Re: [nyphp-talk] PHP is not just for professionals

2014-05-22 Thread leam hall
Gary, I'd have to agree with you on this. We can be happy that PHP is now a professional grade enterprise capable solution. However, frameworks, "modern" coding practices, and a host of other things make it very difficult for someone to climb the learning curve. That may be just my perception. L

Re: [nyphp-talk] [PHP] PHP tutorial

2013-11-24 Thread Leam Hall
On 11/24/2013 05:39 PM, Martin Christian wrote: Thanks for all the feedback. :-) I'll include your feedback as soon as I find time (probably next weekend). Martin, Cherish feedback, even if it means more work. What Ashley has just done is contributed time to help make your project better. Suc

Re: [nyphp-talk] Mailing lists at php.net?

2013-10-25 Thread Leam Hall
And, with some finagleing, I have list subscriptions. Not sure what's up with the web page though. I was not subscribed to any of the lists I just got on. Leam -- http://31challenge.net http://31challenge.net/insight ___ New York PHP User Group Commu

Re: [nyphp-talk] Mailing lists at php.net?

2013-10-25 Thread Leam Hall
Digital Services - Where you are only limited by imagination. dan.horn...@planetnoc.com :: http://www.americandigitalservices.com 1-518-631-3611 :: PO Box 201, Cohoes, NY 12047 ---- *From:* Leam Hall *Sent:* Fri Oct 25 17:42:32

Re: [nyphp-talk] Mailing lists at php.net?

2013-10-25 Thread Leam Hall
-Original Message- From: talk-boun...@lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-boun...@lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Leam Hall Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 11:08 PM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] Mailing lists at php.net? On 10/25/2013 09:58 AM, Daniel Convissor wrote: Hi Leam: Anyone

Re: [nyphp-talk] Mailing lists at php.net?

2013-10-25 Thread Leam Hall
On 10/25/2013 09:58 AM, Daniel Convissor wrote: Hi Leam: Anyone know anyone who deals with the mailing lists on php.net? Even before the recent ruckus, I was unable to sign on to the mailing lists. What happens? It's always worked fine for me: 1) Go to http://us1.php.net/mailing-lists.php 2)

[nyphp-talk] Mailing lists at php.net?

2013-10-25 Thread Leam Hall
Anyone know anyone who deals with the mailing lists on php.net? Even before the recent ruckus, I was unable to sign on to the mailing lists. Thanks! Leam -- http://31challenge.net http://31challenge.net/insight ___ New York PHP User Group Community T

Re: [nyphp-talk] php.net is blacklisted by Google Malware detection

2013-10-24 Thread leam hall
Firefox will let you actually go to the page, if you click around a bit. However, I'm not fond of the comment on php.net anyway. I'd rather folks put in tickets to grow the actual documentation vice putting a bunch of confusing comments in the bottom. On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Greg Ru

[nyphp-talk] I object!

2013-10-17 Thread leam hall
Well, objects have been getting the better of me for a while. This past weekend I've gotten back into wrangling with OOP. As of last night I figured out an __autoload issue and the folks on #phpmentoring and ##php have been giving me some good guidance. I am also still referencing an NYPHP e-mail t

Re: [nyphp-talk] Functions instantiating from Classes

2013-10-11 Thread Leam Hall
On 04/02/2013 10:18 PM, Gary A Mort wrote: On 2/25/2013 8:46 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Leam Hall mailto:leamh...@gmail.com>> wrote: OOP Newbie question as I convert a crufty program to OOP Class Person sets up various properties of a person. Classe

Re: [nyphp-talk] Back into the fray

2013-10-09 Thread leam hall
I'm loosely looking at the MEAN stack. With PHP I want to do MongoDB and then add some javascript. On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Ajai Khattri wrote: > On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 12:33:07PM -0400, leam hall wrote: > > I've looked at Go as well, and if I could get myself going

Re: [nyphp-talk] Back into the fray

2013-10-09 Thread leam hall
I've looked at Go as well, and if I could get myself going on it I think it is one of the big up and coming things. However, I'm more focused on the neat flashy stuff on the web. On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Ajai Khattri wrote: > On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 07:57:46AM -0400, le

[nyphp-talk] Back into the fray

2013-10-09 Thread leam hall
Q: What do the numbers 166 and 98 have in common? A: Both are bad to have on your blood pressure readout. After trying to get back into C and Python for a while, I need to relax. PHP is fun and does things I want to do. While I doubt I'll get a full time gig with PHP, it's still fun. I have some

Re: [nyphp-talk] mysql configuration peculiarity: it reads /etc/mysql/*.cnf

2013-09-04 Thread Leam Hall
None of which proves you're not crazy. :) Leam On 09/04/2013 08:02 PM, David Mintz wrote: On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Ronald Bradford mailto:rb42l...@gmail.com>> wrote: Curious, as somebody that's worked in MySQL in a while I have not experienced this. I wonder if it's a de

Re: [nyphp-talk] Semi-OT: Is there a scale for language competency?

2013-07-26 Thread leam hall
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Daniel Krook wrote: > Hi Leam, > > > What about setting up a public GitHub repository with sample code to refer > potential clients too? They can see your code quality, competence with > source control, and passion for programming. > Hehe...I have a project on S

[nyphp-talk] Semi-OT: Is there a scale for language competency?

2013-07-26 Thread leam hall
Not that I'm looking for a job right now, but there's always the future. Is there a reasonably common scale for saying how good you are with a programming language? Something more than "Rate yourself on a 1-10" scale. In my case I can read several and am trying to improve a couple. It would be nic

Re: [nyphp-talk] CentOS v Ubuntu

2013-07-16 Thread leam hall
Check out the IUS community repo. They are up to PHP 5.5. http://iuscommunity.org/pages/About.html Leam On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Gary Mort wrote: > > I've consistently found the CentOS PHP package to be badly out of date, > which initially led me to using Ubuntu. However, just one

Re: [nyphp-talk] GIT!

2013-06-23 Thread Leam Hall
On 06/23/2013 10:19 AM, Daniel Convissor wrote: On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 10:27:15AM -0400, Hans Z wrote: Sorry, but the emperor has no clothes, Hans, have you checked in the mirror? :) See you, --Dan Uhh...no visuals...please! :) It sounds like Git is built for large, multi-branch proje

Re: [nyphp-talk] CentOS v Ubuntu

2013-06-23 Thread Leam Hall
On 06/23/2013 12:21 AM, Ajai Khattri wrote: On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 09:38:34AM -0400, Hans Z wrote: Out of curiosity, are there examples? I compile PHP 5.4 regularly against recent releases of CentOS without issue - xml/gd/etc all work fine. I think the fact that you said "compile" speaks vo

Re: [nyphp-talk] CentOS v Ubuntu

2013-06-19 Thread leam hall
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Ajai Khattri wrote: > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 03:53:43PM -0400, Rob Marscher wrote: > > > I'm using Ubuntu LTS for a NodeJS project that needed more recent > software. > > Basically, if you wanna play with "new" stuff like Node, MongoDB, > Gearman, etc you can't u

Re: [nyphp-talk] CentOS v Ubuntu

2013-06-19 Thread leam hall
If I needed a non-Linux OS it would probably be NetBSD. However, I'm partial to RH based systems as that's where I make my living. If things move to Ubuntu or FreeBSD, I'll head that way... Leam On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Hans Z wrote: > > I am having a debate in our office over whether

Re: [nyphp-talk] CentOS v Ubuntu

2013-06-19 Thread leam hall
m> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:15 PM, leam hall wrote: > >> 95% of US Linux deployments, give or take, are Red Hat. > > > Source? > > Greg Rundlett > > ___ > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mail

Re: [nyphp-talk] CentOS v Ubuntu

2013-06-19 Thread leam hall
Easier to find stuff that works on RH/CentOS than Ubuntu. 95% of US Linux deployments, give or take, are Red Hat. Ubuntu has a place, just not in the data center. Yet, anyway. They seem to be working on that. Leam On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Nicholas Hart wrote: > I am having a debate in

Re: [nyphp-talk] Recycle Out Dated PHP Books

2013-06-10 Thread leam hall
Goodwill does, I think. They give you a tax form as well. Send me the list, BTW, my library has had some turnover. :) Leam On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:55 AM, David Krings wrote: > On 6/10/2013 6:46 AM, Peter Sawczynec wrote: > >> I have a stack of outdated PHP, Flash and other computer books

[nyphp-talk] Functions instantiating from Classes

2013-02-24 Thread Leam Hall
OOP Newbie question as I convert a crufty program to OOP Class Person sets up various properties of a person. Classes B, C, and D extend A in various ways for different roles people do. What I ran into last night was trying to use a function outside of the classes to instantiate objects. For

Re: [nyphp-talk] Programs rights and Lic etc.

2013-02-05 Thread leam hall
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Edgar Reyes wrote: > I have a question that maybe some of you can shed some light or what > your experience with this might be or how you guys handle it. I was > contacted by a potential client that wants me to create a custom program > for him, I said not a probl

Re: [nyphp-talk] OOP Newbie Building arrays in extended classes

2013-01-25 Thread Leam Hall
And that would be to make the variables public. On 01/25/2013 07:34 PM, Leam Hall wrote: Will do. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to override a variable set in the parent class. ___ New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List

Re: [nyphp-talk] OOP Newbie Building arrays in extended classes

2013-01-25 Thread Leam Hall
Will do. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to override a variable set in the parent class. On 01/25/2013 07:06 PM, Darryle Steplight wrote: Take a look at PHP traits, its a PHP 5.4 feature and PHP's solution to multi-inheritance. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Leam Hall w

Re: [nyphp-talk] OOP Newbie Building arrays in extended classes

2013-01-25 Thread Leam Hall
Err...until I remember to put parent::__construct() in B. :) Leam On 01/25/2013 06:51 PM, Leam Hall wrote: Interesting. The parent isn't multi-generational, far as I can see. That is, if C extends B which extends A, parent::__construct() in C does not have access to stuff constructed

Re: [nyphp-talk] OOP Newbie Building arrays in extended classes

2013-01-25 Thread Leam Hall
effslutz.com> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Leam Hall mailto:leamh...@gmail.com>> wrote: Okay, OOP newbie time again. In line 11 I declare an array. Per IRC conversations a day or so ago, line 49 has to go into the __construct function. However, the hope

[nyphp-talk] OOP Newbie Building arrays in extended classes

2013-01-25 Thread Leam Hall
Okay, OOP newbie time again. In line 11 I declare an array. Per IRC conversations a day or so ago, line 49 has to go into the __construct function. However, the hope is that line 83 would add to what was done in line 49. It seems not to. I think because the extends doesn't actually call the __

Re: [nyphp-talk] Test

2013-01-02 Thread leam hall
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Gary Mort < php+freelanceengin...@gary.mort.net> wrote: > Test e-mail - I seem to have no email since the start of december - just > want to check to see if I am still receiving mail. > Quiet times. Any progress on "Learning to program the right way"? Leam -- Mi

[nyphp-talk] Framewire

2012-11-10 Thread Leam Hall
Hans, nice! I've been needing something like this. However, I think you mean "skip the speech..." ;) Leam On 11/10/2012 09:55 AM, Hans Z wrote: I'll also take this opportunity for a shameless plug. I've finally released the Framewire PHP Framework - http://www.framewire.org/ - to the public

Re: [nyphp-talk] Seeking PHP Contract Work

2012-07-25 Thread leam hall
On 7/25/12, Joseph Crawford wrote: > Hello Everyone, Joe, This blog post is what I use to find work. It worked for me these past few weeks, I start a new job at a great place very soon! http://leamhall.blogspot.com/2012/06/10-vital-tips-for-job-seeker.html Leam -- Mind on a Mission

[nyphp-talk] Knuth vols 1-4a; Right Read at this time?

2012-07-07 Thread Leam Hall
Morning all! I'm happy to say that my programming growth hasn't yet been side tracked by the job search, relocation plans, or really hot weather. It's slow going, but going nonetheless. I could use some experienced programmer wisdom on next steps. At the moment I'm working on a small PHP proje

[nyphp-talk] Using greater than zero or multiplication?

