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I created some nice work week-related functions in PHP that will calculate and return the next available work day, based on any particular date and number days from that date. These were helpful for me in scheduling,appointments, or deadlines for users and clients that are open only Monday-Friday for a 5 day work week. Get a date!

Date-related PHP can be one of the more… frustrating aspects of scripting. Whereas match calculations are the same no matter when or where you perform them, date calculations might appear to work properly in development and then fail later when you aren’t looking. Don’t forget your timezones!

There are quite a few scripts out there for checking whether the Caps Lock key is on. However, the top searches for a helpful JavaScript function turn up a lot of dated, obsolete code that usually doesn’t work or uses techniques that are frowned upon, such as obtrusive JavaScript.

In this article I will show you a modern, unobtrusive, cross-browser way of detecting Caps Lock. See the script

After all this time, Alan Wake PC is finally set to launch. See the PC trailer.

Bioware and Electronic Arts have just released the new Mass Effect 3 Female Shepard trailer in honor of Femshep Friday. See the trailer.

Since support for the Advertising Manager plugin ended, recent updates to WordPress have left publishers without a toolbar interface. The final released version of Advertising Manager was 3.4.19 and it no longer works after upgrading to WordPress 3.3.

fix your plugin.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online has a new trailer and a Beta signup for all fans interested in a free to play FPS. Get your Beta key

Max J Mammel
Guest Author: Max Mammel
Max Mammel is an Indianapolis-based Technical Lead of a web application development team with a global Fortune 500 firm. Max is an expert in design patterns, system architecture, and object-oriented programming and brings many years of Java know-how to SolidlyStated.com

I suspect that there are nearly as many solutions to the problem of email address validation as there are projects that require them. I’ve seen a fair amount of them myself over the years, they range from simply checking for the presence of an @ in a string to extremely complex and often flawed sub-routines designed for the task. Get a proper script

Many younger developers don’t have an opportunity to use log files, especially in situations where they have installed their web server on their local computer and don’t need to worry about debugging their site on the fly. Learn to use your logs.

Dirt 3

Dirt 3
Force Feedback: Full
Pedals: Separate
Shift Lights: No
Released: May 24, 2011

Welcome to yet another game test in our long-running series: The Logitech G27 Racing Wheel for Casual Racing Gamers. Here, I will show you how to set up your G27 racing wheel to play DiRT 3.

DiRT 3 was developed and published by Codemasters. While still a Colin McRae series game, the name was dropped from the title for the North American audience. Racing is rally cross style and takes place on a track. DiRT 3 (PC) Released May 24, 2011

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