Introducing Hitch (the JAXB Equivalent for PHP)
Let’s face it… parsing XML is boring and usually a pain in the ass, especially when you need to translate it to a hierarchy of PHP objects. This is why…
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You know your Website is soooo Web 1.0 When…
Posted on May 20, 2008 | 1 CommentWe all have seen them…those websites that are still caught somewhere in the year 1999 – 2002. Here’s a checklist to make sure your site isn’t stuck in Web 1.0... -
Remove CVS or .svn Directories from the Linux Command Line
Posted on May 18, 2008 | 3 CommentsSo, you copied a bunch of directories from one source controlled project to another and you don’t want to go through and delete all those CVS or .svn directories by... -
Getting around the “Media change: please insert the disk labeled..” message in Ubuntu
Posted on May 17, 2008 | No CommentsSo, sometimes when you try to run “apt-get install” on Ubuntu, you may get the following message: Media change: please insert the disc labeled 'Ubuntu-Server 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ –... -
How to set up a Wildcard (catch-all) Virtual Host in Apache
Posted on May 14, 2008 | No CommentsSuppose that you need to set up a virtual host in Apache that catches all un-matched traffic coming in to your server. There are a number of uses for this,... -
Get a PHP Script’s Own Linux PID (Process Id)
Posted on May 14, 2008 | 1 CommentPreviously, I wrote this article on how to check the status of a known system PID from PHP. I figured that I would follow it up with another short article... -
Symfony Bulk Update with Propel
Posted on May 12, 2008 | 1 CommentHere is a quick example of how to do a bulk update with Propel within symfony. This is based on this code snippet on the symfony site. I thought it... -
Append Revision Number to CSS and JS Includes in Symfony
Posted on May 7, 2008 | 1 CommentI’m sure many of us have had a similar experience such as the following. You push out a kick-ass update to a client’s website full of brand new design changes... -
Store Symfony Sessions in Database with Doctrine
Posted on May 4, 2008 | 5 CommentsHere is how you can store your sessions in a central database with Doctrine in symfony. If you are trying to do this with Propel, the check out my follow... -
Set a Static Ip Address in Ubuntu from Command Line
Posted on May 1, 2008 | 1 CommentA common task that you will need to do on a Ubuntu/Debian server is set a static IP address. By default the ip address is set through DHCP, so you... -
How to Use Symfony and Cron
Posted on April 30, 2008 | 7 CommentsAt some point you may need to have your symfony do some sort of process through the command line and trigger it through a cron job. I'll will walk you through the steps in order to get it working properly.
