I often forget how to modify a MySQL table to drop/add foreign key constraints. I usually think it’s: More…
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March 4, 2010 – 8:31pm MySQL alter table drop constraint…
February 23, 2010 – 10:56am Quality web hosting… cloud or no cloud?
Here is a list of a few hosts I’m curious about and/or have used in the past. If you are reading this and have a second to spare, let me know who you’ve used and would recommend. All of the 30 or so sites that we host are PHP/MySQL applications, generally Symfony, WordPress, or Magento sites.
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February 23, 2010 – 9:11am symfony 1.0 migrations
I’m working on a plugin for symfony 1.0 and am really enjoying this workflow. Yes, symfony 1.0 is 4 versions old and should not be used for new projects.
With the help of the sfPropelMigrationsLightPlugin plugin, one of my favorites, I have been rapidly making changes to my plugin schema and adding new data to the database over and over again while I mock things up.
Here is the workflow:
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February 21, 2010 – 6:15pm Web host mishaps: Account cancellation
February 21, 2010 – 4:54pm Symfony Resource Reference Guide
Symfony has a ton of documentation available online. The only problem is, with so many different versions (1.0 – 1.4) in the wild, it can be hard to locate exactly the right resource when you need it. Below is a simple and straightforward list of the most useful documentation:
February 21, 2010 – 3:37pm Symfony Experts
Two good friends of mine just launched a new site dedicated to providing professional help to symfony developers.
The site is very well designed and will prove to be a valuable resource for developers of all skill levels — experts can make some extra money sharing their expertise, and beginners (or experts encountering a new problem) can get quick and succinct answers to their questions.
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February 18, 2010 – 3:01am Symfony Reloaded – 2.0 Preview Release
Symfony 2.0 (yes, with a capital “s”) has a preview release now available online at Symfony Reloaded – 2.0 Preview Release. More…
February 12, 2010 – 6:11pm Wordpress get post images and the_post_thumbnail caption
Before the_post_thumbnail was available, here is how I would fetch an array of images that were attached to a post in wordpress:
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December 31, 2009 – 5:44pm “Could not create database for c…o use near” error with Doctrine / Symfony
I was trying to use the symfony command line tools to rebuild my test database and I couldn’t get past this error: More…
October 17, 2009 – 8:24pm The Secret Behind “SEO”
What is the secret to SEO?
“Make something great. Tell people about it. Do it again.”
from Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists by Derek Powazek:
The problem with SEO is that the good advice is obvious, the rest doesn’t work, and it’s poisoning the web. I’m going to tell you about the problems, and then tell you the one true way to generate traffic on the web, based on my own 14 years of hits and misses.
This is a great post, which I discovered through daringfireball. It’s worth a read, either if you manage a website and have wondered about what “SEO” can (or in this case, can’t) do for you, or if you are a web developer and you get clients asking how they can improve their search visibility.




