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Install Image Magick for PHP on OSX

These instructions will install the ImageMagick binaries as well as the PHP extension for the default OSX Apache/PHP setup.  If you prefer not to use MacPorts there are binaries available, however you may have to deal with some dependencies and configuration on your own. 1. Install ImageMagick sudo port install ImageMagick 2. Install imagic module [...]

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Installing LAMP Stack on OSX 10.7 Lion

This is a follow-up to my previous article on installing a LAMP Stack on Snow Leopard and explains the steps that you need to get Lion up and running for LAMP development.  (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP in case you don’t already know).  Lion comes pre-installed with Apache and PHP 5.3.6 so you only need [...]

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Working with dates in Flex AIR and SQLite

UPDATE 3/25/09: Paul Robertson from the AIR team stopped by and writes that declaring your SQLite column affinity (ie column type) as “DATE” will instruct AIR to handle all date conversions for you automatically.  The problems I experienced mainly surfaced in a DataGrid when using a DateField and I have not had a chance to [...]

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Installing PHP To Run on Both IIS and Apache on Windows

Installing PHP to run on Windows through IIS is pretty simple because there is an installation wizard that does everything for you. But, those of us who also have Apache running for development need to have Apache process PHP pages too. This is a walkthrough to get both running. This will run PHP in CGI [...]

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Securing your cgi-bin

The Problem: I find a lot of surprising security problems as I work on client’s sites. Even large, reputable companies often have gross security issues. I know more than anyone how difficult it can be to get a cgi script installed and working. It’s tempting to walk away without double-checking the security. One of the [...]

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