Opening Excel .xls files in PHP

If you have access to PHP DOM (You probably should do) then this works very well:

read and write excel data with php

If you just want a nice comprehensive class to do it then this is a very good open source solution to opening excel files in php.

php excel reader

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Car Park Art

Art with substance - in a car park - not your average phrase?

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301 Redirect Wordpress Posts

When you want to 301 Redirect a wp post, (for whatever reason ;[  ) This wp Plugin works niceley

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AJAX Charts

componentart.com Have some very nice components if your looking for out of the box AJAX UI / Charting

Great for a paid version of Open source flash charts

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Purify your HTML - Strait Laced HTML Filtering

Often running your HTML through the HTML Purifier is a good idea, for those seeking out of the box html purification in a nice easy to work with download.

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Widgetised Page Parts - Page Flakes

Its a brewing AJAX requirement in modern web dev - Moveable, dockable, widgetised web pages. Google may not love it but the idea is good for the end user. Page Flakes is the ultimate example of this widgetised page segmented idea.

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Take Colour Scheme from a webpage

When you want to find out the basic colour scheme or base a colour scheme on a photograph colr.org is handy - I have a self-written similar script which psychologically helps pages pretty factor considerably.

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Programming Quotes

A lot of programmers say a lot of things.. Quotes on Programming

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Rickroll - Eternally

You may be aware of the comic genius of RickRolling. Essentially its a pretty hilarious thing - Try installing this firefox rickroll extension - you will understand.

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Graphics Cards do more than render games

Some people look at a graphics card in a whole new way. Specifically using it to hyper-crack passwords. Scary stuff considering so much money goes into heavy duty cards.

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