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Online MD5 Hasher/Cracker

If you’ve ever worked with a PHP/MySQL application which handles user logins, then you will have worked with MD5 Hashes. An MD5 is a one-way encryption algorithm commonly used by web applications to store passwords. When a new user creates an account, their password is ‘hashed’ using MD5 and the hash is stored along with […]

What is AJAX?

What is AJAX? If you find yourself asking this question then you’re either new to PHP/Javascript or you have been hiding under a rock for the past three years. Since around 2006, the term/buzzword ‘AJAX’ has been thrown around like a frisbee in a playground. So what exactly is AJAX? If you’ve had an auto-suggest […]

Google likes standards compliance

One thing I love about the SEO world is that it’s not an exact science. Just about every man and his dog have their own idea about what Google likes and hates. I think we’re all agreed on the fact that relevant, contextual links from related so-called ‘authority’ sites are good stuff. Generous use of […]