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Managing Application Settings in PHP
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.
SnipsManager Version 2.3 Released
The new version of SnipsManager is available for download. We fixed some bugs and added a few more features:
Cronless Now Supports 30 Second Cron Jobs
Today we released a new Cronless update that allows premium members to schedule cron jobs to run every 30 seconds (twice per minute).
Download And Search Multiple Pages Using PHP
Here is a simple way to loop through a list of URLs, download the page and search the contents for a string.
Minor Interface Tweaks to Cronless
We did some minor interface and settings tweaks this week to Cronless:
The Google +1
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
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:
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