The major contrast between Savant and other templating engines such as Smarty is how it runs. It does not need to compile your php code first in order to build the page. It sees PHP as a template builder already. (This is the same logic that powers Wordpress templates.) What this allows for is the fastest script execution time.

A downside to Savant is its implementation. Since it does not compile first, you will be using PHP tags placed in your template to display data. For example, Smarty’s syntax would allow for “{$variable}” while Savant would allow only “<?php echo $this->variable ?>”. Although, if you have PHP shorthand enabled (short_open_tag=On in the ini file) you can simply use “<?= $this->variable ?>”.

Savant’s syntax is clean, incredibly simple to understand and explained thoroughly through the Quickstart guide and API documentation, and very easy to install.

You type in the cell phone you wish to receive the text message, the day and time you want to send it, and finally the message. Hit “Submit” and you’re good to go. It’s that easy and it’s 100% free.

There’s not much else to say about it. It has great features though. If you want it to send in two days, simply type “in two days”. If you want to receive the message multiple times, go ahead and place a coma between each time you wish to receive the messages.

The texts are sent from remind@ohdontforget.com and received by any major mobile carrier.

Oh, Don’t Forget is a terrific way to remind yourself or someone else via the web. Enjoy!

CodeIgniter was built for PHP coders who wanted a clear and thorough documentation, where you can build web applications and blogs in as little as twenty minutes. Very lightweight and very simple to get up and running. Simply unzip the folder to a directory and modify the database configuration and you’re all set.

I plan on using CodeIgniter for a few personal projects, and what little progress I have made has been seamless and enjoyable.

I strongly recommend helping youself to a dose of powerful coding by using CodeIgniter if you plan on developing a web application – or even if you dont.

That’s about it. Neat little guy. Enjoy!

SyntaxHighlighter color-coordinates your code and allows you to view it in plain text, copy to clipboard, or print. It displays all your major (and some minor) languages such as: XML/HTML, Ruby, PHP, SQL, C++, Java, CSS, Python, and a few more.

Sine the whole world doesn’t use Wordpress, (Yet…) the download link below grabs the universal version of SyntaxHighlighter. If you want to use this for your Wordpress blog, then be sure to grab the plugin by going here.