Selecting random record from MySQL database table.
Four different ways to select a random row in MySQL explained and compared in terms of speed.
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My name is Daniel Levin, I build smart, dynamic web sites that help people achive their goals on the internet. I am based in Jerusalem area of the State of Israel.
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Review of the new Symfony book
My opinion on the new book titled "Symfony 1.3 Web Application Development". Read to find out who this book is best suited for and how it compares to "Practical symfony" by Fabien Potencier.
How to install Symfony and deploy your project on a shared hosting
Updated step by step guide for installing Symfony 1.2 libraries and deploying Symfony projejcts on a budget hosting account
Displaying Symfony form fields recursively
Let's say you want to build a form where there are several nested fieldsets that are accessed with JavaScript tabs. Displaying such a form cannot be achieved by echoing the form object. The logical way here would be iterating through the field schema and outputting rows one by one. The problem is that Symfony so far does not provide built in iteration mechanism for form objects.
Moving your Symfony project to production web sever
Symfony php framework tutorial. How to deploy locally developed project to production web server.
Installing symfony on shared host via SSH
Guide for installing symfony framework on shared host where both php4 and php5 are avilable using shell access.
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Fix for the PHP’s [2002] mysql timeout error on Windows 7, which occurs due to IPv6 entry in hosts file.
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Specify the version of YUI that you’re using, the modules you want to use, and PHP Loader outputs the requisite script and css tags for your implementation.
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When you demonstrate a design as a static image, you are reinforcing a mistaken notion that a web page will be a facsimile of a frozen image.
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Check if your symfony application is ready for deployment.
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Don’t mix up user experience designer and graphic designer. Neither should do the others’ job. They should never be blurred into “web designer.”
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