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Fragment Cache - an introduction / PHP

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Thursday 10-06-10 22:00 This article will introduce you to that powerful new form of website speed optimization called Fragment Caching. It builds upon ideas used elsewhere to make the technique even more powerful. A PHP implementation is available for download. full story

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MySQL GET_LOCK() explained

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Wednesday 02-06-10 18:10 I've seen many questions arise around the MySQL GET_LOCK function. Some people complain it's broken, but it's not: You need to harness the power of GET_LOCK(). It's able to do unique things. full story

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Locking multiple objects in MySQL

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Sunday 17-01-10 11:41 I was looking for a way to lock several objects in a single transaction. It took me some time to figure it out, but it turned out to be very simple.
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Mark unread tabs in FireFox

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Sunday 03-01-10 14:16 I'm a heavy FireFox user. When doing research these days my primary source of information is the web and the browser is my primary application. So I'm interested in everything that makes my FireFox life easier. I'd like to share the best tweak I know. full story

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Upgrade to PHP5.3 using dotdeb debian packages

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Wednesday 12-08-09 10:54 Currently we are testing PHP 5.3 on some of our production servers. It has a quite stable feel to it.

I expected much more problems. Although we had to modify our sources a bit, (To avoid this bug for example.... full story

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Cache a large array: JSON, serialize or var_export?

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Monday 06-07-09 10:30 While developing software like our framework you will need to cache a large data array to a file at some point sooner or later. At such a point you need to choose what caching method you will be using. In this article I will compare three methods: JSON, serialization and var_export() combined with include(). full story