Shell snippets
for my reference: Find files containing some text: grep -lir “some text” /path/to/dir/*
Custom PHP 5.3.1 with APC and XDEBUG on (Dreamhost) Shared Host
I’ve recently been setting up my new dreamhost for symfony projects deployment and the only thing the default PHP is missing is the support for APC (alternate php cache). (more…)
MySql World Database as YAML fixture
For Symfony application I’m developing I needed all the Region separated by continent (7 continents model). I converted the MySql World Database (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/world-setup/en/world-setup.html) to a YAML NestedSet fixture file. I just had to make 4 minor changes to it: – rename the 3 continents that had region with the same name name (North America, South America, Antarctica) – rename the Micronesia/Caribbean region to Micronesia-Caribbean. thats’ all, enjoy the file Region.yml Marco
eeepc 1005HA-H on its way
Yesterday I ordered a netbook, the asus eeepc 1005HA-H, today it arrived at my girlfriend’s place and she will bring it to Borneo (hence to me) next week. As soon as I get it i’ll get rid of the installed WinXp and install UNR (Ubuntu Netbook Remix). I’ll post the results here… ciao UPDATE: it works like a charm with 9.10
Adapting doctrineexport.grt.lua to symfony standards
Using Mysql workbench to visually design a data model for a symfony application is pretty cool. Thanks to the guys of https://code.google.com/p/mysql-workbench-doctrine-plugin/ you can export the model to a YAML file ready for Doctrine. (more…)
migrating wordpress from gengo to wpml
A client of mine used to have a multilingual blog using the Gengo plugin, which I consider by now unfortunatly dead. Fortunately, the guys at https://www.wpml.org did a great job creating a new plugin that works like a charm. (more…)
wordpress iphone app with wpml
Solution to use the iphone application for multilingual blogging with wpml
Activating error 503 from a shell script
During deployment of a new version of a website you might want to have your server returning an error 503 (temporarily unavailable). here a solution
Symfony project on (bluehost) shared hosting
set up a working Symfony project (with SVN) on my bluehost shared hosting, this tutorial should work for other hosters with minor changes. What I wanted was to be able of using my account as a development server for a small group of developers that would automatically show the last revision of the SVN repository. I pushed the solution further and created on the same account two more subdomains for the staging and production server.
Installing Redmine on (bluehost) shared hosting
script to install readmine 0.8.4 on a shared host that offers ruby on rails.