PHP Programming/Data Structures Variable variables[edit] PHP has a legacy concept called "variable variables". This is an older, more limited programming concept that came before composite data structures were available. Since the PHP language now supports composite data structures, the concept of variable variables is essentially obsolete. The PHP manual states: "Sometimes it is convenient to be able to have variable variable names. This approach has historically been used in programming languages that do not support composite data structures. Moreover, "variable variables" are error-prone and require more maintenance overhead. The Basics[edit] Data structures are the way to represent composite entities using regular PHP variables. Those familiar with database design and database implementation know about the concept of database normalization. Data structures in PHP represent a similar concept. PHP Native Structures[edit] Examples[edit] String Example: Array Examples: PHP Composite Structures[edit] Examples[edit]
Business to Business - Trust Online Registry Trust Limited has various options available to business customers depending on the type of service that’s needed. Multiple searches For customers who wish to carry out higher volumes of searches against specific individuals, companies or businesses, we have account facilities which make it simpler and faster to enter requests. As an account customer you have the benefit of being able to credit funds to an account from which the charges are deducted as the searches are made, streamlining the process and removing the online payment stage for each search. For greater convenience the account balance can be topped up online whenever it is required using a credit or debit card. If you wish to become an account customer please click here to register your details and open your account. Data purchasers (Please note that some options are only available for data contained in the England and Wales Register.) Purchasing data by area The data is supplied weekly by electronic file.
Don't sell our postcodes! ODUG on why we should have Open Addressing in the UK Don’t sell our postcodes! Why we should have Open Addressing in the UK Open Data User Group Response to the Ofcom Postcode Address File (PAF) Consultation ODUG’s response to the Ofcom PAF Consultation is published here. Our primary feedback is that this consultation simply considers Business–as-usual for the Postcode Address File (PAF) – and therefore assumes that increased revenues should be derived from the Royal Mail‘s current monopoly position – to increase Royal Mail’s profits. Please read the full response for more detail. What we are saying here is don’t sell our postcodes. We would welcome your views in comments below and, if you are interested in the detail, please read on ….. Some eyebrows have been raised at the Open Data User Group’s decision to highlight the need for an Open National Address Dataset as their first target. So what is there to argue about? This is good, easy, business ….. ODUG believes that the decision will come down to one of three choices:
Government to spend £8m to increase benefits of open data for businesses - 12 Dec 2012 The government has pumped £8m of new investment into funds and improvements that aim to help public bodies release data so that companies can develop commercial opportunities for that data. The investment will further enhance the government's Open Data policy, which has gathered pace this year with the formal announcement of the Open Data Institute, which is co-directed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. "This new funding will help us to exploit the power of open data to fuel social and economic growth. It will free up more data for commercial exploitation and help drive innovation in public services," said Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude. The funding runs to 2015 and is divided into three different areas. The first is a new £7.5m Data Strategy Board Breakthrough Fund, to which public sector bodies can apply. The Cabinet Office has also published information showing how departments are meeting their own open data obligations.
Professor Nigel Shadbolt outlines plans for Open Data Institute The government-funded Open Data Institute will focus on incubating and nurturing new businesses wanting to harness open data, training and promoting standards, according to co-director Professor Nigel Shadbolt, who is heading up the £10 million project with Tim Berners-Lee. First announced by George Osborne in his Autumn Statement, the Open Data Institute has been developed with help from the Technology Strategy Board. It aims to become a centre of excellence to drive economic growth through the application of open data. Launched with government funding as a private company limited by guarantee (i.e. not focused on profit), the Institute will solicit match funding from private companies to ensure that it is sustainable. These companies will become "members" of different levels based on their support. This may take the form of corporate sponsorship, donations, contributions in kind, research grants or other paid work.
Call for views on the new draft code of practice for datasets Today we began the online consultation for a new set of guidance to accompany the new, to be commenced, provisions in the Freedom of Information Act that enhance the right to data. We are planning commencement for the new provisions to be in April 2013, giving public authorities time to prepare for their new duties. To help them do this we are required to provide them with new guidance to help them carry out their new duties and this guidance, in the form of the Code of Practice (datasets) will sit alongside the existing Section 45 Code of Practice for the Freedom of Information Act. You may be wondering how we got to this point. Last year, the Government put forward changes to the Freedom of Information Act through the Protection of Freedoms Act which received Royal Assent in May 2012. The public have always been able to request datasets under the Freedom of Information Act however, provisions relating to their disclosure and re-use conditions have developed in a piecemeal way.