On the server-backend of a project I am currently working on, I was also faced with the task of installation and setup procedures for said backend software. It’s a PHP application with a MySQL database behind it. I was looking for a simple solution to have a PHP script that would set up the database [...]

I am currently implementing a SOAP interface for a PHP application I am working on. The built-in SOAP support in PHP didn’t really provide everything I needed (namely WSDL generation), so I went with NuSoap. After a lot of pain trying to get a WSDL out of it, that Visual Studio would consume, and correctly [...]

When I wanted to build the latest PHP for a server I found several guides online. Sadly none of them worked right away. So after finally getting it all to work like I wanted to, I decided to quickly write up this guide. I start with a clean Ubuntu 8.04 install. So, first things first: [...]

My first implementation of this idea may have been sufficient for general use. For inclusion in WordPress however it was problematic at best. Now that I have revised (and tested) it, I thought I’d share this updated WordPress plugin. In this version I put the JavaScript code inline. Although I’m not a big fan of [...]

I was interested in what Flash Player version people are using when visiting my site. So i looked around the web for a solution including AWStats. At first i was out of luck until i noticed that AWStats has a discussion forum on sourceforge as well. Someone there came up with a solution which was [...]