Installing PEAR with IIS
easier than it seems when things dont at first work
http://code.rawlinson.us/2012/02/install-php-pear-on-windows-7.html
Pear with IIS
Making an integer null
Although you often see an error message when trying to return null for an integer, it is possible to return a null value if you declare the integer specifically
int? value = new int?();
if(value == null)
{
// something
}
note the ? mark after the int declaration. That is the key to allowing nulls for integers
Clock syncing to wrong time in networked server
Trying to fix my Windows 2012 server which is on a networked cloud, from reverting back to local network time even though i have set it the server to be on a timezone. I had the same problem with Server 2008 although R2 was supposed to have fixed it. Looks like it is still an outstanding issue.
am trying to use bcdedit command to change this each time on reboot
bcdedit /set {default} USEPLATFORMCLOCK true
http://blogs.interfacett.com/how-to-use-bcdedit-to-add-menu-items-to-the-selection-screen-in-windows-server-and-win7
In the end, this didnt work and I had to go with using
NetTime ‘http://www.timesynctool.com/’
instead
Main disk space offenders on linux
Use the command du -h –max-depth 1 from SSH at the folder depth level you want to check
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Executabale files on linux
When using cron with Yii an error along the lines of “bash: ./yiic: Permission denied” will appear unless you first make yiic executable.
The easiest way to do this is to run the following command in your framework directory:
chmod +x yiic
The x simply means “eXecutable”.
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linux server connect to windows mssql
Had difficulty getting ports setup up and testing whether drivers worked
Used freetds to act as driver with dblib
tested by using tsql -S [hostname] -U [username] -P [password]
where hostname was declared in /usr/local/etc/freetds.conf
[myserver1]
host = domain.name
port = 1433
tds version = 8.0
use version8.0 for mssql server 2008
Installing freetds was a challenge
http://pointbeing.net/weblog/2010/05/successful-microsoft-sql-server-support-for-php-on-linux.html
http://www.freetds.org/userguide/freetdsconf.htm#FREETDSCONFLOCATION
http://howtogetitworking.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-mssql-extension-for-php-on-unix/
http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Installing_MSSQL_for_PHP
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ipTables, APF, ConfigServer Firewall (linux)
A confusing day trying to get outgoing ports open so i can connect to a windows SQL server
Eventually found ConfigServer Firewall which has some nice WHM features for setting ipTables.
Tried ipTables through ssh as well. limited success as things were getting reset on restart of server
Host provider helped with APF whitelist, but cant say i understood what was going on there.
linux symlinks
An easy way first to delete a symlink you don’t wont is unlink _______ (inserting the link here).
To make a new link you can use ln -s _____1______ ______2_______ (where 2 is the new folder to make, and 1 is the file or folder to link to the new folder
e.g. ln -s /var/www/yii-1-7 /home/goals/yii
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Apache server time
Although I had the correct zone info for my server set as Japan in the /etc/localtime folder, the time was still incorrect.
I had to use the command date -s "8 MAR 2011 02:09:00" to get it set correctly.
I am not sure why the server time was out to begin with. Maybe because the server had a forced restart.
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