2012-06-27 Thread Leam Hall
Morning all! I'm working on my Tech Dive Planner and wanted to get a best practice idea from you. There are some calculations that need 3-5 variables set or the calculation isn't done. Since all the inputs are numeric and set to a default of zero, is it better to test each input to see if it's

[nyphp-talk] David Sklar, et al

2012-06-17 Thread Leam Hall
One of the NYPHP members has provided some feedback on my Technical Dive Planner and he noted that I might have read an OnLAMP article by David Sklar. http://onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2004/08/26/PHPformhandling.html I replied that I had. What would have been a more appropriate response is

Re: [nyphp-talk] Could use some PHP critique on my project

2012-06-16 Thread Leam Hall
On 06/16/2012 02:13 PM, David Krings wrote: I eat an entire Whitman's sampler even when I am not depressed. But are you looking for code review or application QA? I can give you some QA / UX feedback, for code review I am rather useless. David David, My weakness is ice cream. Depressed or not

Re: [nyphp-talk] Could use some PHP critique on my project

2012-06-16 Thread Leam Hall
On 06/16/2012 11:05 AM, Hans C. Kaspersetz wrote: Leam, I know a little about technical diving and coding (http://quietdiver.com). I will take a look over the weekend. Hans Kaspersetz Cyber X Designs http://cyberxdesigns.com Hans, thanks! I just did IANTD Intro to Cave and Side-mount, worki

[nyphp-talk] Could use some PHP critique on my project

2012-06-16 Thread Leam Hall
If you're bored, that is. Not if you're depressed though, you'd probably go "Oh my goodness I can't stand it anymore!" and do something drastic like eating an entire Whitman's Sampler. The project is a dive planner for technical scuba dives. There are some formulas and reference arrays but eve

Re: [nyphp-talk] What PHP tools are you using?

2012-05-29 Thread Leam Hall
On 05/29/2012 06:54 PM, David Krings wrote: On 5/29/2012 6:02 PM, Federico Ulfo wrote: Hey guys, what tools do you use to develop in PHP? Are you using Jenkins with all the fancy plugins? And what about the IDE? BUT...I write PHP maybe a few times a year for personal use. So I am NOT the norm

[nyphp-talk] Tech Dive Planner

2012-05-29 Thread Leam Hall
All, the dive planner has moved from Demo status to actual "hey this might work" status. It is currently at: http://reuel.net/dive/tech_dive_planner.php Thanks! Leam ___ New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.o

[nyphp-talk] Updated the dive planner

2012-05-28 Thread Leam Hall
Woot! Have spent most of the day working on OOP, form logic, and snacking. Only the first four entries do anything and the middle column, except for "Calculate" are pointless. The form figures the numbers if the required variables are set. What I'll probably do, if someone is bored enough, is

[nyphp-talk] Form frustrations

2012-05-28 Thread Leam Hall
Morning all! I'm trying to get past two of my many programming hurdles and would appreciate your help. Pointers to documentation are fine, my goal is to learn, not just get the question answered. I'm writing a small application to plan scuba dives. The planning takes in lots of user input an

Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

2012-05-20 Thread Leam Hall
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Kristina Anderson wrote: Greetings, all! A good article that may or may not apply. http://blogs.hbr.org/tjan/2012/05/great-businesses-dont-start-wi.html?goback=.gde_4324043_member_116060048 Leam ___ New York PHP Us

[nyphp-talk] [OT] MongoDB (wuz: Monetizing Open Source Code)

2012-05-20 Thread Leam Hall
Hi Meghan! Steve Francia gave an interesting webinar on MongoDB and PHP Friday; I completely enjoyed it and am looking more at MongoDB and how to spread the word. Thanks for a great product! Leam On 05/19/2012 11:27 PM, Meghan Gill wrote: Hi Kristina - I work at 10gen (company that devel

Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

2012-05-19 Thread leam hall
initely think that marketing oneself is important and time consuming, > which is just one more reason that I do NOT want to do consulting any > more, but want to team up with marketing genuis and let the code do most > of the work so I don't have to!!! :) > > > On Sat, May 19,

Re: [nyphp-talk] Monetizing Open Source Code

2012-05-19 Thread leam hall
Morning Kristina! I'm not sure if I understand your prime motivation as I see more than one. To go from hourly consulting to a longer term gig then I'd recommend finding a code house that supports products you are interested in. Or that use technologies you want to integrate into your future solut

Re: [nyphp-talk] What Distro?

2012-05-18 Thread Leam Hall
My canned response is Ubuntu if you want to work with Linux, Centos/Red Hat if you want to work on Linux. I have a Red Hat background, FWIW. Leam On 05/18/2012 03:40 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: Debian On Friday, May 18, 2012, Donald Organ wrote: Ubuntu On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 3:32 P

[nyphp-talk] PHP on IIS on Win 2008 talking to a SQLServer?

2012-04-13 Thread leam hall
Hey all, I've been asked to look at PHP on IIS on WIN 2008 talking to a SQLServer. Having been in FOSS for so long I have no idea on this. Is it reasonably doable? Would PHP on Apache on WIn 2008 be a better solution in terms of ease of use and setting up? Thanks! Leam -- Mind on a Mission

Re: [nyphp-talk] Learning to program the right way

2012-01-24 Thread Leam Hall
On 01/24/2012 02:52 PM, Justin Dearing wrote: I was going to make an argument that assembly might not be needed at the associates level, but writing this has made me question that myself. However, I think its more important to be able to read assembly than write assembly, so maybe it should be

Re: [nyphp-talk] Learning to program the right way

2012-01-24 Thread Leam Hall
On 01/24/2012 12:23 PM, Christopher R. Merlo wrote: Justin is, as usual, correct about all of this. But as someone who's been involved in CS curriculum design at the associates level for going on 12 years now, the problem -- at least for us at the community college level -- is that we can only

Re: [nyphp-talk] Learning to program the right way

2012-01-23 Thread leam hall
Gary, Part of me thinks this is a great idea. Another part of me thinks you're thinking inside the box. Why not have a "How to really program" class where you introduce these topics, functional and OOP, MVC, go over the basics of a few languages, and stuff like that? I would have loved something

Re: [nyphp-talk] SNMP for Cisco Swithes?

2010-12-19 Thread Leam Hall
Justin, Rolling my own has two major reasons. First is learning, second is approval. I can write a web page at work, no problem. Installing an application takes months of approval. :) Leam On 12/18/2010 10:57 PM, Justin Dearing wrote: Learn, My suggestion is to just install cacti.http://w

Re: [nyphp-talk] Doctrine and auto_increment not being a primary key

2010-12-11 Thread Leam Hall
Just a note that I'm learning a timely bit from this conversation, thanks! Leam ___ New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation

Re: [nyphp-talk] Deploying PHP Applications

2010-05-02 Thread Leam Hall
Actually, we use "ln -s". :) Leam Konstantin K wrote: This is why sys admins use stow from gnu On Saturday, May 1, 2010, Yitzchak Schaffer wrote: On Apr 29, 2010, at 1:35 PM, Jason Salsiccia wrote: If your doc root is /var/www/html, have html be a symlink to current code. /var/www/html ->

Re: [nyphp-talk] good language for small GUI app?

2010-03-09 Thread Leam Hall
A web app will allow for growth and backups. You separate the GUI from the app and let yourself focus on just the business logic. That also means she can upgrade or change platforms, or have her main computer down for service, and still get work done. Leam _

Re: [nyphp-talk] Best way to accomplish this task

2010-02-15 Thread Leam Hall
Well, from an admin viewpoint, I'd recommend a lot more thinking before doing this. The "script every minute" idea causes all sorts of issues on the server as well as the database. One hokey query, or one large dataset, and you can cause a lot of problems for the entire machine. What I don't u

[nyphp-talk] To dBa or not to dBa,..

2010-01-19 Thread Leam Hall
I am personally aware of a situation where developers were given freedom to run the Oracle database. Now that an upgrade is needed the developers are either gone or expecting the Operations DBA team to fix things. Three different failures, based on the poor organization of the application, have

[nyphp-talk] Anyone familiar with CAC cards?

2010-01-06 Thread Leam Hall
I'd like to build a web page that does basic login to CAC enabled web sites. I have access to the pages, but would rather automate it. Any ideas? Leam ___ New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [nyphp-talk] Http requests failing

2009-12-30 Thread Leam Hall
Ajai Khattri wrote: (and "web site go boom boom" is not a precise error message :-) Obviously you've not worked with the same folks as I; that's about par for the course... Leam ___ New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists

Re: [nyphp-talk] Http requests failing

2009-12-30 Thread Leam Hall
From the sysadmin side of my brain. Check the apache server logs. Use an anonomizer to get a different path. Send me the URL, if that's okay, and I can test it out with my local routing. Check server load. CHeck ping response times. He may be having local network burps or routing issues. Happe

Re: [nyphp-talk] oh how good this list is

2009-12-29 Thread Leam Hall
Gary Mort wrote: On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Mitch Pirtle wrote: Agreed wholeheartedly on that sentiment - oftentimes when I have a question and need a little nudge, a quick search through NYPHP is all I need. There are hundreds of threads that I've starred in GMail as a result. Gmail?

Re: [nyphp-talk] run my own mail server or use a 3rd party service?

2009-12-26 Thread Leam Hall
Konstantin K wrote: On Friday, December 25, 2009, Ajai Khattri wrote: Not really - simply relying on SMTP from a PHP script is not really a reliable (or efficient) way to send out email. Much better to have a dedicated mail server that can queue the email, handle retries and bounces, etc. Your

Re: [nyphp-talk] run my own mail server or use a 3rd party service?

2009-12-25 Thread Leam Hall
A mail server is to deal with programs that can't do mail on their own. Doesn't the PHP mail function or the PEAR::mail deal with sending mail without sendmail? Procmail is to sort through mail you as a user receive. I'm a little confused on whether or not you have a full domain hosted or are

Re: [nyphp-talk] preteen

2009-12-12 Thread Leam Hall
Hey, got any of Hans in a bikini? ___ New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation

[nyphp-talk] Arrays out of a file and back in?

2009-10-20 Thread Leam Hall
Down the road I'll get this going in a database, but at the moment I'm stuck using flat files to store multi-dimensional array data. So I have a file that gets imported, is used and potentially changed, and then needs to be written back to a file if any data changed. Is there a good way to do

[nyphp-talk] SOA Definition/Explination?

2009-09-21 Thread Leam Hall
I'm posting this for a friend. She does some teaching for Systems Engineering. The big SE, not the MCSE type stuff. Her request is for a 2 page introduction to SOA that's not in geekish. If you're curious, INCOSE -- http://www.incose.org/ Thanks! Leam Does anyone know of a good top-lev

Re: [nyphp-talk] Advice on OOP & Frameworks

2009-09-18 Thread Leam Hall
Awesome! Adrian Noland wrote: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/top-projects/php.html http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-php-read/ On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Leam Hall wrote: Anyone up for drafting a "Recommended Learning Program" for PH

Re: [nyphp-talk] OOP, Frameworks, ONLAMP, and NYPHP

2009-08-31 Thread Leam Hall
So Bev, you taking the lead? Leam li...@nopersonal.info wrote: Hans, this sounds great. Your other email just came in, so I'm going to sign up for the Org list and then I'll read through what you sent. Regards, Bev ___ New York PHP User Group Commu

[nyphp-talk] OOP, Frameworks, ONLAMP, and NYPHP

2009-08-26 Thread Leam Hall
More timing...or synchronicity... As we discuss the learning path and stages, I've heard that ONLAMP will not really continue. I mentioned ONLAMP's aged articles to you a few months ago and was all hyped about upgrade and reform. ONLAMP has helped me in several ways and it's nice to have links

Re: [nyphp-talk] Advice on OOP & Frameworks

2009-08-26 Thread Leam Hall
Talk about timing! I got a request for expertise from LinkedIn and the payback for the survey included an Amazon gift certificate! Seems like an easy win here. ;) Leam Mitch Pirtle wrote: Ok, now I gotta pimp a book. Pragmatic Thinking and Learning, by Pragmatic Publishers: http://www.pragp

Re: [nyphp-talk] Advice on OOP & Frameworks

2009-08-24 Thread Leam Hall
Paul M Jones wrote: On Aug 23, 2009, at 10:36 , Guilherme Blanco wrote: It really depends on what you plan to do. I believe this is well-intentioned but misguided advice. I assert that it more about "how you like to work" than it is about "what you plan to do". ... For an expanded take

Re: [nyphp-talk] Advice on OOP & Frameworks

2009-08-23 Thread Leam Hall
li...@nopersonal.info wrote: Hello ladies & gentlemen, I've just purchased my first book on PHP Object-Oriented Programming and have also been looking at all the frameworks that abound. I'm unsure of where to go from here. Let me add to the question while the smart folks are waking up. I'm a

Re: [nyphp-talk] What does Java provide, redux

2009-08-15 Thread Leam Hall
Ajai Khattri wrote: On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, Leam Hall wrote: Of course, now part of me wonders if Python could cover where PHP doesn't and we could keep Java contained in the Uni classroom. That might help computer load levels a good bit... Why not Ruby? Nothing I've read in Ruby

[nyphp-talk] What does Java provide, redux

2009-08-15 Thread Leam Hall
Thanks folks! So there are some things like concurrency and XSLT 2.0 that Java provides that makes it a contender in the system space. I'm not really programmer enough to get that part but I'll accept your thoughts. :) Of course, now part of me wonders if Python could cover where PHP doesn'

[nyphp-talk] Java provides???

2009-08-12 Thread Leam Hall
Gang, I'll confess that I'm happy to support Java as it provides lots of reasons to upgrade hardware and buy newer/faster machines. However, from a systems engineering standpoint, I'm baffled by the recurring inefficiency of hundreds of corporate programmers... What does Java provide that PHP

Re: [nyphp-talk] SSH2_CONNECT

2009-08-02 Thread Leam Hall
Kenneth Dombrowski wrote: On 09-08-01 09:44 -0400, Ajai Khattri wrote: If you can peform the task without it, which is true in this case, then do so. Ok, point taken. Thanks Aj No argument there. What you can do, and what you should do, are often not the same. :) Leam __

Re: [nyphp-talk] SSH2_CONNECT

2009-07-31 Thread Leam Hall
CED wrote: Leam Hall wrote: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=159677 [r...@leam ~]# grep -i tty /etc/sudoers Defaultsrequiretty That might help. :) Leam Please DO NOT use Leam's example... "Defaults requiretty" is a global sudoers security defa

Re: [nyphp-talk] SSH2_CONNECT

2009-07-31 Thread Leam Hall
ssage- From: talk-boun...@lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-boun...@lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Leam Hall Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:22 PM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] SSH2_CONNECT Drat! That's my favorite reading. :) Couple more ideas, based on an OS perspective. If it'

Re: [nyphp-talk] SSH2_CONNECT

2009-07-31 Thread Leam Hall
dn't see anything in /var/log/messages. Michele -Original Message- From: talk-boun...@lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-boun...@lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Leam Hall Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 7:58 PM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] SSH2_CONNECT Hey Michele. Can you edit /etc/sudoers

Re: [nyphp-talk] SSH2_CONNECT

2009-07-31 Thread Leam Hall
Also, maybe change "2> /dev/null" to 2>/tmp/error.log to see what it says. Leam Leam Hall wrote: Hey Michele. Can you edit /etc/sudoers? You might be able to give it the NOPASSWD option, to at least shorten it a bit. Can you read /var/log/messages and the web server log to

Re: [nyphp-talk] SSH2_CONNECT

2009-07-31 Thread Leam Hall
Hey Michele. Can you edit /etc/sudoers? You might be able to give it the NOPASSWD option, to at least shorten it a bit. Can you read /var/log/messages and the web server log to see if they say anything? Leam Michele Waldman wrote: So I rewrote the code in bash due to my client's concern a

Re: [nyphp-talk] Learned one CMS and want to move on.

2009-07-27 Thread Leam Hall
Kristina D. H. Anderson wrote: 4. Ask if they can pay for training for you - explain how much more projects they can bid on and get if they have a more diversified work force. I like Ajai's idea #4. The only way management will agree to let you diversify your job duties is if it will put $

Re: [nyphp-talk] Frameworks & Fast Iterations

2009-07-25 Thread Leam Hall
If you're coming out with site-breaking changes every 6 months and not supporting older versions, why would anyone use the product? Frameworks should be a tool, not a master. They should save time. Or so I thought. Saves me the trouble of learning one. Leam

Re: [nyphp-talk] Designer Advice

2009-07-23 Thread Leam Hall
Wow...I like his site! Nice clean design! Now I know who to call, even though he's not local to me. :) Leam Eddie Drapkin wrote: At the shop, we make use of a fellow named Jesse Arnold, his site is here: http://mistermachine.com . He does some pretty solid work, provides HTML/CSS/PSD. He's

Re: [nyphp-talk] Old articles on OnLAMP at O'Reilly

2009-07-21 Thread Leam Hall
I'm keeping up with the folks at O'Reilly. They're doing a site re-design so the oldness should eventually be phased out. I'm midling confident that they;ll be interested in current input, so be ready when they ask for it. Thanks! Leam Leam Hall wrote: Yikes! http:

