Articles by arhimede

Dotkernel

Forcing UTF8 connections and character set in MySQL

In some situations, it may be neccesar to force MySQL server collation and character set to UTF8. As you can't control all scripts that are connecting to your database( for instance: mysql command lin…

May 09, 2012 Read more → Dotkernel

Commitment to PHP - new Zend Certified Engineers - ZCE - in our team

Another 2 of our team members passed the ZCE exam. Now we are 5 :-) That mean we are really taking PHP  into serious , and at least we have good technical skills.

Apr 20, 2012 Read more → Dotkernel

Using UTF8 charset in Dotkernel

In order to use UTF8 encoding in your Dotkernel based system, is needed to make some changes in both database structure and in the application.ini file.

Apr 07, 2012 Read more → Dotkernel

Zend Framework dropped integration of WURFL adapter

According to Matthew Weier O'Phinney, Zend Framework Project Leader, in the next release of ZF, 1.12.

Mar 22, 2012 Read more → Dotkernel

Zend Studio PHP Formatter file for Dotkernel coding standard.

Here is  uploaded the XML file , ready to be imported in your Zend Studio, version 9.x This file follow Dotkernel’s Coding standard.

Mar 02, 2012 Read more → Dotkernel

How to Set a Persistent Connection to Database with Zend Framework Zend_Db adapter

From time to time, it may be a good idea to have a persistent connection to database. The place where it should be added that new configuration option is application.

Feb 16, 2012 Read more → Dotkernel

Manual upgrade of WURFL xml file in Dotkernel

Dotkernel Application Framework can be downloaded with WURFL XML file bundled in it, but is quite an old file,  the latest GPL version, from June 2011. Because of license changed of that WURFL file, …

Nov 22, 2011 Read more → PHP Development

Remote connections to MySQL server on Plesk based servers

By default, MySql servers on Linux machines where Plesk is installed, have the old_passwords=1 or ON flag. That mean even if you have MySQL 5.

Oct 18, 2011 Read more → PHP Development

Zend Server 5.5 Quick Setup on Windows

In order to make  usable a fresh installation of Zend Server 5.5.

Sep 07, 2011 Read more → Dotkernel

Zend_Session usage in Dotkernel - Refactor of Dot_Session class

We found a strange behaviour of sessions in one of our project, running Dotkernel version 1.5.

Jul 28, 2011 Read more →