This is a quick code example on how to extend the Symfony security extension in your bundle so you could have rules on the controller’s class as annotation and also inherit those and merge with the action method annotations. It’s…
I was playing with PHP the other day and was trying to fetch and rename 1000s of files I have stored locally on my machine. Seemingly PHP isn’t the best language to that operation Python or even BASH could do…
When I build apps or add new functionality to Symfony2 I build it into a separate bundle, thus trying to keep the structure modular which is generally a good practice as everyone knows. Keeping all parts of the bundle together…
Laravel is great framework and I quite enjoy how it’s structured and how it works. In version 4 it was migrated from bundles to using Composer for dependency injection which is great and fits well in my daily routine on…
Magento export Every now and then I am asked by different clients if I can export specific customer data, most often people need emails of their customers to use for newsletters or other types of marketing campaigns. There are two…
I build API service for a mobile application and I faced a problem with the error reporting with Laravel. Laravel is awesome framework and is great for RESTful application or building API that’s why it’s my first choice. But I…
It’s really interesting how small changes in core PHP functionality could break whole website and take hours to find the cause of the bug. I am building website which takes some use of dates, stored in MySQL database as Date…
In this quick tip I’ll show you how to install the PHP extensionmcrypt. This is needed for Magento to run properly otherwise you’ll get an error like: [cc type=”text” escaped=”true”]Fatal error: Call to undefined function mcrypt_create_iv() in lib/Varien/Crypt/Mcrypt.php on line 64[/cc]…
Magento is one of the fastest growing eCommerce platforms on the internet and with its recent acquisition by eBay it promises to stay on the lead and keep growing with even faster pace than before. It’s been choice for a…
In console environment PHP could be very useful especially running long tasks or for CRON jobs. You can execute your script like: [cc lang=”text”]php scriptName.php[/cc] You can also pass some parameters like: [cc lang=”text”]php scriptName.php param1 param2[/cc] Those can be…