Re: [nyphp-talk] where in filesystem to install php application

2009-07-06 Thread Leam Hall
Ajai Khattri wrote: On Sun, 5 Jul 2009, Matt Juszczak wrote: I see FreeBSD do this (separate user-installed packages into /usr/local), but Linux always seems to install extra packages and user-generated content in /usr as the root. IE: mysql & apache. Always wondered why the separation was

Re: [nyphp-talk] where in filesystem to install php application

2009-07-05 Thread Leam Hall
David Mintz wrote: Perhaps this is one of those things that doesn't matter a helluva lot, but: when you have a freshly installed Debian-style LAMP (actually Ubuntu server 9.04) and you are looking for a place in the filesystem to install your PHP application files -- where do you like to put them

[nyphp-talk] Old articles on OnLAMP at O'Reilly

2009-05-27 Thread Leam Hall
Yikes! http://www.onlamp.com/php/ If I see correctly, the oldest articles there are from 2006! Any of you smart PHP folk want to add some resume bullets and post a few things to keep us in the communal lime-light? Leam ___ New York PHP User

Re: [nyphp-talk] ini_set and file_get_contents

2009-05-07 Thread Leam Hall
Brent, you are a wonderful person! No matter what Hans, Mitch, David, and maybe a few others say...:) Wasn't able to change anything that would allow file_get_contents but the curl code you provided works like a charm! This is a growth point for me so it's nice to be successful for a chang

Re: [nyphp-talk] unit testing, was Survey: Development environment....

2009-05-07 Thread Leam Hall
Well, let's hope you don't have any heart attacks soon! however, I do wonder how you *real* developers get specs and requirements? Are they that loose until you build and the client says "that's not what I wanted"? Is there room or time for better requirements gathering up front so you save ti

[nyphp-talk] ini_set and file_get_contents

2009-05-06 Thread Leam Hall
I have a file_get_contents working on my laptop/dev box, but when I put it on the hosting server it comes back with an error. URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration My guess is that there's a way to ini_set this to allow it, but the closest thing I found was allow_url_

Re: [nyphp-talk] unit testing, was Survey: Development environment....

2009-05-06 Thread Leam Hall
Add me to the "want to get there but..." list. By the time I squirrel away a couple hours to code I've forgotten what I learned last month when I had time to PHP and thus keep re-inventing the hamster wheel that is my brain... Leam ___ New York PHP U

[nyphp-talk] W3 Schools?

2009-04-11 Thread Leam Hall
Anyone have any experience with the W3 Schools tutorials and Certification? The site has a lot of tutorials and look decently well written. Testing for a cert is $75, and I'm not sure if it's going to affect any hiring decisions but it does let us "externally motivated" folks test ourselves aga

Re: [nyphp-talk] "Becoming A Bash Ninja" Slides

2009-03-25 Thread Leam Hall
Good stuff, I have to take some notes! My personal favorite is using find with a grep -i for when people mix case in filenames. find . | grep -i Leam ___ New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/lis

[nyphp-talk] What OS support helps most?

2009-01-31 Thread Leam Hall
What could you tell the OS/hardware/infrastructure support folks that would help make you more productive? As great as PHP and Joomla are, there tends to be a divide in the folks who build the applications and those who support the servers the applications run on. My paid work is at the server

Re: [nyphp-talk] State Of The PHP Economy 2009

2009-01-14 Thread Leam Hall
Brian Dailey wrote: How has the economic apocalypse left the PHP world? Funny you should ask, I've been struggling through something personal and related for a while now. Would appreciate any wisdom you folks can offer. I see a great need for PHP skilled people as small businesses realize

Re: [nyphp-talk] Poll on presentation topic

2008-12-10 Thread Leam Hall
Yes. :P Leam On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 08:21 -0500, Mitch Pirtle wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Been discussing with one of the many Hanses about a possible > presentation in 2009, and would like to know which topics would be of > most interest to you: > > * The standard Joomla update > * Experiences l

Re: [nyphp-talk] Security Presentation Online

2008-11-26 Thread Leam Hall
Pretty cool! Two questions, one note, after looking at the slides in PDF format. ? You mention "magic_*" on slide 13, what are you referring to, asks the neophyte... ? Also on slide 13 you use the acronym "B.E. aggressive", what does "B.E." stand for. # On slide 20 you suggest learning more co

  1   2   >