Cuadra Development Blog

Multiple PHP versions with Apache using FastCGI on OS X

Robert — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:49:20 +0000

Like many others, I was quite excited to see PHP 5.3 come out and immediately wanted to start using it. Unfortunately reality set in in the form of legacy sites running 5.2 (or older), and the need to maintain them. My solution is to have multiple versions of PHP running which can be configured on a per virtual host basis.

Ready. Set. Go!

Robert — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:04:21 +0000

Moved the blog over from my personal site to the biz site, and I intend to post more often Share and Enjoy:

Random xampp crashes on Windows

Robert — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:29:08 +0000

One of my clients requires that all work be done on their computers, in office, running XP. Development environment is pretty standard. Eclipse with PDT, xampp for a local environment. Today I ran into a problem where Apache was crashing constantly, and at first glance randomly. Dug into the Apache logs and saw this: Parent: child process [...]

Scanning for active hosts in a given range

Robert — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:55:42 +0000

This is more of a reminder in case I need to do this again and forget how. While setting up a VPN for a client, I neded a list of IPs on the internal network which I could use to test connectivity. Easiest way I found to find one was to scan the local network using [...]

Project Management mini-glossary

Robert — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:21:43 +0000

Great article running down people’s roles in a web project: http://gregsidberry.com/2008/11/13/quick-start-web-project-management-2/ Share and Enjoy:

Business geeks can be funny too

Robert — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:07:42 +0000

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Why Adobe…WHY???

Robert — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:42:32 +0000

First, a little history… A couple years ago when working at orgasm.com, I was in charge of version control, among other things. One issue that caused me grief numerous times was the case insensitivity of OS X. Meaning it sees ‘file1.fla’ and ‘FiLe1.FLa’ as the same exact file. Of course our svn server which was running [...]