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How enable the PHP Tidy extension for MAMP

Luca Corbo — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:21:14 +0000

Download the PHP source in according with your environment:
```
$ php -v
PHP 5.2.11 (cli) (built: Dec 12 2009 13:19:08)
```

Extract in a temporary folder

$ cd ~ && tar zxvf php-5.2.11.tar.gz && cd php-5.2.11

Patch the ext/iconv/iconv.c file remove the lib on #define iconv libiconv so that the code reads like this:
```
#ifdef HAVE_LIBICONV
#define iconv iconv
#endif
```

Patch the ext/tidy/tidy.c file moving the line 34: #include “tidy.h” to line 24 of tidy.c so that the code reads like this:

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif

#include "tidy.h"
#include "php.h"
#include "php_tidy.h"

#if HAVE_TIDY

#include "php_ini.h"

Instruct the system to build universal binaries, that will work on both 32 and 64 bit systems by entering the following commands in the terminal console:

$ MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6
$ CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe -no-cpp-precomp"
$ CCFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe"CXXFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe"
$ LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -bind_at_load"
$ export CFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS CCFLAGS MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET

Configure & make

$ LIBS=-lresolv ./configure --with-tidy=shared && make

Copy the module in MAMP

$ cp ./modules/tidy.so /Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/

Enable the module in the /Applications/MAMP/conf/php5/php.ini adding the following line in the extension section:
```
extension=tidy.so
```
Restart the webserver
Check with php_info() if the tidy extension is loaded correctly

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Drupal 6: how create a node with CCK fields programmatically

Luca Corbo — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:19:04 +0000

type = 'profile';

//Specify an author for the node
$node->uid = 1;

//Add the title
$node->title = 'Test';

//Add the CCK fields data
$node->field_name[0]['value'] = 'Name';
$node->field_surname[0]['value'] = 'Surname';

//Save the node object into the database.
node_save($node);

//Debug the created node
print '';
print_($node);
print '';

Installing JBoss eap 4.3 on Red Hat 5.3

Luca Corbo — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:37:42 +0000

Requirements

JDK 1.5 or 1.6
Installer Jboss eap 4.3 or higher

Installation

Create jboss user

~# adduser jboss && passwd jboss

Update ~/.bashrc

#JAVA Settings export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/latest export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

#JBOSS Settings export JBOSS_HOME=/home/jboss/EnterprisePlatform-4.3.0.GA_CP07/jboss-as export JAVAPTH=$JAVA_HOME/bin export JBOSS_CONF=default export JBOSS_HOST="0.0.0.0"

Install JBoss eap

~$ java -jar enterprise-installer-4.3.0.GA_CP07.jar
Follow the graphic installer and complete the installation.

Set up as service

As root:
ln -s /home/jboss/EnterprisePlatform-4.3.0.GA_CP07/jboss-as/bin/jboss_init_redhat.sh jboss ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/jboss /etc/rc3.d/S84jboss ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/jboss /etc/rc5.d/S84jboss ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/jboss /etc/rc4.d/S84jboss ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/jboss /etc/rc6.d/K15jboss ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/jboss /etc/rc0.d/K15jboss ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/jboss /etc/rc1.d/K15jboss ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/jboss /etc/rc2.d/K15jboss

Edit the $JBOSS_HOME/bin/jboss_init_redhat.sh to allow loading the user profile:
#Add this line before any script content . /home/jboss/.bashrc

Test

As root:
~# service jboss start

Now JBoss should be available at:

http://YOUR_ADDRESS:8080

Telecom Italia is using Ortro

Luca Corbo — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:07:39 +0000

I’ m happy to announce Ortro is also used in Telecom Italia now.

An older version of Ortro (updated to the latest version right in these days) was already used in such departments of Telecom Italia as an experimental software for application monitoring.

But in the last time I had a confirm Ortro is, as I like to define it, mainly a “Framework” helping you to solve the daily problems encountered in monitoring and job activities.

Some months ago some people in Telecom Italia asked me if Ortro could be used as a valid alternative to a commercial product specialized in secure file transfer activity.

So I‘ve realized a proof of concept keeping in mind the 80-20 rule and after a second phase of security, performance and functional tests Ortro was result to be a valid choice to replace the commercial product.

At writing time some real pilot projects was identified for an “on the job” final test.

The results of these activities are the actual version of Ortro (1.3.4) and the advanced file transfer plugin.

Following these positive results Telecom Italia asked me to verify if Ortro could be also used as an alternative to some commercial enterprise scheduler software Telecom is using.

So another challenge is started…

Stay tuned… the 1.4 is around the corner

Ortro 1.3.4 released!

Luca Corbo — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:30:16 +0000

This version includes some enhancements, fixes, plugins and very important security fixes.
We recommend everyone update immediately.

Help and comments are always welcome, see http://www.ortro.net for full changelog and details.

Ortro 1.3.4 and the plugins may be downloaded as usual from:
http://www.ortro.net/download

Caching dynamic contents using Nginx as reverse proxy cache server

Luca Corbo — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:26:04 +0000

If you need a static version of your dynamic web application maybe you may interested to configure Nginx as reverse proxy cache so it can cache also dynamic contents (pages with ? in the URI).

Well, if this is your scenario, let’s go to configure Nginx.

Ortro – Scp Transfer plugin v1.0.3 released

Luca Corbo — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:53:50 +0000

The Scp Transfer plugin allows Ortro to transfer files between remote hosts in a secure way.

This release add the capability to use compression during transfer and enable the recursive copy of files and folders.
Download and enjoy

Ortro – Scp Transfer plugin v1.0.2 released

Luca Corbo — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:18:13 +0000

The Scp Transfer plugin allows Ortro to transfer files between remote hosts in a secure way.

This release add the capability to filter the copy using whitelist or blacklist based on the host:path string and the saving of transfer time.
Download and enjoy

Using Pear::Auth as Zend_Auth adapter

Luca Corbo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:57:04 +0000

If you use both Pear and Zend framework you may want to extend the Zend_Auth adapters to use all the containers shipped with the Pear::Auth package.

Let’s go to create the class implements the Zend_Auth_Adapter_Interface starting from the Zend_Auth_Adapter_Ldap class.

Minerva (Ldap Password Changer) 0.5beta released

Luca Corbo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:03:27 +0000

The first beta version of Minerva (Ldap Password Changer) at version 0.5 has been released!

Minerva is a very little and simple PHP application with only one scope: permit at your openldap accounts to simply change its password without use other application (such as a webmail) that you can have or not.

Download it and tell us what you think about it!