried to find solution in google and the i found this site. It told me about how to use hook in codeigniter, so i can use another php library to write an excel file. In this case, i use PHPExcel, because it can create files like i want. Read the rest of this entry »

For debian or ubuntu or linux mint users, apt is a powerful tool to install program/package into their system. But in order to work properly, apt must be configured. Especially from where did it obtain software package.So you must edit your sources.list file that usually exists in /etc/apt directory.

APT can obtain software packages from many types of repository like web server, ftp server, file system or cd-rom. So, it’s your job to configure apt so that it knows where to download software packages. You can add many repository in single sources.list file. Maybe you want download software packages from ubuntu mirror site and CD, or maybe from many mirror. You can add each repository in a single line in sources.list file. Read the tutorial.

Transferring files between mobile phone and PC is an important thing for some people. Usually, they transfer music files, like mp3, from their PC to their mobile phone so they can listen to their favourite music everywhere with their phone. In Windows, this thing is easy. You can use software like Nokia PC Suite or else. But how did you do that in linux? Read the tutorial now