I recently worked on a project with a super dull address form. I figured out that we need to help poor users fill tedious forms, so I made a little code snippet/function which gets the postcode and returns the state. I took postcode ranges from wikipedia , so blame them if something isn’t working as expected.

Small 2019 update – Please check out this library – github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-php

It’s a straight replacement of PHP module.

GeoIP extensions is quite use-full, but it requires some server – side magic. If you are looking for something simpler, just go with  ipstack.com or something similar – GeoIP .

Otherwise:

wget http://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar
php go-pear.phar

We need geoip-devel libraries:

yum install geoip-devel

And newest (not stable) version of geoip:

sudo ./pecl install geoip-1.1.1

Don’t forget to add extension=geoip.so to your php.ini file.

Cross browser testing is a standard part of the testing process. No matter what you build – small page, online form or huge service. It’s really important to test it across multiple browsers.

Each day – new companies want to make the world a better place and try to sell you fantastic service, API, whatever. I’m constantly searching for new exciting, and valuable services which could make “my” (my clients) live easier. Everyone has a flashy website, “Try now”, “Try now for free”, “Signup for free” – fill the form, no credit card required… entry level – no trouble at all. Let’s do it.

The problem:

We are using a bug tracking system, like most software development companies. Creating an issue is quite simple. Open bug tracking system, fill some inputs, upload attachments – done. The issue is created. Sometimes an issue is described with multiple attachments (screenshots). A bug tracking system allows us to embed images into a description. All issues come from users in the form of an email.