Quick Setup: Apache Worker, FastCGI, PHP-FPM and APC

A semi-brief guide to setting up Apache Worker MPM, FastCGI, PHP-FPM and APC. This setup gives a great reduction in memory usage over using Apache Prefork, allowing your VPS to do more and go further.

Drupal 7.2: Running cron from the command line

I wanted to run cron from the command line so that awstats would not include calls to cron.php resulting from using wget, lynx or curl. The site was on shared hosting, and was going to have very low volumes of traffic and despite using google analytics I still wanted to try to keep the statistics clean.

Comparing Objects In PHP 5.3

Here we take a look at PHP’s standard object comparison techniques, I am intending to go into more detail on this subject later on. I thought an introductory post on how the comparison operators behave would be a good starting point, I have only covered comparing objects with objects and integers for properties so far.

How To Create A WordPress Theme Options Page

Adding some options for a theme yields great benefits. For example, theme-specific ad-spaces can be modified or enabled/disabled without the end user having to modify the themes code. This not only provides ease-of-use, but ensures that a user can upgrade to a newer version of the theme without losing what they have changed.

Writing a Pluggable PHP Application – Part 3

In the first and second part of this series, I explained and demonstrated the usage of action and filter hooks. We will now look at a simple example implementing the code I posted in part one and two. We will then dig into the WordPress code and look at their methods, as well as touch on the Observer Pattern in Object Orientated Programming.

Writing a Pluggable PHP Application – Part 2

In the first part of the series, I explained the basic usage of hooks, namely action and filter hooks. I Demonstrated a simple method of implementing action hooks. We will now have a look at filter hooks.

When To Include Functionality In WP Themes

“Wow, this theme is great! It has built-in SEO functionality for meta descriptions and titles, a poll/voting system and even social bookmarking tools! I’m using this for my blog :-D ”

No! Bad! Terrible! >:(

Writing a Pluggable PHP Application – Part 1

Of the many things that separate great PHP applications from the so-so ones is extensibility. Here, I will give you a quick introduction to coding hooks into your scripts. This will allow you or third parties to add functionality to your code without even touching it.

Haai people!

Welcome to the new blog of Ryan and Jethro Solomon.

Jethro is geared towards using and developing for CMSs, while Ryan has a newfound addiction; the Yii Framework.

Join them as they embark on a mission to code, learn and drink coffee for the rest of their lives.