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Zend Server 6 is the latest Application Server for PHP development supported and distributed by Zend, it's an awesome piece of software the lets you deploy and manage your PHP apps in no time.
There are tons of new features on this version compared to what we had previously on ZS 5. Totally recommended!

Below i'm describing how to install it on Ubuntu Server 13.04:

login on your server as root:

1) edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file and add the following entry:
    deb http://repos.zend.com/zend-server/6.1/deb_ssl1.0 server non-free
    *Note: this repo will…
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Installation of Zend Server on Ubuntu 12.04 has a new repo that fixes known issues with Ubuntu 12.04.

The new source:

deb http://repos.zend.com/zend-server/5.6.0_ubuntu1204/deb server non-free

add it to you sources.list file

more info about the issue:

http://forums.zend.com/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=65618

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Interesting tutorial on how to use the jQuery UI Dialog library that comes bundled with D7.Take a look at this tutorial
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This is a PHP function I wrote that helps simulating a drupal get form for Views Exposed Filters, it returns the exposed form array so you can theme it or alter it:


function _get_exposed_form($view, $display_id){
$view = views_get_view($view);
$view->set_display($display_id);
$view->init_handlers();
$form_state = array(
'view' => $view,
'display' => $view->display_handler->display,
'exposed_form_plugin' => $view->display_handler->get_plugin('exposed_form'),
'method' => 'get',
'rerender' => TRUE,
'no_redirect' =…
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VLC version that comes with a fresh Lucid install won't play *.mkv files extensions (blu-ray)

add this ppa to your system in order to keep your VLC updated:

#sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc2

ppa page: https://launchpad.net/~n-muench/+archive/vlc2

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