Better conditional classnames for hack-free CSS

Applying conditional classnames to the html element is a popular way to help target specific versions of IE with CSS fixes. It was first described by Paul Irish and is a feature of the HTML5 Boilerplate. Despite all its benefits, there are still a couple of niggling issues. Here are some hacky variants that side-step …

Localizing PHP web sites using gettext

Localizing PHP web sites using gettext Developing multi language web sites using PHP is actually very easy. A common approach is having an include file for every supported language which contains an array that maps string ids to localized text (for example “WelcomeText” => “Welcome to our homepage.” would be included using something like <?= …