Mark Biek

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Is there a better way to do optional function parameters in Javascript?

javascript function arguments asked Sep 29 '08 at 14:27

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How to get file creation & modification date/times in Python?

python file asked Oct 25 '08 at 21:54

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112 votes

Are PDO prepared statements sufficient to prevent SQL injection?

php security pdo sql-injection asked Sep 25 '08 at 15:43

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104 votes

How can I make my match non greedy in vim?

regex vim regex-greedy asked Aug 20 '09 at 12:28

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85 votes

Simplest way to profile a PHP script

php profiling asked Aug 21 '08 at 20:40

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64 votes

How do you automatically set the focus to a textbox when a web page loads?

javascript html asked Sep 5 '08 at 13:33

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51 votes

How can I capture the result of var_dump to a string?

php string asked Sep 26 '08 at 13:23

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38 votes

Can you make just part of a regex case-insensitive?

regex asked Sep 4 '08 at 12:33

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37 votes

Forcing a SimpleXML Object to a string, regardless of context

php xml simplexml asked Jan 6 '09 at 13:42

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23 votes

Writing a vim function to insert a block of static text

vim function vimrc asked Mar 27 '09 at 16:10

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Test Driven Development in PHP

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SVN Versioning

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Classes in VB6

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Installed Visual SVN Server, except I get this message when do SVN Check Out

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FogBugz SVN integration like Trac does?

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