A few of them have problems creating a route to a controller folder structure (/application/controllers/folder/controller), but really it is the same as creating a custom route to a non ‘folder’ed’ controller, you just have to define the variable in the routing path.

Here is our scenario, I have a URL of http://example.com/account/manage/4123245/jakub

So if we analyze our URI, we have:
account – folder
manage – controller (with only an index class)
4123245 – a numeric value (input)
jakub – a string slug value (just extra input)

From that we need to make sure that codeigniter understands our URI (and it will not by default!).
so we edit our /application/config/routes.php

$route['account/manage/(:num)/(:any)'] 	= "account/manage/index/$1/$2";

Index is the key here, as we need to route to the class (which is the index), the values $1, $2 are just input (1st, 2nd respectively) to show it goes to the index class.

There you have it, no more route issues with folders in your controller structure.

Happy Code Igniting!

Well in a couple of my last projects I’ve ran smack into CSRF protection and how it impacts AJAX (as well as many other things like Paypal payment gateway responses, etc).

If you found this page when searching for Codeigniter CSRF Ajax, then you’re in luck, as here is the easiest way to add CSRF protection to your ajax calls:

$.ajax({
	type: 'POST',
	url: '/action/fetch_more_blog_posts',
	data: {
		type: 'news', limit: limit, offset: offset,
		<?php echo $this->security->get_csrf_token_name(); ?>: '<?php echo $this->security->get_csrf_hash(); ?>' },
	success: function(data) {
		$(data).appendTo('#more-entries');
		$('#older-posts').slideDown();
		offset += limit;
	}
});

The magic really here is the following entry in the data I am sending back to my controller:

<?php echo $this->security->get_csrf_token_name(); ?>: '<?php echo $this->security->get_csrf_hash(); ?>'

The `get_csrf_token_name()` gets you your token name from the security class (first set in your config), and the `get_csrf_hash();` simply outputs the secure hash from the security class. Simple enough.

If you have timeout issues (say your ajax page sits too long, you may increase the token a bit, test for best fit).

Not a single video running 480p or higher will pre-load without me getting a buffering icon in the center of the screen. I have a ‘Network meter’ widget on my Windows 7 desktop, (for giggles) and I watch the traffic sputter up and down, I am able to right click on a youtube video and view the information, and see that transfer speeds are constantly bouncing 0 -> 2500Mbits, up and down, up and down.. sputter sputter sputter…

Ok so right about now you’re thinking, you didn’t configure your modem, your profile isn’t @ 6Mbit, or any other factors that would discount my idea that ATT is throttling Youtube (probly to push a 6Mbit user to U-Verse is my idea — 6Mbit is listed as unsatisfactory for `HD` video… ha!).

Here is what I discovered

I setup a proxy server on my 100Mbit dedicated server (caveat here is it is in a professional hosting center, in New Jersey). I setup my proxy connection in firefox to use my server. The beauty here is, that I saturate my 6Mbit pipe right away! I can view a 1080p video as soon as the page loads, I get no delay, I have YET to run into a buffer pause. I have good non throttled (guaranteed) bandwidth allocation at my hosting facility, so I’m just thinking of routing all my house traffic over VPN to my server.

I want to try this as I am really suspicious that I am having media throttled by ATT.

Has anyone else done these types of tests? What were your outcomes? I am very curious to know, as my experience is NIGHT and DAY!

I max out my youtube experience when I view via my proxy, but it is barely watchable without my proxy (traffic shaping from ATT?).

I will most likely make a video of the comparison if people are interested, I just wasn’t sure if digging more into this is worth my time.

Thanks for reading, curious on your feedback.

I posted this also on dslreports.com:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r26619828-Speed-Problem-Youtube-being-throttled-on-ATT-6Mbit-profiles-

I was always overly anal with these accusations (being an IT person and having some understanding of the underlying infrastructure), I would point out to friends and anyone that brought up the issue that in fact is was just an advertising / business tactic, that the business that supplied ADSL would say, Cable was slow due to ‘hogs’. While Cable would dispute the ADSL company by saying it wasn’t true, and that in fact the hogs were just as bad on the ADSL lines (which they attributed to ‘old telephone wires’ not having the support).

Anyway, jump forward many years and finally someone has written a great article about this ‘bandwidth hog’ myth:

You might recall that back in 2009, we mentioned a piece claiming that the “bandwidth hog,” a term used ceaselessly by industry executives to justify rate hikes, net neutrality infractions, and pretty much everything else — was a myth. The piece was penned by Yankee analyst Benoit Felten and Herman Wagter, who knows a little something about consumption — as he’s the man largely responsible for Amsterdam’s FTTH efforts. The problem wasn’t bandwidth hogs, argued Wagter, the problem was poorly designed networks built by people more interested in cutting corners than offering quality product.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Bandwidth-Hog-is-a-Myth-117230

Enjoy, and leave a comment how you’ve encountered the bandwidth hog in your internet usage. Have you been hit with rate hikes due to ‘bandwidth hogs’?

