Array Count in PHP

http://www.plus2net.com/php_tutorial/array_size.php

Joomla puts meta tags

Joomla automatically puts meta tag generator with comments about joomla in the site. here is how to remove tht

http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=428&p=1214236

Count number of modules in a joomla position

 <?php if (mosCountModules('left')>0) {  ?>

(where left is the position name)

http://forum.mamboserver.com/showthread.php?t=41728

Set title of Joomla page

$mydoc =& JFactory::getDocument();
$mytitle = $mydoc->getTitle();
$conf =& JFactory::getConfig();
$sitename = $conf->getValue('config.sitename');
$mydoc->setTitle($mytitle.' - '.$sitename);

 

http://joomlapanel.com/joomla-article/58-page-titles-in-joomla-15.html

PHP substring

http://php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php

Assign file permissions in jumpbox

These files were not modified through Core FTP Lite or any other ftp client i was using, so I had to login to the jumpbox as root and pass the chmod command to change permissions

sudo –i

(logs you in temporarily as root)

chmod og=rw /var/data/joomla15/xyz/abc.php

http://www.jumpbox.com/archives/140_how-to-access-a-jumpbox-as-root.html

http://catcode.com/teachmod/chmod_cmd2.html

Get Current URL with PHP

$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]

http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2007/01/29/get-current-url-with-php/

Install IONCube on Joomla Jumpbox

I spent 3-4 hours in setting up IONCube on my joomla jumpbox but there were a lot  of access issues :S

Finally here is the set of steps that lead me to its installation:

• download the ioncube loader from here:
  http://www.stevekallestad.com/wiki/IonCube_Installation
• Extract the files and copy the files to storage/joomla15/ioncube/
• Open your browser and browse to the ioncube-loader-helper.php file
• Check to see whats the status of loader file currently on your jumpbox
• We will be using php.ini setup to install the loader. php.ini is located in etc/php5/apache2/ folder.
  • Open your jumpbox and click on Alt+F1 to go to the console
  • type: sudo nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
  • now add another entry in this file:
    zend_extension = /var/data/joomla15/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so
  • Save this file and restart the apache server:
    sudo /etc/int.d/apache2 restart
• Now browse again to the ioncube-loader-helper.php. it should show the following screen: