http://vancouverlinuxguy.com/blog My blog sucks. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:38:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en /** * Implementation of hook_validate(). */ function hook_validate($node, &$form) { $lock = "SELECT GET_LOCK('hook_validate_lock', 60)"; $result = 0; $count = 0; while ( $result != 1) { $result = db_query($lock); $result = db_result($result); } // Search for ... http://vancouverlinuxguy.com/blog/2008/08/19/drupal-node-validation-unique-title-with-locks/ Wrote this little microbench to test php class based implementations as a method of writing modular code.   No idea if it's actually a valid test or not. Results: float(0.29755711555481) float(0.87803196907043) Code below: Pretty version of this <?php interface iTest { public function getTrue(); public function getFalse(); } class Foo implements iTest { public function getTrue() { return TRUE; } public function getFalse() { return FALSE; } } class Bar ... http://vancouverlinuxguy.com/blog/2008/08/08/wow-call_user_func-is-slow-testing-php-class-implementations-vs-call_user_func/ I swear, stdClass in php are just associative arrays without builtin functions to do this crap. $foo1 = new stdClass(); $foo2 = new stdClass(); $foo3 = new stdClass(); $foo1->one = "1"; $foo2->two = "2"; foreach ( $foo1 as $key => $value ) { $foo3->$key = $value; } foreach ( $foo2 as $key => $value ) { $foo3->$key = $value; } var_dump($foo3); http://vancouverlinuxguy.com/blog/2008/07/30/merging-objects-in-php/ Stuffed Peppers Recipe with Rice and Cheese - Recipe for Stuffed Red BellOm nom nom. http://vancouverlinuxguy.com/blog/2008/07/05/cooking-with-vince-with-other-peoples-recipies/ Giving up on dreamhost, tired of the slow page loads, overloaded databases, etc. Trying out slicehost for the next few months, seems ok so far since it gives me a playground for my other more interesting things involving java that I want to play with. http://vancouverlinuxguy.com/blog/2008/07/01/moved-to-slicehost/ Technorati Tags: itunes remote, itunes, applescript This nifty little application (http://www.delicioussuite.com/technology/deliciousfun/applications/remote_itunes.html) allows you to remotely control remote instances of itunes using remote applescript events (see http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh896.html on how to enable, you'll need to make sure your account has a password). Current limitations like sorting your list doesn't work, but if you have ... http://vancouverlinuxguy.com/blog/2008/06/07/itunes-remote/ To create users on startup with a blank database: import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.GrailsApplicationAttributes class BootStrap { def init = { servletContext -> new Role(description:"Administrators", authority:"ROLE_ADMIN").save(); new Role(description:"User", authority:"ROLE_USER").save(); def ctx = servletContext.getAttribute(GrailsApplicationAttributes.APPLICATION_CONTEXT); def authService =  ctx.getBean("authenticateService"); def pass = authService.passwordEncoder('aPasswordGoesHere'); def config = authService.securityConfig; def defaultRole = config.security.defaultRole; def role = Role.findByAuthority(defaultRole); def adminRole = Role.findByAuthority("ROLE_ADMIN"); def p = new User(username:"admin" ,passwd:pass ,enabled:true ,email:'test@example.com', ,userRealName:"Default Admin"); role.addToPeople(p); adminRole.addToPeople(p); if (p.save()) println("Created default admin"); else ... http://vancouverlinuxguy.com/blog/2008/06/05/grails-acegisecurity-create-user-on-bootstrap/ I'm currently writing an application for some upcoming strutta.com functionality using grails.  During development though, I have it setup to recreate my data everytime I restart the server, and then I repopulate from a seperate source. I do have a controller setup to manually import specific ids from the head end ... http://vancouverlinuxguy.com/blog/2008/06/04/using-services-from-bootstrapgroovy-in-grails/ Amazon S3: Browser-Based Uploads using POST (tags: amazon s3 post upload aws) http://vancouverlinuxguy.com/blog/2008/04/12/links-for-2008-04-12/ Installing lighttpd and PHP 5 with FastCGI on CentOS 5 x86_64 (tags: centos php fastcgi lighttpd) http://vancouverlinuxguy.com/blog/2008/04/10/links-for-2008-04-10/