Debug Flash in Internet Explorer when developing on a Mac
Internet Explorer “null” is null or not an object error when trying to use Actionscript’s ExternalInterface
Traverse an XML tree that contains nodes with dashes in them in PHP using SimpleXMLElement
Get an iPhone’s UID without connecting to iTunes
Hyphens in XML brought into Actionscript cause compile time errors
Decode a URL encoded string in Actionscript
Hyphens in Actionscript XML
Problem: Hyphens in XML brought into Actionscript cause compile time errors
Solution: Use XMLList.child(“node-name”) in place of normal e4x syntax
Decoding a URL encoded string in Actionscript
Problem: You need to decode a URL encoded string in Actionscript
Solution: Use the native AS function unescape with a grep pattern to substitute spaces for +
Example: decoded_string = unescape(encoded_string).replace(/\+/g, ” “);
How to target different versions of IE in a single CSS file
Problem: You want to target specific CSS rules at different versions of IE, but don’t want to use separate files (conditional CSS).
Solution: Use the following CSS hacks:
Use \9 for IE 8 and below
Use * for IE 7 and 6
Use _ for IE 6 only
Example:
_background-color: #f00; /* will show in IE 6 only */
*background-color: #f00; /* will show in IE 6 and 7 only */
background-color: #f00\9; /* will show in IE 6,7 and 8 */
Show errors even though they are turned off in php.ini
Problem: You aren’t seeing php errors because the server config has them turned off in php.ini
Solution: Add the following lines of code to the php file on which you want to see errors.
ini_set(‘display_errors’,1);
error_reporting(-1);
