UPDATE!
May 10th, 2009 – This tutorial is not complete. Following these instructions will only get command line version of PDO_MYSQL working. I have written a new guide that avoids the built-in versions of PHP and Apache.
Read the updated tutorial »
I recently started working my way into the world of the PHP framework Symfony. While following the superb Jobeet tutorial, I encountered an error involving PDO_MYSQL and Mac OS X. I spent an hour trying to trace down the problem and another hour finding a solution. And as always, when something takes me too long to solve, I write a guide for it!
Read more…
Computers, Guides, Programming
code, Guides, mysql, osx, php, Programming, server

NOTE: shell.uoregon.edu is now sftp.uoregon.edu
Ever wanted to have your own webpage at http://uoregon.edu/~YourDuckID? Ever wanted to setup a clean-looking, easy-to-maintain website for a student group your are associated with? Well now the whole process is a snap! Every University of Oregon student is given space to set up their own website.
It’s a fairly complex process to set up all the necessary tools (PHP and MySQL) manually, so I wrote a program to do it for you (mostly) automatically! All you need to do is login to your uoregon.edu account and follow a couple simple instructions.
Read more…
College, Computers, Guides, Programming, Wordpress
code, guide, Programming, script, server, University of Oregon, Wordpress