CakePHP commonly known as 'Cake' is easy to install and faster to configure. It needs Apache (with mod_rewrite enabled), Php 4.3.2 or higher, MySQL/PostgreSQL/other ODBC, ADODB compliant databases. XAMPP by ApacheFriends or MAMP has a complete installation of the above products which is an ultimate time saver. But, you should prefer installing each software individually in order to get a grip on the subject. You can download the latest release from http://cakeforge.org/frs/download.php/695/1.2.0.7962.tar.gz (more…)

Apache web server referred to as simply Apache is a public-domain open source Web server developed by open community of developers. The application is designed to run on a wide variety of operating systems like Unix, FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, OS/2. Visit http://www.apache.org for more details. In your terminal, issue the following command (by default, httpd is installed). This will install apache if it was not installed. (more…)

[caption id="attachment_37" align="alignleft" width="50" caption="apache webserver notes by kurinchi blogger"][/caption]If you are a beginner into Linux, there are chances that you might research on the web to see why your PERL/PHP programs do not execute. By default Apache service is turned off and a user need to turn it on by issuing the following command with root permissions. (more…)