Today I had to get PHP upgraded from 5.1 to 5.2.X on someone else’s server and didn’t have time to screw around. I have a PHP configuration that I’ve used in the past but it frankly can take too long to get set up, if time is of the essence. So here are my “quickie… Continue reading Quickie how-to for getting PHP upgraded on CentOS 5
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An ExtJS form helper for CakePHP
ExtJS allows you to make really elaborate Javascript-based UI once you get the hang of it. Unfortunately (unless there is some project I missed) it hasn’t yet been integrated with CakePHP so you end up hand-coding a bunch of stuff in order to get simple stuff (like client-side form validation) to work. The world is… Continue reading An ExtJS form helper for CakePHP
Caching expensive actions with Jake
In an earlier post I described using the Jake bridge to get CakePHP working with Joomla. Overall the bridge works like a champ, with one exception I’ve found: it seems that Jake does not support cached actions – if you try to cache an action, it no longer renders through the Jake component. This is… Continue reading Caching expensive actions with Jake
Migrating Joomla 1.0.x to a new server
I didn’t want to do a new install; just wanted to keep everything as-is so I could set up a dev environment. This was going from Linux to Windows, vice versa is probably the same: Copy the following directories: administrator components editor images includes language mambots templates files in / Update configuration.php with the following:… Continue reading Migrating Joomla 1.0.x to a new server
Creating a new PHP project with VS.PHP
This has tripped me up a dozen times, and I keep having to relearn it. To make a new project from an existing codebase (the most common scenario), follow these steps: Add new project Under “PHP Projects”, click “new project in existing folder” and name it Browse to location where your PHP files are Under… Continue reading Creating a new PHP project with VS.PHP