04Jun 2013 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 1 Comment

Offline Access to Google and other OAuth based API – PHP OAuth API – Part 1

PHP, Techniques, Tips, Tutorials, Web Design & Programming
Some applications require access to APIs on behalf of the user even when the user is not present, i.e. offline access. OAuth is a protocol that allows applications to obtain a token to access an API when the user is not present but when the tokens expire they need to be renewed. Some APIs like Google and Box.net support automatic renewal of expired tokens. Using OAuth Tokens to Access APIs Without the User Presence OAuth is a protocol that was thought to grant external applications the permission to call Web site API functions on behalf of an user. It can be used for instance to get details of the user account like his name or even email address, manipulate personal user information like for instance uploading user pictures, execute tasks…
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10 Steps to properly do PHP Bug Tracking and Fixing as Fast as possible – Part 4

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9. Monitor the PHP Error Log File to Quickly Fix Serious Bugs 10. Fix Your Bugs but Never Edit Code on the Production Server 9. Monitor the PHP Error Log File to Quickly Fix Serious Bugs Error logs are useful to discover bugs that may be causing PHP errors but you cannot spend all day looking at your PHP error log files. It would be better if you could be notified when a PHP error occurs. That is the purpose of the Log Watcher class. It can monitor a log file and send an email message to you when new lines that are added to the log file. You can use it for instance from a script started periodically by cron, lets say every 5 minutes, and make it track…
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10 Steps to properly do PHP Bug Tracking and Fixing as Fast as possible – Part 3

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7. Send PHP Errors to an Error Log File 8. Add more Error Context Information to PHP Errors Logs 7. Send PHP Errors to an Error Log File If you should not display PHP errors on the Web pages, you should be able to see them somehow. A better alternative is to send the errors to a error log file. This way you can watch what is going on without disclosing sensitive information to your site users. You can enable PHP error logs adding a few configuration lines to your php.ini file. Additionally you also set other useful PHP options. error_reporting = E_ALL log_errors = On error_log = /path/to/php_error_log log_errors_max_len = 0 ignore_repeated_errors = On ignore_repeated_source = Off report_memleaks = On track_errors = On html_errors = Off 8. Add more…
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10 Steps to properly do PHP Bug Tracking and Fixing as Fast as possible – Part 2

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4. Use a Version Control System to Maintain Project files, Except Configuration files5. Track PHP Errors with Assertion Condition Tests6. Do Not Display PHP Errors on your Web pages4. Use a Version Control System to Maintain Project files, Except Configuration filesYou should always use a version control system (VCS) to maintain your application source code, but keep in mind that the configuration/local.php script should never be committed to the VCS repository. The reason for this is that it is not a static file in your project. It is different depending on whether you are in the development, staging or production environment.The default values for the options in the configuration class should be the ones to be used in the production environment, except for sensitive values that are related with the…
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04Jun 2013 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

10 Steps to properly do PHP Bug Tracking and Fixing as Fast as possible – Part 1

PHP, Techniques, Tips, Tutorials, Web Development Services
No matter how hard you try to test your PHP applications before putting them in production, you will always ship code to your server that has bugs. Some of those bugs will be very serious and need to be fixed before they cause greater damages to your application data that may be too hard to recover. Contents 1. Test as Much as Possible Before in your Development Environment 2. Test in a Staging server Before you Send it to the Production Server 3. Separate your Code from Environment Configuration files   1. Test as Much as Possible Before in your Development Environment This one should be obvious but it is amazing how many PHP developers do not do it. The worst case is of those developers that do not use…
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