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Managing Application Settings in PHP

Amgad — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:00:46 +0000

There are multiple ways to save application settings/configurations in PHP. You can save them in INI, XML or PHP files as well as a database table. I prefer a combination of the latter two; saving the database connection details in a PHP file and the rest in a database table. The advantage of using this [...] Related posts:

SnipsManager Version 2.3 Released

Amgad — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:26 +0000

The new version of SnipsManager is available for download. We fixed some bugs and added a few more features: Fixed the text wrapping bug in snippets containing long strings of text without spaces. Improved snippet submission summary page, parse.php. Added a Use CAPTCHA checkbox to the snippet submission page to display a CAPTCHA image before [...] Related posts:

Cronless Now Supports 30 Second Cron Jobs

Amgad — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:00:13 +0000

Today we released a new Cronless update that allows premium members to schedule cron jobs to run every 30 seconds (twice per minute). To make use of this feature create a new job or modify an existing one and just set the Interval to ‘Every 30 seconds’. Our crontab importing feature will not support this [...] Related posts:

Download And Search Multiple Pages Using PHP

Amgad — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:00:44 +0000

Here is a simple way to loop through a list of URLs, download the page and search the contents for a string. The script starts by checking if the post variable $_POST['urls'] is set. If it is, its content is split by line breaks into the array $urls to easily read one URL at a [...] Related posts:

Minor Interface Tweaks to Cronless

Amgad — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:00:43 +0000

We did some minor interface and settings tweaks this week to Cronless: Minimized the Server Load’s refresh counter to 15 seconds to display a more accurate number. Reformatted the jobs and monitors log pages to easily read and analyze. Moved the notification settings from Settings to its own page. And last but not least, added [...] Related posts:

The Google +1

Amgad — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:00:55 +0000

Google’s latest major feature, the +1 button, is Google’s attempt at rivaling, and potentially improving upon, the Facebook “like” button. Its functionality is extremely similar to Facebook’s “like” option in that it allows users to “+1″ links and ads that come up through Google’s search engine. Google will also soon be enabling the +1 button [...]

Backup MySQL Databases to Amazon S3 Using PHP

Amgad — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:00:12 +0000

With a few lines of PHP code and S3tool’s s3cmd command-line tool you can backup your MySQL databases automatically to Amazon’s S3. To use this script you’ll need SSH access to your server. First download s3cmd and upload it to your server. Installation is straight forward. The PHP code is simple: [crayon-4fb4aaee3f2e8/] The first line [...] Related posts:

Streaming Music and Videos with GNUMP3d

Uses of Netcat in Linux

Amgad — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:00:56 +0000

Netcat is a networking program in UNIX-like systems for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP or UDP. Its man page says “The nc utility is used for just about anything under the sun involving TCP or UDP”. So here are a few ways it can be used: Using Netcat as a Simple [...]

Cronless Bug Fixes and Updates

Amgad — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:00:42 +0000

A few members complained that cron jobs did not execute properly when the scripts being called printed specific HTML tags. This includes members using MailBeez. We fixed this and now the scripts being called will work properly regardless of its output. Other minor bug fixes are the date and time displayed in the jobs list [...] Related posts:

Creating a Delicious Submission Link in PHP

Amgad — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:00:55 +0000

Creating a Delicious (del.icio.us) submission link is similar to Digg’s, with the exception of the page title that can be sent to Delicious, which is not required, but you’ll save the users from having to type it or copy/paste it. If you are developing for a CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla …etc) you will find a [...] Related posts: