PHP ini issues for scripts running in CLI or executing shell_exec() in *nix

Did you try to run php from command line and faced with php exception like safe mood is on, memory limit exceeded, maximum execution time exceeded etc. A general solution is to edit the php.ini and made those changes and restart apache server. At least i found these solutions online
But that is not [...]

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Running CodeIgniter from Cron/CLI

Many of us faced the problem of running CodeIgniter controllers from Cron or from Command Line. usually we write the following codes to run a php file from cron/CLI.
php /var/www/path/to/your/script
but if we give CodeIgniter Controller path here it will not work since CodeIgniter will fail to initialize its core classes. A work around of this [...]

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Mediawiki Image Gallery Extension – WikiGallery

I was working with MediaWiki Gallery extension named “Smooth Gallery” which is based on JonDesign’s SmoothGallery . It was almost the thing i was looking for but not the exact one for my purpose. As a result I had to hack the code and modify it to fit my needs. You can download the extension [...]

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Why to use Stored Procedure or Prepared Statement?

In web development, we do face the issue of running a query few thousands to million times everyday. If your website traffic is small then the impact of such queries is not noticed. but if your site attracts lots of users and the query requires to run a good number of time, it might hurt [...]

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New initiatives for Bangla Language on Web

I am thinking of introducing new Bangla based services for the web. here are few of my ideas which will go development phase very soon
1. bangla spell checker
2. bangla wysiwyg editor (probably tinymce)
3. bangla translation
4. bangla unicode pdf
5. bangla universal writing panel with keyboard support (from somewhereinblog write panel)
if you have some cool idea, you [...]

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WordPress Plugins Development

I had started writing my new book for Packt Publishing titled “WordPress Plugins Development”. But I decided to take the back step as I was very busy with my projects at office and couldn’t manage good amount of time for the book. I believe in quality rather than quantity. So, as i am getting bit [...]

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Certified Scrum Master

Recently I have completed my Certified Scrum Master training from Pete Deemer of Good Agile (http://www.goodagile.com). I have attended the 14 hour training program along with my colleague N.H.M Tanveer Hossain Khan on 5th March, 2008 in New Delhi, India. It’s been a nice experience for us and we believe it will [...]

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Mediawiki tutorials coming soon…

Currently I am working with Mediawiki version 1.11 and lots of things have changed and new things emerged during last 1 year. So i feel that my book “Mediawiki administrator’s tutorial guide” requires some additional writings as well. From April 2008, i will be writing new tutorials every week on Mediawiki including some hacks, extensions [...]

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