When you’re working with Drupal 6, it’s sometimes necessary to inspect the data stored in a node’s field. This is especially useful for debugging or when you’re trying to understand the structure of the content better. One quick way to achieve this is by dumping the field contents as an array. In PHP, the var_export() function comes in handy for this purpose.

Here’s how to do it:

var_export(content_fields('field_name_of_the_field', 'name_of_the_content_type'));

In this snippet, replace 'field_name_of_the_field' with the actual name of the field you’re interested in and 'name_of_the_content_type' with the specific content type containing that field.

How to Solve the Puppet Error: Could not find class in namespace#

Sometimes, when working with Puppet, you may encounter an error message that does not accurately reflect the actual problem. For example, if you see this error:

err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find class php in namespaces standardbuild at /etc/puppet/manifests/templates.pp:15 on domain.internal.com

One of the possible causes could be a missing curly bracket in your code. This can be hard to spot and can waste a lot of your time. To avoid this, make sure you check your syntax carefully and use a code editor that can highlight any errors for you.

How to install PHP development files

If you want to run phpize on your system, you need to install the development files of PHP first. Otherwise, you might get an error message like this:

sh: phpize: not found
ERROR: `phpize' failed

To install the PHP development files on Ubuntu/Debian, you can use the following command in the terminal:

apt-get install php5-dev

That should solve the problem. 🙂

• Perl:

time

• PHP:

time()

• Ruby:

Time.now # (or Time.new). To display the epoch: Time.now.to_i

• Python:

import time # first, then int(time.time())

• Java:

long epoch = System.currentTimeMillis()/1000;

• Microsoft .NET C#:

epoch = (DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().Ticks - 621355968000000000) / 10000000;

• VBScript/ASP:

DateDiff("s", "01/01/1970 00:00:00", Now())

• Erlang:

calendar:datetime_to_gregorian_seconds(calendar:now_to_universal_time( now()))-719528*24*3600. # OR element(1, now()) * 10000 + element(2, now()).

• MySQL:

SELECT unix_timestamp(now())

• PostgreSQL:

SELECT extract(epoch FROM now());

• Oracle PL/SQL:

SELECT (SYSDATE - TO_DATE('01-01-1970 00:00:00', 'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')) * 24 * 60 * 60 FROM DUAL

• SQL Server:

SELECT DATEDIFF(s, '1970-01-01 00:00:00', GETUTCDATE())

• JavaScript:

Math.round(new Date().getTime()/1000.0) // getTime() returns time in milliseconds.

• Unix/Linux Shell:

date +%s

• PowerShell:

Get-Date -UFormat "%s" # Produces: 1279152364.63599

• Actionscript:

(new Date()).time

• Other OS’s Command line:

perl -e "print time" # (If Perl is installed on your system)

• ColdFusion (CFML) MX 6.1+:

#int( getTickCount() / 1000 )#

• Bash Command Line:

date +%s

…yes just 2 lines#

For Ubuntu x64#

1. sudo su

2. cd /tmp && mkdir php53 && cd php53 && wget && wget && dpkg -i *.deb && echo “deb http://php53.dotdeb.org stable all” » /etc/apt/sources.list && aptitude update && aptitude install libapache2-mod-php5=5.3.1 apache2

For Ubuntu 32 bit i386#

1. sudo su

2. cd /tmp && mkdir php53 && cd php53 && wget && wget && dpkg -i *.deb && echo “deb http://php53.dotdeb.org stable all” » /etc/apt/sources.list && aptitude update && aptitude install libapache2-mod-php5=5.3.1 apache2

The economy is changing rapidly, and developers need to keep up with the latest trends and skills to stay relevant and competitive. Here is a list of 9 skills that every developer should master or at least be familiar with in the next five years. This list is not comprehensive, and it does not cover every niche or specialty in the industry. However, for most mainstream development scenarios, these skills will give you an edge over others and help you create better solutions. You should aim to learn at least seven of these skills well enough to use them confidently on the job and to demonstrate them in an interview.