Bug Features - Free bug report and feature request service for your Web site. http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php Copyright 2013, Dan Dan en-US SPHPBLOG 0.4.8 PhpStorm project data causes iOS codesign verification failure http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120424-140702
I have a PhoneGap app that runs on Android and iOS, for which I do some of the HTML related coding in JetBrains' PhpStorm. Which has been great, until recently my iOS app stopped validating when I submitted it to the app store. Due to Apple's one-error-message-fits-all approach, the possible cause was either:

1. the app wasn't code signed (ruled that out straight away)
2. the certificate was invalid
3. the app's entitlements were invalid

So I went through all the usual hoops - revoking certificates, re-issuing and reinstalling them etc. No luck going down that road...

So I tried the entitlements angle, creating an empty Entitlements.plist file, changing a few values here and there, messed with a few other plist files, all of which were a dead ends.

Then I noticed that I could get an older copy of the app to validate using the same certificate. A clue. So I started comparing the two versions, they were basically identical.

Anyway, in the end it turns out that the .idea folder created by PhpStorm has a few XML files that trigger some warning bells in the app store verification process. As soon as I removed the folder, the app verified fine.

If only someone else had blogged about that a few days ago....]]> Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120424-140702 Dan Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:07:02 GMT Fixing Ubuntu - permanently http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120418-205048
In the end I realised that the only way to properly fix Ubuntu was to replace it. So I did. With Debian, and it's been very good to me so far...]]> BugFeatures, Coding http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120418-205048 Dan Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:50:48 GMT Data missing from your $_POST? Maybe your server is hardened... http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120418-203816
At first I thought I must have set my max_post_size a bit low in php.ini, but 128M was more than enough for my humble form that didn't even include any file uploads.

Anyway, I'll save you the epic story that unfolded to say that if you ever get variation in your dev and production environments where the actual request seems to be modified or truncated between the browser and your PHP code - it might be because that's exactly what is happening.

Check if Suhosin or ModSecurity are installed. In my case it was the following Suhosin parameter that was culling data out of my forms:

suhosin.post.max_vars

But others that are just waiting to join the party are:

suhosin.post.max_array_depth
suhosin.post.max_array_index_length
suhosin.post.max_name_length
suhosin.post.max_totalname_length
suhosin.post.max_value_length

You won't get an error message, either, because PHP is blissfully unaware that hardened security has lovingly massaged your request by the time it's been made available to your code. So there you go.
]]> Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120418-203816 Dan Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:38:16 GMT And I thought my XOOM was dead... http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry111213-122755
...unless you have secret knowledge...]]> BugFeatures http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry111213-122755 Dan Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:27:55 GMT PhpStorm 50% off http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry111027-190318
http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/buy/?winterOffer

]]> Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry111027-190318 Dan Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:03:18 GMT Fixing Ubuntu 11.10 http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry111025-134002
I like Gnome 3 - a lot more than Unity, anyway. But it's still unproductive - why the obsession with tiles of huge icons? I even run 2 monitors and still find this painful to navigate. Plus the tendency to combine mouse and keyboard navigation is also highly inefficient - and both Unity and Gnome3 fail here.

So my solution - while some might think its over the top - is to combine the following:

* Unity
* Tint2 (taskbar)
* ClassicMenu indicator
* Cairo Dock

With the last 3 running in Unity I now have my desktop back - and thanks to tint2 I can actually see what programs are running - and where - without having to *do* anything...


ps: I've also disabled the extremely annoying global menus...
sudo apt-get remove indicator-appmenu
]]> BugFeatures http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry111025-134002 Dan Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:40:02 GMT Symfony2 over-optimized bug http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110724-150537 latest blog post on the Sf2 dev site made everybody laugh (nervously):

Symfony2 RC5 has been over-optimized. Unfortunately, this leads to pages taking over 30 seconds under certain circumstances in the development environment


In a nutshell it seems the goals of Sf2 are theoretical rather than practical - every design pattern must be fully implemented - resulting in a framework that is a factory for hammer factories when all you need is a hammer]]> Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110724-150537 Dan Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:05:37 GMT Global Media Empire is now 100% solar powered http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110621-150209


]]> BugFeatures http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110621-150209 Dan Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:02:09 GMT The *real* way to run Symfony tasks from crontab http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110502-031253
*/5 * * * * root /var/www/myproject/symfony project:send-emails --application=backend --env=prod

The reason is that Symfony can't locate itself when running from the user's home directory. Even if you use PEAR to install Symfony you will get an error stating that Symfony must be run from a project directory.

