Category Archives: PHP

Authorize.net AIM osCommerce Payment Issue

By Donnie Bachan | Published: December 22, 2009

This has to be one of the most irritating issues I’ve come across in some time. Using any of the Authorize.net AIM modules for osCommerce 2.2 the customer would consistently be sent back to the Payment Details page with an error: There has been an error processing your credit card It seems that many people have been [...]

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Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated

By Donnie Bachan | Published: July 11, 2009

I recently upgraded to PHP 5.3.0 after having some issues with FASTCGI and 5.2.x on Windows but the moment I did this I started getting numerous warnings. The one that appeared the most was: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated Apparently in PHP5 all objects are passed as reference and 5.3.0 formally deprecated [...]

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Web data security paranoia

By Donnie Bachan | Published: February 23, 2009

My recent experiences with several hacking attacks has made me think more about application and data security on the web. In today’s world nothing can be taken for granted and security should be of the highest concern, no mater how simple you think your application or trivial the data you store. Many web applications are [...]

Also posted in ColdFusion, Databases, Security | Tagged ColdFusion, database, encryption, Security, SQL Server | 1 Comment

Magento: Adventures in creating a custom design

By Donnie Bachan | Published: February 7, 2009

Let me start off by saying, Magento is an EXTREMELY powerful and well built ecommerce platform. It contains all of the features necessary to deliver a stable and scalable solution for ecommerce (and more). That being said, I do have a few issues. So far, I find the system quite slow. Maybe it is just [...]

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Folder permission not inherited by uploaded file in PHP/IIS

By Donnie Bachan | Published: February 3, 2009

Scenario: The web application has two components, a private upload area and a public download area. To upload a file you must be logged in via HTTP Authentication in IIS (v6 on Windows 2003). The file is uploaded to a non-web accessible uploads folder. Downloads are public and are allowed for anyone who has the unique [...]

Also posted in IIS, Programming, Server | Tagged IIS, PHP, Programming, Windows | 2 Comments