MemProxy 0.1
MemProxy 0.1 is out! It has taken me a while, but I have finally gotten around to releasing the code that I credited with saving us during a Yahoo! mention. It is a caching proxy "server" that use...
OOP does not equal portable or shareable
So, just now, I was reading a good Rails post by Stuart Herbert and nodding my head along. I have not gotten into the Rails bashing fun on my blog, but I do poke fun at it around the office. Then ...
in_array is quite slow
So, we had a cron job hanging for hours. No idea why. So, I started debugging. It all came down to a call to in_array(). See, this job is importing data from a huge XML file into MySQL. Afte...
Stupid PHP Tricks: Normalizing SimpleXML Data
SimpleXML is neat. Some people don't think it is so simple. Boy, use the old stuff. The DOM-XML stuff. Anyhow, one annoying thing about SimpleXML has to do with caching. When using web servic...
Short Array Syntax for PHP
So, I was asked in IRC today about the proposed short array syntax for PHP. For those that don't know, I mean the same syntax that other languages (javascript, perl, python, ruby) all have. Currentl...
PHP session cookie refresh
I have always had an issue with PHP Sessions. Albeit, a lot of my issues are now invalid. When they were first implemented, they had lots of issues. Then the $_SESSION variable came to exist and it w...
Thoughts on the 2008 MySQL Conference and Expo
Well, it has been almost a month. I know I am late to the blogosphere on my thoughts. Just been busy. Again this year, the Phorum team was invited to be a part of the DotOrg Pavilion. What is t...
Amazon MP3 Store has holes
A coworker found out how secure Amazon's MP3 store is. Even big guys like Amazon make errors in their web site security. So, I clicked purchase and the album immediately started downloading. It was ...
Example my.cnf files
NEW UPDATE: MySQL Forge is being end of lifed. And honestly, there were never that many examples there. It just never took off. But, there is good news. Percona, the company in my opinion that is lead...
Interview with WebDevRadio
While I was at the MySQL Conference, I sat down with Michael Kimsal of WebDevRadio and recapped the two talks that I gave at the conference. I have uploaded the slides so you can follow along if you...