Steps are simple:

Download the sources ~ 14 MB
extract it
install ~ 30mb of packages via apt-get
run autogen
make && make install
start it

But it may some time, at least on my slow notebook (p4 mobile 1,73 ghz) autogen took 10 minutes, make took about 60 minutes and make install another 4 minutes, but if you ever compiled mysql-server yourself you now ... mysql may take some time :)

So here in Detail, almost copy & paste-ready:
 

Caching data is an important part in todays Web-Application, it can boost the performance, save time and resources or can be necessary because of limited or slow calls to external apis and services.

Things you can cache are for example database-querys, api-calls, generated data (html, images, .... ), return-values of methods and a lot more things.

Here is an overview of classes you can use to cache all kinds of data. From PEAR over the Symfony Framework to the Zend Framework. With slow file or database-based backends and fast memory-based backends like APC, Memcached, eAccelerator or Redis. After the caching-classes is a list with opcode-caches, because some of them offer memory-based cache-backends.
 

PHP offers a lot of ways for requesting (GET) content via http(s) (and other protocols) and sending POST-Requests, if you need it for accessing an API, downloading files, unittests for a webservice, login-requests or whatever.

The extensions behind all those variantes are sockets (fsockopen()), streams (stream_socket_client()), curl or the PECL Extension Pecl_Http. Not all are usable on every host because of the php-configuration and the compiled/loaded extensions.

Here is a list of extensions and php-classes which can help you with those topics.

Noticed it some time ago that like in ubuntu (since 9.04), debian doesn't restart the x-server if you hit ctrl + alt + backspace anymore.

It was deactivated in the X-Server some time ago because people thought it was pushed to often accidently, especially by former windows users. I think I never pushed it accidently, but well, as long as it is easy reactivateable it is no problem.
 

Since I switched from Ubuntu 9.04 to Debian 6.0 Squeeze (testing) a week ago I missed the phc-module for undervolting my intel cpu and tpfand to control the fan-speed based on temperatures of sensors on my thinkpad (R52 - 1846-64G)

On Ubuntu 9.04 I used a ppa-repository from launchpad like it was described here.

Since there was no repository for Debian Squeeze I just build the module with the help of phcs build-script (should support kernel 2.6.27, 2.6.28, 2.6.29, 2.6.30, 2.6.31 and 2.6.32, my squeeze runs 2.6.30-2-686)

Ralf Eggert announced it already 2 days ago and now it appeared at Zend's Devzone: Matthew Weier O'Phinney calls for people in contributing to the Zend Framework Survey 2009.

You can even win an Ipod if you leave your email! :)

Propably I am really a bit late, but today I found my Zend Framework-Poster I though I never received, somebody had put the envelope into the wrong shelf and this week I got my SektionEins PHP security poster.
SektionsEins (Stefan Esser) currently offers a free PHP security-poster you can order on the SektionEins-homepage and Mayflower offers a Zend Framework Poster.

More information about the posters you find on the suspect.org-blog by Stefan Esser and on the thinkphp blog. So if you interested and are willing to give away your name and adress, order them.
They are both available in english and german.

I have to say thanks to SektionEins and Mayflower for those 2 great Posters, my only problem currently is how to get them both on my walls, I would have prefered to put them both on the ceiling above my desk, but since we have a wooden-ceiling with lots of crossbeams, that is impossible, I think I will have to rearrange some stuff in my room to place them somewhere I can read both without turning around or standing up.

Netbeans 6.8 got released today, from the PHP-Perspective Netbeans 6.8 now Supports PHP 5.3 and has Integration for the Symfony Framework, Code-Completion seems to be a lot faster and more.

Complete list for PHP-Part

• PHP 5.3 support including(syntax highlighting, code completion, code folding, navigator)
• Symfony Framework support
• PHPUnit improvements
• FTP/SFTP improvements
• Ignored Folders in PHP projects
• PHP Application from Remote Server
• PHP syntax coloring in YAML files

Complete List for Java and other languages: New and Noteworthy Netbeans 6.8

There too exists a Netbeans Promotion Video on the Sun Channel Homepage and a Symfony Support Screencast on the Netbeans PHP Blog.

Doctrine 1.2.1 was released some hours ago, it contains some bugfixes:

• [r6834] Fixing issue with relationship ordering
• [r6835] Fixes issue with oracle adapter statement using wrong constant
• [r6836] Fixing issue with sfYaml autoload not returning true
• [r6839] Fixes issue with array cache driver and deleting
• [r6840] Fixed thrown Exceptions to be package-level
• [r6842] Fixes issue with $length in migrations addColumn
• [r6859] Fixed misplaced param when parsing join condition
• [r6883] Added empty init() method implementation to avoid method does not exist error
• [r6889] Fixing issue with nested set createRoot() method and string root column
• [r6893] Adding _cleanup() call to start of migrations diff to make sure directory is clean

Full Changelog: Change Log Doctrine 1.2.1
Download: Download Doctrine 1.2.1.

Some default settings I use in Netbeans:

Hiding and Showing specific Files

Because I want to see my .htaccess-Files in the Project-View, dont want to see the .git-directory but want to see .gitignore for example I change the Patter used to hide files in the Projects-View.

Tools -> Options -> Miscellaneous -> Files -> Files Ignored by the IDE -> Ignored Files Pattern

 ^(CVS|SCCS|vssver.?\.scc|#.*#|%.*%|_svn)$|~$

Twilight Theme (Dark Theme) for Netbeans

Since I prefer dark themes for my OS and my tools, I am using the Twilight-Theme for Netbeans.
Only the default-font I change back to Monospaced.

Tools -> Options -> Import -> Netbeans_Twilight_Theme.zip
Restart Netbeans and go to