$ sudo status mongodb
$ sudo stop mongodb
$ sudo start mongodb
$ sudo restart mongodb

To see whats going on…

If you see “Error: couldn’t connect to server 127.0.0.1} (anon):1137″
This condition is largely due to an unclean shutdown, and results in the creation of a lockfile /var/lib/mongodb/mongod.lock.

$ sudo rm /var/lib/mongodb/mongod.lock
$ sudo -u mongodb mongod -f /etc/mongodb.conf --repair

Then start the process again, all should be peachy in the world again

# netstat -tulpn| grep :80

If port 80 is bind to httpd, kill all process:

# killall -9 httpd

Now start the httpd:

# /etc/init.d/httpd start

Make sure it’s a user capable of sudo

Simple enough solution for it though.

ln -s /webroot/home/httpd/test.com/index.php /home/sbramley/index.php

or

ln -s /webroot/home/httpd/test /home/sbramley/

So you can link to a directory of file easyyyyy

So when I got the opportunity to fix it up this year I jumped at the opportunity, who likes having their name against something that doesn’t really match their skill sets.

For the first time I’ve used @font-face for embedding fonts, I’d always use transparent pngs before but of course, when you don’t have much content to start with, the more you can use, the better it be. It worked awesome as well. I allowed the client to choose the font they had most preference to on http://fontsquirrel.com.

Something that narks me a lot is the myth of flash, why do people think that only flash can look really good? I found a slideshow which I like a lot for the optional transitional elements. http://aviathemes.com/aviaslider/ has to be one of the nicest jquery based slideshow system I’ve used.

Throw it all together with a stock photo for a background and boom. http://twistedknickers.ca. Clean, inviting and delivers the content required.

Happy with the result in the end and something I’m more than happy putting my name by.

preg_match("your search item", "your_string")

Boom, done

Edit: A wise PHP guru just gave me an alternative option as well.

$chars = explode('-', "your-string-here");

Is the same as:

$chars = preg_split('/-/', "your-string-here", -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
                           $your = $chars[0];
                           $string = $chars[1];
                           $here = $chars[2];

Works just peachy

UPDATE  t1
LEFT JOIN
        t2
ON      t2.id = t1.id
SET     t1.col1 = newvalue
WHERE   t2.id IS NULL

Basic True / False Declaration

$is_admin = ($user['permissions'] == 'admin' ? true : false);

Conditional Welcome Message

echo 'Welcome '.($user['is_logged_in'] ? $user['first_name'] : 'Guest').'!';

Conditional Items Message

echo 'Your cart contains '.$num_items.' item'.($num_items != 1 ? 's' : '').'.';

Conditional Error Reporting Level

error_reporting($WEBSITE_IS_LIVE ? 0 : E_STRICT);

Conditional Basepath

echo '<base href="http'.($PAGE_IS_SECURE ? 's' : '').'://mydomain.com" />';

Nested PHP Shorthand

echo 'Your score is:  '.($score > 10 ? ($age > 10 ? 'Average' : 'Exceptional') : ($age > 10 ? 'Horrible' : 'Average') );

Leap Year Check

$is_leap_year = ((($year % 4) == 0) && ((($year % 100) != 0) || (($year %400) == 0)));

Conditional PHP Redirect

header('Location: '.($valid_login ? '/members/index.php' : 'login.php?errors=1')); exit();

<a> tags are great for text and images, but what about divs? or list elements? not so much. With most of my images, I set them as background images of a div, when it comes to positioning divs on a page it’s just easier than having to mess with the images within them as well.
Here’s a tidy way of making your div clickable.

<div onclick="location.href='http://sbramley.com/';" style="cursor: pointer;">
</div>