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Return MySQL Results from an “IN” Query in the Correct Order
Posted on April 29, 2008 | No CommentsThe scenario: You have a list of ids in a particular order that you want to search for in a MySQL table. Perhaps the ids were returned in this order... -
Check if Linux Process is Still Alive from PHP
Posted on April 28, 2008 | 5 CommentsAt some point you may need to figure out if a system process is still running from within a PHP application. The secret is by running a system command from... -
Custom File Logging in Symfony for Cron Jobs or More
Posted on April 28, 2008 | 3 CommentsHave you ever needed to log your own information to a specific log file in symfony? Sure, the built in logging is very useful, but sometimes you just need to... -
Custom Tasks in Symfony (1.0)
Posted on April 25, 2008 | 4 CommentsAs users of symfony know, there are many useful command line tasks that are essential to developing your symfony projects (symfony cc, symfony propel-build-model, etc). Luckily symfony is set up... -
Using Multiple Databases in Symfony with Propel
Posted on April 22, 2008 | 9 CommentsThere comes a time in your symfony development career when you will need to connect to multiple databases from within one application. At first it may not be obvious how to configure symfony correctly to handle a couple different databases or database servers. -
Useful MySQL Command Line Commands
Posted on April 18, 2008 | 2 CommentsFrom time to time I need to perform some MySQL tasks that are only possible from the command line. Considering that I don’t have to use them everyday, I tend... -
Yahoo Site Explorer, Google Site Explorer, and MSN Webmaster Center
Posted on April 17, 2008 | 4 CommentsToday my SEO/SEM buddy turned me on to some of the webmaster tools being offered by Google, Yahoo, and MSN. He suggested that setting this site up in them and... -
Why I use the symfony Framework
Posted on April 17, 2008 | 5 CommentsAbout two years ago I was looking through the various web development job listings and started noticing this thing called Ruby on Rails in the requirements of various job descriptions.... -
Submitting your Site to the Search Engines (for Free)
Posted on April 17, 2008 | No CommentsThis evening I had the need to get this site submitted to all the major search engines. Since this site is brand new I have no inbound links, so of... -
LampJunkie.com Launches!
Posted on April 16, 2008 | No CommentsWell, I finally decided to take the plunge and get this site up and running after owning the domain for numerous months. My original intention was to create a customized...
