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Fun with Apache2 - httpd not running, trying to start (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down
Have you ever gotten this error message when trying to (re)start Apache httpd not running, trying to start (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down If you are running with ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Get a Random Item from an Array in PHP
Use this snippet for grabbing a random item from an array in php $fruits = ['apple', 'banana', 'carrot', 'date', 'elderberry']; echo array_rand(array_flip($fruits)); // => 'banana' PHP's `array_flip` makes the keys the values and the valu...
Written by Sean Behan on 11/10/2017
Parse for Links with Prototype JS
Parsing for links with the Prototype javascript library is easy. Here is the pattern for finding links /(http|https):\/\/[\w\-_]+(\.[\w\-_]+)+([\w\-\.,@?^ =%&:/~\+#]*[\w\-\@?^=%&/~\+#])?/ And to implement it you can loop through your con...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Dynamic Attributes in Python Model Class
class Bar(): def __init__(self, **args): for key in args: self.__dict__[key] = args[key] b = Bar(fullname="Monty Python", email="me@monthpython.org") b.fullname #=> Monty Python b.email #=>me@montypython.org
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Add User Directories to Apache2 Web Server
You can either link up the modules yourself like this: ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/userdir.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.conf ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/userdir.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.load Or you can use the Apach...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012