At my company we have lots of MySQL databases(usually one for each virtual host) and each database has its unique user. Adding a new database and a user with proper permissions can be quite tedious, that’s why I hacked up the following script which saves some of my precious time 
In my previous nginx related post I promised to show a couple of utility scripts we use to simplify managing of multiple virtual hosts both under Apache and nginx. Well, here they come
I was quite inspired on having heard that the late static binding(LSB) patch will make it into PHP-5.3. In short, it should allow to know the name of a class which invoked the parent’s static class method.
If you’re running a company mainly occupied with development of lots of web sites ranging from tiny promo sites to large portals you most probably should face deployment headaches some day.
How do folks usually deploy their remote applications? Some use manual deployment via FTP, others prefer using rsync or unison, some brave souls deploy simply by updating the project’s Subversion working copy on the remote server, Rails fans usually stick with Capistrano, some smart fellows are said to be using complicated cfengine, etc.
At my company we were not happy with any mentioned above methods of remote project deployment due to either lack of functionality or unnecessary complexity. We simply needed a tool which could use non-technical personnel: managers, web-designers, etc. That’s why we hacked our own simple utility - meet Syncman