The simple answer, which should be on the Symfony site, is to add a cd command to the cronjob first:

*/5 * * * * root cd /var/www/myproject && ./symfony project:send-emails --application=backend --env=prod

And you're done...]]> Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110502-031253 Dan Mon, 02 May 2011 10:12:53 GMT PHPstorm & symfony http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110426-150224
From your project settings you can 'add framework', select symfony and then PHPstorm will interrogate your project, locate your symfony script and then extract all available command line parameters and options. Then, running a symfony command is simply a matter of selecting it from the list when you type "s" into the "run command" dialog.

For a more detailed description check the JetBrains blog here.

Also you get 50% off until April 30 so it's a bargain as well...]]> Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110426-150224 Dan Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:02:24 GMT Bug Features update - projects and technologies keeping me quiet http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110303-125353
I've started on a couple of new web projects - a big one in Symfony2 and a small one in CodeIgniter. Now there's nothing wrong with CodeIgniter, I actually quite like it, but it does constantly remind me why I like Symfony so much...

Also been building some cross-platform phone apps using PhoneGap and the awesome best-kept-secret Jo JavaScript framework. After really wanting to use jQueryMobile (as per my last post) - not only is it a bit slow to come online, but it is also painfully slow on my Google dev phone 2 - which is why I went with Jo, which is fast, lightweight and beautifully written.

Also been doing some work on the front end with jQueryUI and Blueprint CSS. I will be glad to leave ExtJS behind after a few years of use...

Also started work on an iPhone game using iTorque.

And finally, have been flat chat developing and marketing my flagship Android app Business Time.

]]> BugFeatures, Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110303-125353 Dan Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:53:53 GMT jQuery mobile alpha released http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry101017-124929
http://jquerymobile.com/2010/10/jquery- ... -released/]]> Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry101017-124929 Dan Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:49:29 GMT jQueryMobile http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100816-140023 jqTouch and iui never quite were...]]> BugFeatures, Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100816-140023 Dan Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:00:23 GMT Web remote control for virtualbox machines http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100719-143255
http://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/]]> BugFeatures, Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100719-143255 Dan Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:32:55 GMT PHP for android http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100714-151455 BugFeatures, Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100714-151455 Dan Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:14:55 GMT Local variables with xdebug, PHP 5.3 and netbeans http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100701-215744
details here:

http://phphints.wordpress.com/2010/06/2 ... bug-2-0-5/

and here:

http://icephoenix.us/php/xdebug-doesnt- ... lipse-pdt/]]> BugFeatures, Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100701-215744 Dan Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:57:44 GMT MySQL query caching for PHP http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100627-213804
The MySQLnd Query Cache Plugin for PHP can store MySQL results on the web server, which means less hits on your database and less network traffic (if you use sepratae servers for PHP and MySQL).

I don't think I'll be deploying this in production anytime soon, but it is definately on my radar.

You can check a video here:

http://blog.ulf-wendel.de/?p=286
]]> BugFeatures, Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100627-213804 Dan Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:38:04 GMT Apache 'no space left on device' http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100316-001622 read about it here.]]> BugFeatures, Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100316-001622 Dan Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:16:22 GMT BrowserSeal.BrowserPack - 10 browsers in 1 http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100308-121851 IETester for years but today I stumbled upon another browser package called BrowserSeal.BrowserPack that not only includes IE5.5/6/7/8, but also IE 1/2/3/4, Opera 8/9/10, Firefox 3/3.5 and Safari 3/4. Not a bad effort! Unlike IETester which executes all the browsers in a single tabbed window, BrowserSeal.BrowserPack is really just a collection of portable browser versions, so you are left running 10 windows instead of one. What I suggest is not installing the IE browsers in BrowserSeal.BrowserPack and continue using IETester instead.

PS: And if you want to run Firebug in your 10 new browsers you can bookmark the Firebug Lite bookmarklet and you get almost the same featureset as the native firefox extension gives you!]]> BugFeatures, Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100308-121851 Dan Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:18:51 GMT Dynarch calendar and IE7 http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100225-205318
At first I thought this might have been the reason:

http://forum.symfony-project.org/index.php/m/58074/

But my calendar.js was already patched!

It turns out that you have an object in the DOM with an ID of "content" then you might find that any Dynarch calendars appear off-screen in IE7 only!

Rename your element to something else and it starts working. Don't ask me why, I can't find any reference to 'content' in the calendar script files. It's just one of those quiry things that makes you even more convinced that hating IE7 is completely justifiable!]]> BugFeatures, Coding, sydphp http://bugfeatures.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100225-205318 Dan Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:53:18 GMT