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Installing PHP 5.6.x and 7.0.x with Ubuntu 14.04 and Virtualmin 5.0gpl using a PPA

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Installing PHP 5.6.x and 7.0.x with Ubuntu 14.04 and Virtualmin 5

Installing PHP 5.6.x and 7.0.x with Ubuntu 14.04 and Virtualmin 5

Updated with new information regarding having PHP 5.6.x and PHP7.0.x work with the creation of new sites

This tutorial shows you how to install PHP 5.6.x and PHP 7.0.x side by side on Ubuntu 14.04 with Virtualmin using FCGI and assumes that you already have Virtualmin configured on a server. Please read through this entire tutorial before starting.

Note: As always backup your servers or sites. I accept no liability for loss of data, problems, or damage caused to your server by following this tutorial. This worked for me but – use at your own risk.

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Going to be @SXSW Interactive

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SXSW Interactive
SXSW Interactive

I’ll be at SXSW Interactive later this week. I’m not sure which talks, panels and events I’m going to attend just yet.  I do plan on attending at least one or two of the keynotes – hopefully the Ray Kurzweil conversation with Lev Grossman “Expanding Our Intelligence Without Limit” and Jennifer Pahlka’s “Coding the Next Chapter of American History“.  Quite a few of the featured sessions look good too.

If you’re going too there leave me a comment about what events you might be attending.

Facebook Rewrites PHP Runtime For Speed

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On Tuesday, February 2nd, Facebook announced a new runtime for PHP, called HipHop. It was rumored that this project was an under the table sort of thing.   However it turns out, HipHop is not just a runtime, it’s also a new webserver and has been powering 90 percent of Facebook’s servers for months now.  Starting this Tuesday evening you should be able to a look at the GitHub respoitory for HipHop, the  HipHop wiki or join the HipHop developer mailing list.

10 Ways to Save Time While Building a Website

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As a freelance web developer, time is money. I use many different tricks to increase my productivity and these are my top selections for saving time. Please make you own suggestions for other time savers in the comments.

Drop Down Menus

All Web Menus (http://www.likno.com/allwebmenusinfo.html )
Whenever I need to add a complex drop-down menu to a site, I turn to All Web Menus. This program styles a complex multi level menu in less time then it takes to type the text. All websites need menus and for detailed menus, you should try All Web Menus.

Time saved: 1 Hour per menu.

Image Capture

Gadwin Printscreen (http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/)
Gadwin Printscreen utility replaces windows standard printscreen keyboard button with more options and flexibility. It loads on windows startup and runs silently in the background without consuming system resources but it’s always there when you need it. Instead of just capturing the entire screen view, Gadwin allows you to select a rectangular area very precisely with the help of a built in magnifying window. This tool is invaluable to my work. I often use it to grab different pieces to mock up a design.

Time saved: 2 Minutes per screen capture.

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End of Life for PHP 4

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PHP Logo
PHP Logo

Today is 8/8/8, which is interesting for a few reasons, one of which is that it marks the end of PHP 4. What does this mean? It means yesterday’s release of 4.4.9 is the final release of PHP 4. More information can be gleaned from the mailing list archives, beginning with Derick’s request to drop support:

I am trying to gauge what people feel about dropping support for PHP 4 at the end of this year.

Derick caveated his suggestion with the idea of continuing to publish new releases that address security vulnerabilities. Rasmus didn’t see the point:

I don’t really understand what dropping support means if we will still release security fixes. That’s the mode we have been in for at least a year, so what would change at the end of the year?

He suggested a stronger stance:

I’d be more in favour of a statement that put a final death date on it which means no new releases of any sort. We could still say security-fixes only by the end of the year and then death by 08/08/08 or something like that.

So, here we are. PHP 4 is dead. Long live PHP.

Read More at Chris Shiflett: End of Life for PHP 4

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