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How to populate a dropdown menu from database in CodeIgniter [Workaround]

If you happened to work with the ‘form_validation’ library and dropdown lists, and had to populate the default value from database, I am sure you …

The advantages of networks

The following advantages are particularly true for LANs, although they apply to MANs and WANs as well.   Sharing of peripheral devices Laser printers, …

What is an Avatar?

Want to see yourself or a stand-in for yourself on your computer screen? Then try using a kind of cyber persona called an avatar. An avatar is either a …

What are Application Software?

Application Software is a personal productivity program. This Software allows the user to apply the computer to common problems and tasks an Individual may …

How to manage your web server via SSH (Part 1)

If you are new to the web hosting industry you must be using one of the control panels provided by your hosting provider, such as cPanel, Plesk or a native web …

How to connect to your web server via SSH

SSH or Secure Shell is a UNIX-based network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices. SSH is actually a …

How to increase your iPhone’s Battery Life

We love to use a lot of applications on our smart phones most of the time but managing them with the battery span before you have to plug into the wall socket …

Functional programming definition and origin

Programming Paradigm A programming paradigm is a paradigmatic style of programming (compare with a methodology, which is a paradigmatic style of doing software …

Design Patterns : Composite pattern

Motivation Frequently programmers develop systems in which a component may be an individual object or it may represent a collection of objects. Intent Compose …

Design Patterns : Iterator pattern

What is iteration? In computer science, an iterator is an object which allows a programmer to traverse through all the elements of a collection, regardless of …