I typically try to avoid posting personal articles but I feel that I should let you know that this post is my 51st post on this blog so far. Yay! :)

It’s been a fun 5 months since I started doing this and I have to say that I’ve learned quite a bit both about writing but also how hard it is to keep a set posting schedule. I’m on-track for posting 50% of the days in this month, but I cannot stress how incredibly hard of a task that is to achieve when you only blog part-time.

I figured to commemorate this occasion, I should link to a few of my most popular articles thus far.

First and foremost, the most popular article on this blog is How to eliminate unwanted characters from a string in PHP. In the world of a web developer, your skill levels increase faster than the world spins. If I were to write the same article again today, the code would be much, much cleaner. It’s almost embarassing how un-optimized that code is. But, you have to start somewhere!

A close second is Securing your Input Forms From MySQL Injection Attacks. This subject has always fascinated me. The first PHP book I ever read had a huge section dedicated to thwarting attacks from user input. I guess ever since it’s just been instilled in my blood to look at user input with intense suspicion.

Finally on a funnier note, my third most popular article is Top 5 Office Don’ts. This one got a lot of negative reaction on DZone but maybe they just have bad office etiquette and took offense. Either that or they have no sense of humor. :)

I’d like to thank all of my readers young and old and hope you’ll all be here for the next 50 articles.

Thank you and see you again soon!