Utah PHP Users Group » thebigdog http://uphpu.org PHP application development and support Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:36:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en 8 Free Apress eBooks http://uphpu.org/2006/04/28/8-free-apress-ebooks/ http://uphpu.org/2006/04/28/8-free-apress-ebooks/#comments Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:35:00 +0000 thebigdog http://phlyte.uphpu.org/?p=20 There are currently 8 ebooks available for free download from Apress. Check out the titles at Apress.

]]> http://uphpu.org/2006/04/28/8-free-apress-ebooks/feed/ Using PHP + MySQL with Dates and Times http://uphpu.org/2006/04/10/using-php-mysql-with-dates-and-times/ http://uphpu.org/2006/04/10/using-php-mysql-with-dates-and-times/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:31:00 +0000 thebigdog http://phlyte.uphpu.org/?p=22 With the recent discussion on the mailing list about dates and times and how they are stored in a MySQL database; I figured this article would provide some additional information on how others use dates and times. The article offers code examples and provides some clear logic and why not to use the normal timestamp for everything.

Check out the article @ PHPit!

]]> http://uphpu.org/2006/04/10/using-php-mysql-with-dates-and-times/feed/ Great Article on Dovecot http://uphpu.org/2006/04/06/great-article-on-dovecot/ http://uphpu.org/2006/04/06/great-article-on-dovecot/#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:02:00 +0000 thebigdog http://phlyte.uphpu.org/?p=25 Here is a great article on setting up a secure imap/pop3 server with Dovecot. After using Courier for a while I moved to Dovecot after a few conversations with some guys on #utah and dataw0lf. Since then i have never looked back!

Read the article @ Linux.com

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Check it out @ Cody Lindley!

]]> http://uphpu.org/2006/04/05/css-pushpin-header-cody-lindley/feed/ Zend Eclipse PHP IDE (Plugin) http://uphpu.org/2006/03/22/zend-eclipse-php-ide-plugin/ http://uphpu.org/2006/03/22/zend-eclipse-php-ide-plugin/#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:18:00 +0000 thebigdog http://phlyte.uphpu.org/?p=31 Zend has a preview release of the new eclipse plugin for PHP. Here is the link to check out the instructions for adding it to your eclipse version. If you have the UPHPU this will not work as the Zend Eclipse PHP IDE plugin requires that you have the full Eclipse SDK with the WST Plugin.

http://www.zend.com/phpide/
If you have the UPHPU Eclipse version you can upgrade your version to the eclipse SDK by using the update manager in eclipse.

Help -> Sofware Updates -> Find and Install. Then you need to grab pretty much all the stuff in there that is for the SDK.

Once you have the SDK then you can add the WebTools package that is required for the Zend Eclipse PHP IDE by setting up a new remote download site with the following values:

Name: WebTools
URL: http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/

Then you can add the Zend Remote Update site with the following values:

Name: PHP IDE
Value: http://downloads.zend.com/phpide/

That will allow you to download and install the plugins. If you need any additional help i will be on irc to answer any install questions.

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You can download the following versions:
Linux Mac Windows

Let me know if you have any issues or problems.

]]> http://uphpu.org/2006/03/20/uphpu-eclipse-php-development/feed/ My little toolbox http://uphpu.org/2006/01/27/my-little-toolbox/ http://uphpu.org/2006/01/27/my-little-toolbox/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:29:00 +0000 thebigdog http://phlyte.uphpu.org/?p=40 I just finished reading an article on Linux.com that talks about useful tools that a system administrator uses. This is a great article to read and glean if you are doing any system administration with your PHP development. At work and as a contractor I can only stress the importance that a developer needs to be familiar with system administration. You can check out the article here.

Here are some command line tools that i use almost on a daily bases to help out with system administration tasks.

  • find
  • xargs
  • sed
  • awk
  • nmap
  • netstat
  • bash shell scripting
  • column
  • expand
  • split
  • comm
  • sort
  • diff
  • dig
  • dsplit
  • du
  • df
  • free
  • grep
  • screen

These are just some of the ones that I use. One point I would like to make is that by becoming familiar with additional commands you will start to become more proficient in your system admin tasks; obviously resulting in a sharper developer.

]]> http://uphpu.org/2006/01/27/my-little-toolbox/feed/ PHP and JSON http://uphpu.org/2006/01/24/php-and-json/ http://uphpu.org/2006/01/24/php-and-json/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2006 03:43:00 +0000 thebigdog http://phlyte.uphpu.org/?p=41 There has been some recent activity on the PHP Developer mailing list about the addition of JSON into the PHP Core. After reading the thread, I did a little research on JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). Here is a great website to read more about it.

]]> http://uphpu.org/2006/01/24/php-and-json/feed/ New Firefox Extension - Firebug http://uphpu.org/2006/01/20/new-firefox-extension-firebug/ http://uphpu.org/2006/01/20/new-firefox-extension-firebug/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2006 23:36:00 +0000 thebigdog http://phlyte.uphpu.org/?p=44 FireBug is a new tool that aids with debugging Javascript, DHTML, and Ajax. It is like a combination of the Javascript Console, DOM Inspector, and a command line Javascript interpreter.
Other fun features:

* XMLHttpRequest Spy - Ever wonder what all them newfangled Ajax websites are up to? Watch the requests fly by in the console!

* One web page, one console - Tired of slogging through a zillion errors in the JavaScript Console trying to find the one you want? The FireBug console is built into the bottom of the browser, and only shows you errors and log messages that came from the page you’re looking at.

* JavaScript Error Status Bar Indicator - It’s a sin that Firefox doesn’t include this by default, like IE does. When there is an error in the page, the status bar will let you know with a big red blob.

* Logging for web pages - Sick and tired of “alert debugging”? Jealous of all your C programmer buddies with their fancy printf? Now you can log text and objects to the FireBug console from any web page. See my website for more info on this.

]]> http://uphpu.org/2006/01/20/new-firefox-extension-firebug/feed/ UPHPU Eclipse Linux release http://uphpu.org/2005/06/24/uphpu-eclipse-linux-release/ http://uphpu.org/2005/06/24/uphpu-eclipse-linux-release/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:00:00 +0000 thebigdog http://phlyte.uphpu.org/?p=88 If you have been lurking on the #uphpu irc channel then you have probably heard me talking about the eclipse IDE with others and especially the arch enemy of it, dataw0lf.

eclipse_uphpu_splash_1.jpg

However, in the spirit of friendship I have create a special version of eclipse for linux gtk that has removed all the java libraries and have replaced them with Colorer, PyDev, Ruby-eclipse, and Perl EPIC. Basically, I stripped out all the excess and put in the killer stuff. I also added FTP and WebDav support, CVS support, and SFTP support. This IDE will allow you to manage multiple projects and in various languages, not to mention it is half the size it was. I will be writing up some articles on how to use UPHPU Eclipse for PHP and other development like Python and Ruby. If you have heard me talk about eclipse and want to give it a try you can download it here. I will be adding a windows and mac version to when time permits. If you run into any issues or would like too added some additional plugins like subversion or c/c++ then shoot me a message on the #uphpu channel.

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