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Overriding Wordpress mail function wp_mail()

In one of my previous projects i was instructed to override Wordpress function wp_mail() with custom API. I was surprised how easy it is in Wordpress. I was looking for simple solution in Wordpress, and i found it in file wp-includes/pluggable.php (where is function wp_mail() defined). Obviously Wordpress developers thinking a lot about usability for other developers, and they simply allow override the function by defining your own function before wp-includes/pluggable.php is included. So you can simply write your own plug-in overriding the function wm_mail().

Querying Google safe browsing API with PHP

php

Recently after some time i had opportunity to work on interesting project which included querying Google safe browsing API with PHP. It was simple and interesting project, so i would like to share my knowledge about it here.

Requirements:

Curl extension for PHP
Google account and safe browsing API key

php get_browser() without browsecap directive

php, browsecap

I'm probably not the only one who tried to use php function get_browser() on shared hostings and ran into serious troubles, because the directive wasn't set. I tried first parse browscap.ini file with parse_ini_file() function, however the file format isn't compatible with this function.

Drupal 7 - return of the king?

Drupal, News

It's been a while since i heard rumors about upcomming release of Drupal - Drupal 7. Lately i decided to make some research about this new version, and surprisingly i was pleased from what i saw. It looks like they did lot of work on Drupal for next release. We check some of them now.

Zend Framework Custom Dojo (Dijit) Helpers

Zend Framework, Tutorial

Implementing custom Dojo or Dijit into the Zend Framework View Helper is pretty simple. Lately i need this feature for Menu and MenuItem Dijits. I will provide you an example how to do it yourself for another Dijits. This example should work with other Dijits as well (i tried Dialog, DropDownButton, Menu, MenuBar, MenuItem, TitlePane, ToolBar, Tooltip Dialog, and Tree so far).

Usefull Eclipse plugins

Eclipse, Development

Recently i needed some enhancement for Eclipse, which i find pretty usefful for common work with Eclipse. It is Eclipse Git (JGit / EGit), which implements versioning system Git. Second plugin is eclipse-fullscreen plugin, because Eclipse doesn't support fullscreen mode. (WTF?)

Magento Performance Enhancement

Magento, Performance, Administration

Magento Commerce is very robust system which make me happy with its complexness, but on the other hand this robustness implied bad performance. There are few but reliable tips for Magento Performance Enhancements before you should upgrade your server. You can tune Apache web server, PHP engine configuration and modules, MySQL server configuration, and at last you have to setup Magneto to use this tunes.

How to install Magento Commerce

Magento, Tutorial, Administration

This Post is step by step generic tutorial how to install Magento Commerce.

First of all you should setup your Environment, but if you are installing Magento first time you should check if you fit Magento Commerce System Requirements. In short you need: any os running Apache, PHP, and MySQL. Required PHP modules are: PDO_MySQL, Simplexml, mcrypt, hash, GD, DOM, iconv, SOAP (optional).

How to migrate Magento database

Magento, Administration

If you have to migrate Magento database from one server to another, or from your local working station to server (etc.), you sure noticed that Magento store informations about base urls in database, so you have to change this data. To fix this you need migrate the database to new server, and then through PHPMyAdmin, or mysql console submit this commands to change new base url and base secure url.

How to import images into Magento Commerce

Magento, Tutorial

If somebody told you, you can't import images to Magento, he was definitively liar. Magento Dataflow can import images, but the trick is you have to upload or copy images you want to import into [installation_directory]/media/import/* . Then export (System -> Profiles -> Export All Products -> Start profile) your products if you have any, download (copy) and edit the file. Now you can fill columns small_image, image, thumbnail with absolute path from media/import directory - for example /my_image.jpg (note the / on the start).

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