Entries by Stefan Helander

Vivotek PT7137 network camera connection problems

I use the Vivotek PT7137 network camera connected through wifi/wlan to my network. Even though it is located only 7 meters from my accesspoint (with a couple of walls in between) the camera lost connection once in a while. And it wouldn’t reconnect unless I rebooted the camera. Upgrading to the latest firmware (v2.6 2009-04-14) […]

PHP htmlspecialchars_decode doesn’t handle nordic/german characters like å, ä and ö

The PHP functions htmlspecialchars and it’s reverse htmlspecialchars_decode only handles the following characters: ‘&’ (ampersand) becomes ‘&amp;’ ‘”‘ (double quote) becomes ‘&quot;’ when ENT_NOQUOTES is not set. ”’ (single quote) becomes ‘&#039;’ only when ENT_QUOTES is set. ‘<‘ (less than) becomes ‘&lt;’ ‘>’ (greater than) becomes ‘&gt;’ If you want to output html text containing nordic/german characters […]

TYPO3 cms installation fails in step 2

If you are installing the TYPO3 content management system (CMS), after uploading the files to your web server and setting some directory permissions, you are supposed to point your browser to your web server’s root where you just have installed TYPO3 in order to continue the installation. A screen similar to this is displayed: Enter […]

Google streets – now in Sweden and Denmark

Until recently Google streets has not been availible for Sweden and Denmark. There has been local sites with a similar function, like http://hitta.se/gatubild. But now you can also use Google streets for your virtual tour to Sweden and Denmark. Not only the large cities but also smaller villages and country roads can be seen in […]

MySQL community protests against acquisition by Oracle

The MySQL community around the world are getting worried about the possible acquistion of Sun Micosystems by Oracle. MySQL is community driven and often competes head to head with Sun Microsyftems commercial Oracle products. More than 14.000 MySQL users, developers and enthiusasts have signed a petition sent to regulators at the European Commission, Russia, China […]