Sometimes we need to specify the file charset before writing the data to a file. The data strings which we get from the database are in UTF-8 so we have to convert them in proper charset. This could be done be iconv().
For example, i want to write the Traditional Chinese in Big5. The conversion could be done by.
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Haven’t worked with CentOS for a long time. Miss the time and the teammates in HKU CECID.
Here are the steps to install Alternative PHP Cache (APC) on CentOS.
1. Install the following packages.
yum install php-pear php-devel httpd-devel pcre-devel gcc make
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We can use PHP to detect the browser user agent such that it would redirect user to another URL if the request comes from a mobile device.
1. Create the user_agent.php.
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In Drupal, we can use a progress bar when uploading an image or file. But that needs a PHP PECL extension called uploadprogress. The following steps work for Ubuntu Precise (Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS).
1. Install the php5-dev package.
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Memcached is a distributed memory caching system and it caches data and objects in RAM to reduce the number of times an external data source (such as a database or API) must be read.
Like APC, the installation is simple.
1. Install Memcached.
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APC stands for Alternative PHP Cache is a opcode which also known as machine code. The opcode is cached such that every time a request is sent to server, the same opcode is used until it detects a change in the PHP file.
Installation is easy and straight forward.
1. Install using apt-get.
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Update @ 2013-05-09: I am not very sure if this could really enable the Nginx Microcaching as i couldn’t find the HIT value in the HTTP response. Please feel free to comment and let us know if you got the solution. Thanks. =D
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Enable Microcaching in Nginx could help making your website run much faster. Base on the setting we did in Nginx + PHP-FPM on Ubuntu Precise. Let’s edit the VirtualHost configuration file to enable Microcaching.
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Most of the time we would like to run PHP on our web server. After you have installed Nginx following the post above. We can now enable PHP.
1. Install the PHP packages.
apt-get install php5-fpm apt-get install php5-cli apt-get install php5-gd apt-get install php-pear
I am working on a Hotel Booking website. The booking feature is provided by Hotel Booking System for Ubercart. But this module is not actively maintained so there are some bugs which i have to fix it for myself.
One of the bug is about strtotime(‘+1 month’). Intuitively, you may think you could get a date of next month. But here comes the problem. Assume you are now on 31st Jan. Since February only has 28 days (sometimes 29), strtotime(‘+1 month’) will return 3rd Mar.
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About one and a half year ago, i published a blog post about adding text to image in PHP.
PHP – Add Text on an Image
The above example only display the image in browser, but it would not save the image on the server. Today i would like to show you another example which could save the image with text added on server.
What you need is 3 files.
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Eureka! 