Svn to Git
Today I've moved all of my SVN repositories over to GitHub. 5 private reps and 4 public ones. Two of which you may know: PHP.JS and System_Daemon.
pear
A collection of 10 posts
7 Steps to Better PEAR Documentation
If you've written a PEAR package, it's probably a good idea to submit some end user documentation. Here's how to do it.
Create Daemons in PHP
Everyone knows PHP can be used to create websites. But it can also be used to create desktop applications and commandline tools. And now with a class called System_Daemon, you can...
PEAR Coding Standards Changed!
In another article I've told you about how I would like to see one rule removed from the PEAR Coding Standards. This rule would allow developers a bit more flexibility, while stayi...
PEAR Coding Standards Change?
Since a couple of months now, I've been involved with PEAR as a contributor. Contributing to PEAR means adhering to the PEAR Coding Standards. Their standards have actually been th...
Restore Packages Using dselect-upgrade
It's always a good idea to backup important data. Your files and settings can easily be archived. But how can you backup & restore all applications that you've installed over t...
Survive Heavy Traffic With Your Webserver
Recently two of my articles reached the Digg frontpage at the same day. My web server isn't state of the art and it had to handle gigantic amounts of traffic. But still it served p...
Speedup Your Website With Cache_Lite
Every time a request hits your server, PHP has to do a lot of processing, all of your code has to be compiled & executed for every single visit. Even though the outcome of all...
Make SSH Connections With PHP
Not everyone knows about PHP's capabilities of making SSH connections and executing remote commands, but it can be very useful. I've been using it a lot in PHP CLI applications tha...
Use PEAR With open_basedir and safe_mode Restrictions
You want your website to be as safe as possible. So you'll typically want Open Basedir and Safe Mode to be on. When you're in a shared hosting environment, you'll find that any ser...