PHP: The Library

Posted on October 2, 2011 by admin

Do not be confused by those who insist the interpretation that is called PHP make it a language; it IS closer to a library than it is to a programming language. The reason PHP is so fast and so easy to use is because it is mostly a wrapper for C functionality (such as strlen) and the extensive API contains what I would consider library functions and not language features (such as wordwrap). However, PHP IS in the process of transforming itself into a language.

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Slow performance with PHP array_diff() – Interesting Fix

Posted on February 10, 2011 by admin

The open source community has been good to me. With the LAMP stack becoming a strong force for web development it has created an explosion of opportunities for many people, myself included. Recently, the field has become overcrowded and it has become important to distinguish yourself from others. For a long time I have wanted to contribute to the open source community and thought this would be a great way to distinguish my resume.

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Manager of pid-file quit without updating file

Posted on October 25, 2010 by admin

Today I was trying to compile the current MySQL server for Ubuntu. I used the directions in the INSTALL-BINARY file so I thought this would be quick and easy. Needless to say it was not.

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