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http://bblog.com/ping.php

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

http://ping.feedburner.com

http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

http://topicexchange.com/RPC2

http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping

include_path = ".:/usr/local/php5/lib/php:/home/content/r/a/k/rakesh/html/md"

Here I have added two path
1. /usr/local/php5/lib/php
2. /home/content/r/a/k/rakesh/html/md

We’ll build a script that will replace any type of url to a tiny url so it’s easier to post or be untraceable.

For example this *long* google maps url

via How to : Create a simple url shortener script is a few minutes | Made in Paté.

Making clean sources is not a useless mania of a compulsive obsessive geek, it’s truly a requisite for maintainable code. It won’t make your code good — just better.

For less experienced coders here are a few rules of thumb I try to follow. That’s just my word and my coding habits, nothing is to be considered as the definitive best practice, but I hope this will make anyway a good pointer for novices.

via Make Clean and Readable Sources — Why and How « planetOzh.

via Top 10 Most Common Coding Mistakes in WordPress Plugins « planetOzh.

via WordPress Coding Standards « WordPress Codex.

via How to Write a WordPress Plugin – Sample Code.

via list folders script – PHP answers.