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WAMP Apache Error: “You don’t have permission to access / on this server”
Installing and setting up WAMP is a breeze on Windows, but you are bound to run into issues. I’ve encountered a peculiar one this weekend while trying to run a PHP application I am working on. I had...
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Download phpssh2.dll extension for PHP 5.3 compatible with WAMP Server 2.1
A project that I am working on now requires shell access basically to dynamically create cron jobs. This took me a minute and will be the topic of an upcoming post but for now, in my local WAMP based...
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Programming: “It pays the bills” vs “It satisfies me”
At this point in my career I find myself increasingly frustrated with my day to day work. You see, living in the DMV area (DC-MD-VA), a lot of the jobs available are in government contracting and as...
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Set up JSON action output in CakePHP 1.3
Working on setting up the Rest Plugin for CakePHP helped me realize that i wanted to set up JSON output for some of my actions. This way, if you request for example...
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Speed up your CakePHP application by using Memcached
In anticipation of heavier traffic and also just for performance reasons, I’ve started looking into ways of caching data for Nouchi.Mobi. Since this is a CakePHP application, I naturally looked into...
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Infinite redirect loop when using CakePHP
You will sometimes run into this issue when using CakePHP, I did a few times, and randomly or so it seemed and the reason is in my case, and I want to bet in most cases, is that you are using the Auth...
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Validating a checkbox in CakePHP 1.2
I was looking for a good way to validate a checkbox for a site i was working on, and came upon this link that pointed me in the right direction:...
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Using the CakePHP 1.2 Email component
I was following the documentation at http://book.cakephp.org/view/269/Sending-a-basic-message about sending an email with CakePHP using the Email component, used the sample code they provided but could...
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