Dartarrow’s Technolodge

Symfony – Propel get random data from table

June 3rd, 2009 | by | geeky

Jun
03

Somebody asked this on IRC so I figured I might as write it down.

Q: How do I get one random row from a table?

A:

$cnt=MyTable::doCount(new Criteria());
$c = new Criteria();
$c->setOffset(rand(1,$cnt));
$mydata=MyTable::doSelectOne($c);

My Top Linux IDE’s and Development Editors

May 31st, 2009 | by | geeky

May
31

There are a few good programs to write programs / scripts. These are editors / IDE’s that can be used for scripting or writing programs in linux.

These are listed in no particular order

  1. Quanta plus
    Environment: Kde
    Languages: PHP, Perl, Python, XML, C
  2. KDevelop
    Environment: Kde
    Languages: PHP, Perl, Python, XML, C, Ruby, Rails
  3. Anjuta
    Environment: gnome
    Languages: C
  4. Kate
    Environment: KDE
    Languages: Anything. Has Syntax Highlight
  5. Gedit
    Environment: gnome
    Languages: Anything. Has Syntax Highlight. Basic lightweight editor
  6. Screem
    Environment: gnome
    Languages: Web based, HTML, XML, some PHP
  7. Eclipse with PHPeclipse and DLTK
    Environment:  Anything – JAVA
    Languages: Anything. Plugins for all possible languages
    [heavy weight editor. But one size fits all for most open source projects and languages]
  8. gPHPedit
    Environment: gnome
    Languages: HTML, CSS, PHP – Simple, lightweight, Syntax highlight
  9. jEdit
    Environment:  Anything – Java
    Languages: Anything. Has plugins for any possible language. Customizable
  10. Netbeans
    Environment:  Anything – Java
    Languages: Anything. Has plugins for any possible language. Customizable
    [has a cool debugger, no need to switch to Browser for debugging]
  11. glimmer
    [refer to Eclipse]
    [not ready for production use. Unless you're looking for a challenge]
  12. geany
    Environment – gnome
    Languages – PHP, C, and many more.
    [My personal favorite, lightweight, has some critical items that basic editors like kate / gedit doesn't]
  13. Bluefish and KompoZer (forked from nvu) deservers a mention.Although it’s popular enough to not need it..