Pico is an open source CMS application that is capable of very few things. It uses flat-files as the database and built with PHP. Simply, there is no setup and the app works instantly.
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May 16, 2013
PHP
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# Chat, free php chat, Goodies, php chat, phpFreeChat, Responsive, responsive layout
phpFreeChat is a free and open source PHP chat application that doesn’t require any database to run but rather uses the filesystem for it. It can be used at the same time by any number of users, has a responsive layout that works in mobile too and has a modular authentication system which can be integrated into any app.
The application has 2 parts:
- server: a PHP-powered engine that accepts REST commands and handles the chat logic
- client: a jQuery plugin that communicates with the server and displays the chat interface
phpFreeChat is pretty simple in functionality yet support for multiple rooms, smileys and a “new message notification” will be added soon.
Requirements: PHP 5.3+
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
Website: http://www.phpfreechat.net/
Demo: http://www.phpfreechat.net/demo
Download: https://github.com/kerphi/phpfreechat
phpFastCache is an open source PHP caching library that comes as a single-file and can be integrated so quickly.
For any dynamic website, if it is not the performance of the network/server, database queries are usually the source of performance issues. They should be optimized for sure and minimized with the help of caching. It has support for multiple caching methods (apc, memcache, memcached, wincache, files, pdo and mpdo), the period of caching can be defined and has a very simplified API.
Requirements: PHP 5.1+
Website: http://www.phpfastcache.com/
Download: https://github.com/khoaofgod/phpfastcache
Medoo is a lightweight (~8kb) PHP framework for working with SQL databases. The framework comes as a single file and works withВ MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL,В SQLite (and more).
It has methods for all the common SQL queries and controls for preventing SQL injention. Medoo is simple-yet-handy and it is very well-documented.
Requirements: PHP 5.1+
Website: http://medoo.in/
Download: http://medoo.in/download
For NoSQL fans, MongoDB is definitely the most popular solution with the simplicity and cross-platform support offered. In order to manage MongoDB databases easily, Genghis, a single-file, self-hosted and web-based solution is pretty handy.
It can be installed either as a Ruby gem or as a standalone PHP script. Genghis is capable of managing any number of databases on any number of servers with support for managing databases, collections and documents.
The interface of the application is responsive and works well down to mobile.
Requirements: PHP or Ruby on Rails
Website: http://genghisapp.com/
Download: https://github.com/bobthecow/genghis
Koken is a free and self-hosted CMS (PHP-MySQL) that is focused on building websites where portfolio/gallery is in the core (like designer or photographer sites). The application has a powerful media manager for the images and videos. It allows organizing items as categories, date captured, license and more.
It has a simple and flexible content editor that allows editing with live previews. Also, inserting media, slideshows or social content (like tweets, Flickr, Instagram and Vimeo) is possible.
Koken has a templating engine for building new themes. And, it is currently in beta but will soon have plugins for extending further.
Also, for Adobe Lightroom users, there is a free “ publish services” plugin for easily updating, editing and replacing content.
Requirements: PHP 5.2+, MYSQL 5+
Website: http://koken.me/
Download: http://help.koken.me/customer/portal/articles/632102…
February 19, 2013
Development , MySQL , PHP , Project Management
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# Bug, Bug Tracking App, BugKick, Extras, Open Source, php
BugKick is an open source bug tracking and task management application (source is hosted on GitHub) that is “light” in means of features (which i sometimes nice).
It is built with PHP-MySQL and allows teams to define projects, add tasks to them (which can be tagged with anything like “bug” or “feature request”) and assign to teammates.
Discussions under each task is possible, status updates about each of them are delivered via e-mail and closed ones are not deleted but kept.
There is an API for integrating it into our own apps and a JavaScript snippet + a contact form helps users to submit bugs too.
Requirements: PHP, MySQLWebsite: https://bugkick.com/
Download: https://github.com/aaronmusopen/bugkick
Download: https://github.com/aaronmusopen/bugkick
December 20, 2012
Android , iOS , Mobile , Mobile Development , PHP
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# android, Goodies, iOS, MIT License, Mobile Development, php
Mobile_Detect is an open source PHP class for detecting mobile devices.
It uses the User-Agent string combined with various HTTP headers in order to detect the mobile environment. The class canВ easily understand whether the platform is mobile, tablet or desktop.
Also, functions exist for detecting whether it is iPad, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, etc.
And, we can even drill-down to the versions of the platforms and browsers if needed.
It has a huge library of devices (including Nook, Nexus, Kindle, Archos..) and browsers for a stable detection.
The most standard way online for informing and guiding users to help them find the answers to their questions about the service/app are F.A.Q. pages.
phpMyFAQ is a pretty stable and open source PHP F.A.Q. application that has many features for building a good F.A.Q. system.
A powerful admin interface exists for managing the categories, entries, В users and also viewing the stats.
It is possible to enable users to ask or answer questions and comment to them or keep it admins-only.
There is an advanced search system empowering users to locate the related answers with ease.
Its look and feel can be customized with HTML-CSS, interface has multi-language support and all questions-answers can be exported as a PDF (with automated table of contents).
The F.A.Q. page has some ready-to-use modules like “most popular, latest or sticky questions”.
If you want to remove an array of elements from another array that have a particular value(s) here’s a neat way of doing it without any looping: