Sometimes you need more than one PHP version on the same server. Maybe an old project still runs on 5.6, another one needs 7.2, and you want to test something on 7.4 before committing. Debian’s default repositories only ship one version, so you need a third-party source. The Sury repository is the standard way to get multiple PHP versions on Debian. Ondrej Surý has maintained it for years and it’s trusted by most people running PHP on Debian. ...
There are times in Drupal 6 when you need to see what’s actually sitting inside a node’s field – the raw structure, the keys, the values. The UI won’t show you that, and dpm() from Devel can be overkill if you just want a quick dump. The content_fields() function returns the field data as an array, and wrapping it in var_export() gives you a readable output you can paste into a debugger or log file. ...
Hit phpize and got a “not found” error? You’re missing the PHP development package. sh: phpize: not found ERROR: `phpize' failed On Ubuntu or Debian, grab it with: sudo apt-get install php5-dev That’s it. phpize should work after that.
Two lines. That’s all it takes. Ubuntu x64: sudo su cd /tmp && mkdir php53 && cd php53 && wget http://php53.dotdeb.org/dotdeb_all.deb && wget http://php53.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.2004.02.25.key && apt-key add dotdeb.2004.02.25.key && dpkg -i dotdeb_all.deb && aptitude update && aptitude install php5 Ubuntu 32-bit (i386): Same command. The dotdeb repository handles both architectures.
I was reading through some job listings recently and noticed a pattern. The same skills keep appearing, and the ones that were important five years ago are shifting. Not disappearing entirely, but moving around. Here’s what I think developers should be focusing on right now if they want to stay employable over the next few years. This isn’t exhaustive. There are plenty of specialisms and niches I’m ignoring deliberately. I’m thinking about mainstream development work, the kind most people do. ...