Here's a short guide on installing the php 4 memcached extension from source. I write it as a reference as I couldn't find some precise instructions on this.

Download and extract the source code:

system:~# wget http://pecl.php.net/get/memcache-2.1.2.tgz
system:~# tar xvfz memcache-2.1.2.tgz

Prepare the extension for compiling:

system:~# cd memcache-2.1.2
system:~/memcache-2.1.2# phpize

Configure, make and make install:

system:~/memcache-2.1.2# ./configure
system:~/memcache-2.1.2# make
system:~/memcache-2.1.2# make install

If configure fails with the following error: configure: error: Cannot find php_session.h (as it did on ubuntu and debian for me) then you'll have to create a symbolic link to /usr/include/php4 called /usr/include/php. If you don't have one of those directories, then you're probably missing the php4-dev package.

Vorbeam acum ceva timp de un proiect la care lucram impreuna cu Mihai si Martin. Acum pot dezvalui despre ce e vorba. :)

Enter trn.ro, vanzari de terenuri "web 2.0".

Voi vorbi mai pe larg despre el in curand. De retinut ca este in "beta" (era evident, nu? :)) si ca unele lucruri fie nu merg, fie nu merg cum trebuie.

Astept sugestii, opinii si ce va mai trece prin cap.

A while ago I posted how I was using php and curl to do automatic image uploading to Drupal and geolocating images. Some people requested the script, others arrive here from Google by searching about the same thing, so here is a small tutorial on how to do it.

First of all you'll need the libcurl extension to php installed. The code snippets I'll present here might work if you'll convert them to Snoopy, but libcurl is faster.

What we'll do: we are going to login into Drupal and we are going to perform different operations.

De ce unii sunt nişte programatori execrabili. Cel puţin unul din motive.
Cum naiba înveţi să programezi uitându-te la poze? Şi fără explicaţii?

Php

After breaking my promise to Otis a couple of times, I finally found some spare time to update simpyapi.

Changelog:

- fixed a bug in SimpleParser.class.php
- updated the tag code to match the changes in Simpy's REST API
- added a new method, SearchEx, which allows extended searching: pass the query and the parameters
- wrote a couple of examples
- gave it a version: 0.1 :)

Get it from SourceForge: simpyapi-php.0.1.

The Drupal module still needs some polishing. Also, a Wordpress plugin is planned and investigated.

I did some modifications today on the Simpy module. Now it has some ajaxy effects on the tagcloud page.

Go ahead, click on Bookmarks and then click the tags. I used moo.fx, moo.ajax and prototype.lite.

The next version will have an ajaxy search too.

Some people requested it and I got bored to wait for my Drupal CVS account to be fixed, so I'm releasing the sources here. They are in Beta and might not work fully as expected.

I'm very busy at the moment so I didn't test them very much. Also, the docs were written very fast and are pretty slim. Sorry about that. I will fix them next week and I also hope to come up with a Wordpress plugin till then.

Get them here:

• SimpyApi for php
• Simpy module for Drupal 4.6

Please report all bugs to alexAT417DOTro

Am incercat multe editoare php la viata mea, insa nici unul nu m-a multumit pe deplin. E ciudat ca am lucrat cu editoare bune, dar nu m-am putut obisnui cu chestii minore de genul "cum sare cursorul cand folosesc ctrl+stanga / dreapta" (vorbesc de NuSphere phpEd). Probabil ca e greu sa ma obisnuiesc cu un alt stil de editare dupa multi ani in care practicile de le folosesc s-au inradacinat adanc in capul meu.

As mentiona cateva care mi-au placut, dar din diverse motive nu au stat prea mult pe hard-ul meu:

• Zend Studio - ok din toate punctele de vedere, insa se misca infect pe sistemul meu, care nu e chiar slab
• NuSphere phpEd - l-am folosit o vreme cu succes, dar nu am reusit sa ma impac cu diverse mici inconveniente la editare si alte chestii (nu se putea conecta prin sftp la serverul pe care lucrez eu)
• jEdit - foarte bun pentru editari rapide, insa nu mi-a placut pluginul de project management. Plus ca se misca destul de greu.
• Dreamweaver (in modul sursa) - bun pentru all in one, insa suportul javascript si php cam lasa de dorit
• Maguma OpenSource - mi-a placut mult, dar crapa in draci. De cateva luni ma uit daca au scos o noua versiune, dar se pare ca lucrul stagneaza.

Am incercat Komodo acum ceva timp, cand aveam un calculator slab. Nu am reusit sa editez nimic, scriam cod apoi peste cateva secunde incepeau sa apara caracterele pe ecran. :) Am revenit la el cand am facut rost de un sistem mai puternic si m-am indragostit de el. Tot ce pot sa-i reprosez pana acum este ca suportul de css e cam slab. Dar pentru css exista alte editoare.

Nu e editorul perfect, si sunt sigur ca voi descoperi la el mici neajunsuri, insa se pare ca avem un castigator: ActiveState Komodo

Iar varianta studenteasca este doar vreo 40 de dolari. ;)

De ceva timp eu si Martin tot lucram la diverse proiecte, majoritatea menite sa aduca Web 2.0 si in Romania. Ok, mint, mai mult stam de vorba despre ele si mai putin facem. Lucru care o sa se schimbe destul de curand.

Unul dintre ele, care mi-a captat atentia in ultimul timp, este acum la Feeds.ro. Nu va grabiti sa-mi spuneti ca acolo e mai nimic, inca nu e gata pentru digerarea marelui public. Motivul pentru care il anunt e altul, dupa cum veti putea vedea mai tarziu.

• Feeds.ro va agrega continutul din web-ul romanesc, se va ocupa automat de alegerea categoriilor in functie de ce folosesc oamenii (tag-uri sau categoriile din Wordpress, desi ar fi frumos ca tot poporul sa foloseasca tag-uri).
• Va genera un tagcloud frumos pentru a vedea despre ce se discuta la momentul actual internautii romani.
• Va putea genera feed-uri bazate pe categorii, astfel incat sa fii la curent tot timpul cand cineva posteaza in blogul / situl lui ceva legat de categoria / categoriile care te intereseaza.
• Va putea sa-ti trimita un mail in fiecare dimineata cu intrarile relevante pentru tine. Un soi de newsletter zilnic. Insa un newsletter care iti ofera ceea ce te intereseaza pe tine, nu ceea ce cred altii ca te intereseaza pe tine.

Lots have happened lately which prevented me from finishing the module. I'm having second thoughts now about it: wouldn't be better to make the module create a custom node type, and integrate that into the Drupal nodes? Right now everything is in a custom database.
The scenario would be like this: install the module and create a taxonomy for it to use (or use a more general one) and tell it to. Configure the http engine, user and password, and synchronize between Simpy and your website.
This integration of the bookmarks would mean that you could use other modules to act on the bookmarks (su