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09Jan 2009 by Asim Zeeshan 2 Comments

Intall Apache, MySQL and PHP on Ubuntu 8.10

How to, Linux, OpenSource, Resources, Reviews, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Ubuntu

WARNING: Please use this method to install Apache, PHP and MySQL because its more suitable for most of your needs and has options to auto-upgrade your installation. The following method is obsolete and not recommended. After trying to install Apache, MySQL and PHP on Ubuntu 8.10 via several methods listed over the web. I opted for xampp package for linux. It is as easy as ABC Download the xampp linux package from their official website (I have selected NCHC, Taiwan as the mirror to download this package, you may try another) Extract the files Chmod the files to have nobody ownership Configure xampp security Start xampp with this command Stop xampp Restart xampp Login to ftp using the username nobody and the password that you have set up in the…

08Jan 2009 by Asim Zeeshan 1 Comment

Ubuntu 8.10, Perfect Linux distro for PHP development

Linux, OpenSource, Resources, Reviews, Thoughts, Ubuntu

I recently felt the urge to have a development testing environment on Linux (LAMP). I tried CentOS first since it is one of the leading industry standard Linux server. I was disappointed to see that CentOS does not have a 5.2.x series of PHP that I could install via "yum" (am not a very advance user so does not wanted to build it by typing long queries in SSH just to find out that I left some core thing in the first place). I did a bit of research and found out that Ubuntu could be a better choice. Luckily I had the latest version of Ubuntu already shipped via Postal Mail (aka Snail Mail) and this time the CDs DID get through the customs. For those new to Ubuntu,…

06Jan 2009 by Asim Zeeshan 1 Comment

MSN Hotmail Email delivery issue

OpenSource, PHP, Resources, Reviews, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials

I just set up a test application and set my email address to be one of hotmail, after some time the emails stopped coming through, further inspection revealed that these emails are being bounced off HOTMAIL server because it has a limit of 30 emails per domain per hour (in my case it was asim.pk domain).

29Dec 2008 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

CakePHP – link / include JavaScript files in layouts

JavaScript Libraries, OpenSource, PHP, Resources, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials

Create (or modify the) file add this code CakePHP 1.2 allows you to define a reference to a Javascript file which is then added to the head section of the generated code. For this purpose the variable $scripts_for_layout has to be added to the layout: In the view you can now link to the Javascript file with:

27Jun 2008 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

Article: Reading and Writing Spreadsheets with PHP

PHP, Tips and Tricks

A very nice article on Reading and Writing Spreadsheet Excel files. Read it here.

04Apr 2008 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

Zend PHP Framework is now powered by Google and Microsoft

News, OpenSource, PHP, Resources, Reviews

Read the full blog post here. Worth reading...

05Feb 2008 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

PHP Teez

Flickr, PHP

PHP Baby Doll 2.0: Yay for Zazzle! I was working on a flickr plugin when i searched for PHP and it returned me a few cool teez, right now its too late at night and i need some rest but i shall post the other ones in the morning.

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