I’ve jumped a few cars (not many, but certainly over 10 separate occasions), and I’ve never run into this problem. Basically my key dongle (unlock / lock / pop trunk) stopped responding for unlocking all the car doors. I was unable to double click and unlock the car doors on my 2003 Jetta. It was strange, my first instinct was that something got fried / damaged in the jump (later I learned while speaking with a VW tech, that I should never jump my Jetta, simply because I could fry all the electronics — I’m still not sure if that’s really true or not as my local VW dealership techs just want to make money off me for diagnostic hookups).

So I drove around with this problem for a few weeks, and my carpooling friend kept getting annoyed that I would need to open the car from the inside (auto unlock from inside rather). So I did some searching, and found some vague forum posts where people had the same problem. There was one person that fixed it tho, he solved it by getting in the car, then leaning over and LOCKING / UNLOCKING from the passenger panel (see photo).

This caused some kind of ‘passenger / rear door’ locking system reset, as it worked beautifully for me. So if you find yourself with a Jetta (or any other car that exhibits this problem), just get in the car, lean over and lock/unlock the door. What actually happened when I did it was the system made this ‘double click’ lock sound and then I found that the VW Jetta dongle was working as normal (locking / unlock / pop trunk).

Good luck, hope it helps someone avoid that VW Diagnostic $100 charge that they want to always get you in for.

It would be an error of ‘Access Denied’ right after username entry, and all else would proceed as planned. Well I searched about it a bit and found the answer on superuser.com.

PuTTY tries several authentication methods in a row, which might cause these messages:

• GSSAPI (only if your system and the server have it enabled)
• Public key (only if you have a key loaded)
• Password

After receiving the “Access denied” message, hold Ctrl and right-click on the PuTTY window, then select Event log. At the bottom you will see what exactly caused the failure.

http://superuser.com/questions/312197/putty-0-61-why-do-i-see-access-denied-message-after-i-enter-my-login-id

What I’ve had were some issues with XBMC (v 10.0-9), some crashing as well as a constant nagging scrapper issue.
So I decided to find a solution to update to a nightly build (for better or for worse).

Luckily after not too much searching, I found the proper section:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Install_XBMC_on_Apple_TV_2

(Remember you need to have a jailbroken Apple TV2! And XBMC installed with Cydia prior to doing this).

Enjoy!

I keep all my contacts organized on ‘Google Contacts’ and then I’m able to synchronize my iOS devices with my contact list. Its easy to do and just requires some dedicated time to enter everything in.

As I live in the US, I still have many friends (as well as family) in Canada, and that requires me to call ‘international’ (at least what AT&T calls Canada calling…). My skype local setup is quick and easy, and SIRI makes it fun.

I simply setup a phone number for a contact like so:

1. Create new phone entry, call it Skype
2. Enter my skype number (ex: 734-000-1234)
3. I follow that number with a PAUSE character `,` (comma) + a 2 (skype’s 2 means, call a custom number)
4. After that 2, I simply enter a Canadian number (ex: 1519-555-1234)

The final solution looks like:

Skype: 734-000-1234,21519-555-1234

And then once my contact is sync’d to the phone, I say “SIRI call [persons name] on Skype”, and obediently SIRI completes the call, and I don’t have to punch in any long strings of numbers.

Enjoy!

I don’t know about you but isn’t standby mode advertised `up to` 200 hours? Maybe that `up to` really needs quotations as it might require shutting the phones capabilities off completely (airplane mode?). I can’t imagine why anyone would want a smart phone only to disable data, gps, wifi, etc; to get it to run for min 1-2 days without a recharge.

How to get your iPhone 4s working

Anyway, cutting the rant short, I have been trying different settings, back and forth since I got the phone, and I really got good results by disabling the Location Services for the Reminders (as I imagined they ping quite frequently to get the GPS bearing, as the reminders are location specific now). Recall that SIRI is capable of setting a reminded for “when I get home” or “when I get into the office”. Those are features, that one would imagine require constant GPS checking (after all checking every 15/20 minutes doesn’t make sense.. I could get home in under that time and then what? Later reminder.

Give it a try, see how it goes. I know I have my Apple ‘fast lane’ support call scheduled, as I can’t stomach a phone that only has battery life for ~6hrs or so with full features.

What I want to clear up today, is the confusion (at least for me and a few folks I know) regarding iMessage. iOS5 brings to it a new feature, the ability to give the carriers a ‘BIG F-YOU!’ when it comes to gauging users on ‘per-text-message’ options. Personally I don’t want to pay more than $5 bucks for texting, and I don’t think I should have to pay $20 per month for 160 characters each. My $5 is a 200 message plan, which is more than enough for me.

But ever since I got my iPhone, I have been unsure of what the hell I was doing when sending a message, I would click on the green ‘message’ button, and then I tried selecting a co-worker, but I couldn’t select their apple id email address, it would just show me their home/mobile numbers. However, one friend of mine told me “Its the colors! Look at the send button colors”…

At that point, the realization came, when you SELECT A CONTACT, the send button will turn one of 2 colors:

• GREEN = Text message
• BLUE = iMessage available

So that’s it, don’t worry about SMS vs iMessage, just remember, blue is good, green is not (if you are not on the unlimited plan at least!).

Hope that helps some of you to clear up the confusion regarding wether you are sending an actual iMessage or just a plain text message. Oh and in case you didn’t notice, the input box, also says “text message” vs “imessage” just to be sure, but still its confusing, especially judging by people’s forum posts around the net.

Enjoy!