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Install XHProf for PHP5 on Centos, Ubuntu and Debian
XHProf is a PHP profiling tool that was develop by and for Facebook. It's fast and very efficient. It has a small footprint and can be used in production environments.
Parsing large XML files with PHP
Parsing a 250Mb XML file with around 25 000 "items" with PHP's XML parsers isn't easy. I'll provide a solution, but will also discuss the core problem.
Finding LDAP nested group membership in PHP
I found the solution to the question: "Are a user member of group in a Microsoft LDAP directory tree?". This can be a bit tricky if the user does not have an direct relationship to that group.
Quick install of XHProf for Debian Squeeze
XHProf is PHP profiler that was originally made by facebook for profiling in production environment, and I actually thinks it's way better than the Xdebug and webgrind combination.
The huge list of sci-fi books
This is a list of Science Fiction books with classic and not so classy science fiction books I read and books that I should read.
Customize TinyMCE for SilverStripe CMS
DISCLAIMER: This doesn't work as you would expect it in SilverStripe 3.*. The reason is that the configuration is chucked as an inline javascript into the bottom of the DOM of the CMS. The individual settings aren't reloaded unless doing a full page reload.
Projects
Ants
This is a javascript / html5 canvas project where I created some basic AI steering behavior. The project is currently on hold, but I have a ton of ideas on what to improve and add.
Image entropy cropping
I started this project because I wanted to explore a better way to automatically crop images. I'm really happy that I have got some collaborators that added face detect and helping out fixing bugs.
About me
Stig Lindqvist is currently working as a Developer Manager at SilverStripe ltd in Wellington, New Zealand.
When not spending time in front of a keyboard he reads SciFi books, upping his DJ skills and starting to many projects that never gets finished.