The most common problem of the front end web developers or designers is having their output looks and behave the same to different browsers. One of the solutions is using CSS hacks to apply different rules in a specific browser.
A CSS hack is simply an ugly and inelegant way of getting a browser to behave the way you want it to. CSS hacks are typically used to get around specific browser bugs such as IE’s proprietary box model. Unfortunately, the term hack has rather negative connotations and implies that there is a better way of doing something when often there isn’t. Therefore, some people favor the term patch to indicate that it is actually incorrect browser behavior that is being dealt with.
CSS hacks can use filters to apply one rule to one browser and a different rule to another. Alternatively, hacks can use incorrect CSS implementation to “trick” browsers into behaving the way you want them to. In essence, a CSS filter is a specific type of hack used for filtering different browsers. Unfortunately, most people tend to use the generic term hack to describe filters. As such, when people talk about CSS hacks, they are usually talking specifically about filters.
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OpenCart is an open source PHP-based online shopping cart system. A robust e-commerce solution for Internet merchants with the ability to create their own online business and participate in e-commerce at a minimal cost.
OpenCart is designed feature rich, easy to use, search engine friendly and with a visually appealing interface.
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PHP Framework nowadays is getting more popular to web application developers who uses PHP as their main language. A web application framework is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, Web applications and Web services. The framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities used in Web development. For example, many frameworks provide libraries for database access, templating frameworks and session management, and often promote code reuse. And needless to say that it can cutoff half of your regular development time.
So lets begin with the list (no particular order).
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In previous post about JSON Requests and Responses we learn how to send JSON request to our server-side scripts and return a JSON response.
Now back on the client, after the server has done what it needs to do, the response is set in the responseText property of the XMLHttpRequest object. Once the readyState and status are set to 4 and 200, respectively, the JSON string can be saved and eval( ).
Here is the code that handles in getting the JSON string and ready to parse.
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