It is common for a server to have several different programs installed that all fulfil the same or similar function(s). Text editors are a good example – most servers have multiple text editors installed, such as vim, emacs, gedit. Whilst … Continue reading →

Should You Develop New Code Or Reanimate Old? At times developers, project managers or in fact anybody doing IT related work may face quite a puzzling dilemma – you have a project that is currently live somewhere, but users/owners are … Continue reading →

Get Your Zend Config Parameters from Outside of the bootstrapped Zend Framework Application.  The majority of my time is spent writing code using the Zend Framework. Sometimes I’m asked to write a separate script that is periodically scheduled to run … Continue reading →

Getters, Setters and Magic Methods in OO PHP Introduction Object Oriented Programming (OOP) is a very common concept in many of todays programming and scripting languages, while the benefits may be minimal in very small projects, it can remove the … Continue reading →

SSH is an invaluable tool for system administration; there’s no better way to do it. However, people rarely use the configuration files to make their lives easier. Here’s a few pointers to help: The SSH user configuration file is usually … Continue reading →