This is a small note for mine and for those who has also fallen in similar situation. I was trying to save non-English characters, but my browser can't show them properly. After digging here and there, I got a way around.

1. First encode your string with htmlentities($string,ENT_IGNORE,'UTF-8')

2. Use a function to double check UTF-8 encoding, if the string is not UTF-8 encoded, do it then using the follow function:

//returns true if a string is UTF-8 encoded
function isUTF_8($string)
{
return (@iconv('utf-8', 'utf-8//IGNORE', $string) == $string);
}

Today, while working I found my script is not working properly for get_browser(null, true) in PHP. This function has problem with 'parent' parameter. So I checked the browscap, and it says there is a newer version is coming on 7th May, 2012. Here is the link Browscap.ini

Download the file and enjoy your work!! It has extra device parameters now.

I was working on a project where I needed to create CSV output file from MySql. So I found something and made it working for me in this way:

mysql -u username -p password database_name -B -e "query" | sed 's/\t/","/g;s/^/"/;s/$/"/;s/\n//g' > path_to_csv/filename.csv;

username, password, database_name, query: user defined
-B : will print row in every new line
-e: will execute the query

I hope it will help other people too.

How to setup database (MongoDB)
Step 1: Download the latest version from here for OSX (32 bit or 64 bit) accordingly:
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Downloads
Step 2: run this: mkdir -p /data/db/
Step 3: untar the downloded file here: /Applications/MAMP/db/
Step 4: There should be a bin folder in the unzipped folder. Run this to start server:
cd ./bin/mongod
If the mongo server starts, you can access it from here:
http://localhost:28017/
and can check by running command: ./mongo
This will show you MongoDB version and few more information.

Issue:

I have setup cake php like codeigniter 2.0 in my server. There is also problem with .htaccess in hostmonster. So I also changed .htaccess accordingly for codeigniter. It works like a charm in every server.

Try this and I will be happy to have any kind of feedback.
Code Igniter 2.0 with Layout

Good Luck!