Category Archives: PHP

How to install Xapian 1.2.5 PHP bindings on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

Starting from version 1.2.x, Xapian repository on Ubuntu does not contain php5-xapian package apparently due to the license incompatability between GPL and PHP license(great…) Issue is discussed somewhat at length here. But in the meantime, folks suggesting to build PHP … Continue reading →

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Getting around open_basedir restriction on Plesk

Posted on March 19, 2011 by admin

Almost every time I do a deploy on Plesk-based hosting server, I hit the same roadblock: PHP Warning:  realpath() [<a href='function.realpath'>function.realpath</a>]: open_basedir restriction in effect. Since I tend to keep my app-code outside of webroot, this restriction is somewhat a … Continue reading →

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WordPress shortcode for ShareThis buttons

Posted on February 5, 2011 by admin

I like using ShareThis for social sharing button, but one thing that was certainly missing for the default ShareThis WordPress plugin were shortcodes. Luckily WordPress makes it really easy adding them So to get shortcode for ShareThis integration just add … Continue reading →

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How to setup local PHP debugging with PHPStorm and Xdebug

Posted on December 30, 2010 by admin

I am checking out a new IDE on the block – PHPStorm… well, new for me anyway For Java and Python, Eclipse is all I need, but when coding in PHP, I am not a big IDE guy, for me, … Continue reading →

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XDebug doesn’t show local variables in Komodo, NetBeans or Eclipse PDT

Posted on May 23, 2010 by admin

Lovely surprise that came sometime after upgrading Lucid Lynx(and thus to PHP 5.3.2) – Xdebug doesn’t show local variables. Fortunately that’s a known issue that is fixed in Xdebug 2.1.0RC, but since it’s not released, it is not yet in … Continue reading →

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PHP date format for MySQL DATETIME fields

Posted on October 3, 2008 by admin

date(“Y-m-d H:i:s”, $timestamp);

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Choosing Credit Card Fraud Detection Service: MaxMind® vs. FraudLabs™

Posted on July 21, 2008 by admin

Credit Card fraud detection service may seem like an unnecessary thing, but if you’re running(or building) an ecommerce site that may potentially have a lot of transactions it’s something that you may want to look into as a measure of … Continue reading →

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Setting up complex data types in WSDL

Posted on May 25, 2008 by admin

Putting SOAP service on PHP platform is a piece of cake. There are few nice articles out there that will pretty much guide you through the whole setup(which is in fact just putting together WSDL and server-side functions to handle … Continue reading →

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