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Find geolocation info of client through another API

Created 12 years ago by Kostas Apazidis (KonApaz) Kostas Apazidis (KonApaz), updated 12 years ago by Kostas Apazidis (KonApaz) Kostas Apazidis (KonApaz). 0 comments

This wiki shows how to get the geolocation info of the client using another server API It could be write also as extension but there are a lots of APIs that change the below code So, I wrote the below code that works for one of them (using www.geoplugin.net)

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Logging to Heroku's logs from Yii

Created 13 years ago by aarondfrancis aarondfrancis, updated 12 years ago by aarondfrancis aarondfrancis. 0 comments

In order to get your Yii logs into Heroku's logs, you have to work a little bit of magic. You'll need to modify the boot.sh script and add the following two lines: ~~~ touch /app/apache/logs/app_log tail -F /app/apache/logs/app_log & ~~~ This will set up the log and tail it so that when you request "heroku logs", this log is included.

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Alternative wildcard characters CDbCriteria

Created 14 years ago by maigret maigret, updated 14 years ago by maigret maigret. 0 comments

In SQL, wildcard characters can be used in "LIKE" expressions; the percent sign (%) matches zero or more characters, and underscore (_) a single character. Sometimes users are not familiar with these or they are using different ones like (*) and (+) similar to regular expressions. My colleages do so and then i decided to add this feature by extending CbCriteria. Especially adding a new parameter $...

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How to nest DB transactions without actually nesting them.

Created 11 years ago by le_top le_top, updated 11 years ago by le_top le_top. 0 comments

To secure your database from inconsistencies resulting from failing (complex) operations, you (should) use transactions. However, complex methods often rely on other complex methods that themselves build on transactions. This HowTo presents a method to nest or embed transactions without relying on the database's nesting capabilities.

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Multilanguage Lorem Ipsum Text Generator

Created 13 years ago by yasen yasen, updated 13 years ago by yasen yasen. 2 comments

Taking futher the idea from Piotr Masełkowski - http://www.yiiframework.com/extension/elipsum/ here's how to generate multilanguage Lorem Ipsum text. This example uses English and Bulgarian sample paragraphs. Create a class in /protected/components/LoremIpsum.php. Wall of text incoming wohoo...

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Version: 1.1
Category: How-tos