Kiran Kumar

#!/usr/bin/perl

# Configuration params
$backup_dir = '/home/username/public_html';
$file_prefix = 'doc_backup_';

# Get the timestamp for today
$date = `date "+%Y%m%d"`;
chomp($date);

chdir('/home/username/backup/doc_backup') ;

`tar -cv -f $file_prefix$date.tar $backup_dir`;

`bzip2 $file_prefix$date.tar`;

# Below line is used to remove the backups older than 5 days to free up the server space
system("find . -mtime +5 -type f -name 'doc_backup_*' -exec rm {} \\;");

Perl script for Database backup

#Configuration params
$host = 'localhost';
$user = 'username';
$pass = 'password';
$database = 'dbname';
$backup_dir = '/home/username/backup/db_backup';
$file_prefix = 'database_backup_';

# Get the timestamp for today
$date = `date "+%Y%m%d"`;
chomp($date);

`mysqldump --host=$host --user=$user --pass=$pass $database | bzip2 -c > $backup_dir/$file_prefix$database$date.sql.bz2`;

Friday, 4 October 2013

How to use locks in PHP cron jobs to avoid cron overlaps

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10552016/how-to-prevent-the-cron-job-execution-if-it-is-already-running

http://abhinavsingh.com/blog/2009/12/how-to-use-locks-in-php-cron-jobs-to-avoid-cron-overlaps/

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Using Dynamic Class names

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1539530/is-it-possible-to-extend-a-class-dynamically

http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=100806

Increase number of emails to be sent via Nesletter

To increase the number emails to be sent for every 5 min:

In app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/controllers/Newsletter/QueueController.php

Change the

$countOfSubscritions = 20;

To

$countOfSubscritions = 100; // whatever number you want

Also in app/code/core/Mage/Newsletter/Model/Oberver.php

Change the

$countOfSubscritions = 20;

To

$countOfSubscritions = 100; // whatever number you want

Extend the core admin controller

Working example can be found at :

http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/25942/P15/#t348401

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

PHP syntax checker online tool

http://www.piliapp.com/php-syntax-check/

http://phpcodechecker.com/

Creating Virtual Host on Mac

Restart Apache on Mac:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/restart-apache2-mac-osx/
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/restarting-apache-under-oxs-commandline/

Creating a Virtual Host on Mac:
http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/vhosts_leopard.php

Subdomain Setup on Mac:
http://content.websitegear.com/article/subdomain_setup.htm

Sunday, 22 September 2013

Get Default Magento store ID

$defaultStoreId = Mage::app()
    ->getWebsite(true)
    ->getDefaultGroup()
    ->getDefaultStoreId();

Thursday, 19 September 2013

World wide Countries and States SQL

http://stevephillips.me/blog/mysql-dump-every-country-and-state-world

Improve Magento native search

Follow the tips at http://markustenghamn.com/improve-search-function-magento

Install the following free extension:
http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/enhanced-default-search-9697.html

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Perl script for documents backup