Internet was born from static pages. People were creating websites with emacs and vi. With increased popularity of scripting languages and open source databases like MySQL and Postgresql, more and more developers started to use these advanced tools.

CMS systems were build. They made our lives much easier. Instead of altering file contents with editor, the user can simply go to the website admin

osTicket is a widely used open source ticket management systems that can be easily configured to create tickets to inquires via emails, web interface, etc… Download It is always advisable to download the latest stable version of osTicket and move it to preferred location to continue the installation process. Configuration & Database creation Move the […]

Some time ago I was writing about the InnoDB Memcache Daemon plugin already for the MySQL server. Back then we had a labs release with a little preview only. Meanwhile quite some time passed and new developments were made - just in time for the MySQL 5.6 RC announced this weekend by Tomas.

The innodb_memcache daemon plugin is a plugin for the MySQL Server end contains an embedded memcached. This embedded memcached is configured to use MySQL's InnoDB engine as storage backend. By using this data stored inside an InnoDB table can be accessed using memcache's key-value protocol. Back in the times of the previous blog post this was limited to data from a single table, which maps …

Configuring Your LEMP System (Linux, nginx, MySQL, PHP-FPM) For Maximum Performance

If you are using nginx as your webserver, you are looking for a performance boost and better speed. nginx is fast by default, but you can optimize its performance and the performance of all parts (like PHP and MySQL) that work together with nginx. Here is a small, incomprehensive list of tips and tricks to configure your LEMP system (Linux, nginx, MySQL, PHP-FPM) for maximum performance. These tricks work for me, but your mileage may vary. Do not implement them all at once, but one by one and check what effect the modification has on your system's performance.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

MySQL and PHP are two key components in the open-source LAMP stack, and are widely used by web developers. One day you launched a website, and it gradually gained traction and now serves hundreds times more traffic than day one. As a PHP developer, have you ever looked back and adjusted the MySQL configurations accordingly to meet the most current website load? Have you ever wondered if there are secret tips you might have missed or common mistakes that you could have avoided but never thought of? If you answered yes to either question, this presentation is for you!

In this live webinar, PHP & MySQL experts Ulf Wendel and Johannes Schlüter will share the top 10 tips and mistakes for PHP developers. After a quick overview of lesser known but cool client and server features and plugins, and a recap of the benefits of the relational database model, we quickly jump to the hot irons, including:
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 12.2 (LAMP)

LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.2 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

I’m sure you’ve heard of Box Anemometer from the Box (MySQL) team, an excellent UI tool based on pt-query-digest. Now the guys from the box team offer us another killer UI tool based on pt-stalk, and I’m sure you will really appreciate to use it !

What is it ?

 
“RainGauge” consists of three parts :

• A set of scripts that collect data about the health of your system and your databases (based on pt-stalk)
• A process that push these data on a centralised place
• A very simple interface to navigate in the collected data

But the collection begins only when specific conditions are triggered, and you choose what these conditions are. Find below the general flowsheet :

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ConFoo is one of the most important web developer-oriented conferences. ConFoo 2013 will be held on February 25 through March 1 in Montreal, Canada.

We just opened call for papers and we are looking for the best PHP, Java, Ruby, DotNet,HTML5 experts who are willing to share their knowledge with the Canadian community. Candidates can submit proposals until September 23. Consult the call for papers page for details and to start submitting. That page also explains what expenses ConFoo can cover for speakers. You can also get advice on how to write proposals.

The call for papers is public, meaning that all proposals get published on the website for others to vote and comment on. This approach allows the organizers to pick subjects that have …

NSFW (audio) “…pipe your data to /dev/null – it will be very fast.” “Does /dev/null support sharding?” NSFW (audio) “…the only thing constructive we could have used their source files for was as random keys for SSL certs.” NSFW (audio) “PHP reeks … Continue reading →

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.3

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Centos 6.3 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. I use PHP-FPM in this tutorial instead of Lighttpd's spawn-fcgi.