:CakePHP => 'Ruby On Rails'

CakePHP Shell

2009-05-31T21:37:00.000+08:00

cd cake/console
./cake report

lol jgn lupa lagi

MamakSpot.my new look

2009-04-27T17:59:00.001+08:00

GPS Live Tracking using GPS

2009-04-27T17:55:00.000+08:00

Extjs & Cakephp

2009-04-27T09:04:00.002+08:00

The Movie add form. The drop down select value was retrieved from database via JSON

Basic grid using CakePHP & ExtJS.The data retrieved using JSON

2 days of learning Ext JS, slowly but result oriented.

GPS Tracking Field Test : satria neo attacking Putrajaya corner

2009-04-21T10:08:00.003+08:00

The route used.

The Speed

CakePHP Ext JS( pagination, add users )

2009-04-18T18:32:00.002+08:00

Sample of adding user form

sample of datagrid with workable pagination

I follow the tutorial here -> http://www.ntatd.org/mark/?cat=13

GPS Tracker HTTP Update Field Test

2009-04-17T08:55:00.003+08:00

The HTTP Update logger running on my E71

The result on GPS Tracker Portal

This morning I fired up my Nokia E71 GPS update via http using Celcom Prepaid 3G. Update interval is 5 seconds. There gone my hard earn money...lol

Display 1000++ schools on Goole Map

2009-04-16T17:59:00.003+08:00

Spent almost 1 day on this. Cleaning up MySQL DB etc etc

URL : http://map.cikgu.net.my/schools/data

Powered by
1. CakePHP 1.2
2. Javascript
3. MySQL
4. GMap EZ Framework

GPS Tagged Photo Viewer

2009-04-14T22:29:00.003+08:00

demo : http://map.jobber.my/photos

My Nokia E71 camera have the GPS Stamp function. So when I snap a picture, GPS info will be stamped in the image's exif data. Uploading the image on the server is plain easy, but how to extract the GPS data in the image and store it into database ? The answer is to use PHP's built in exif parser.

-CakePHP 1.2
-phpThumb
-MySQL Database
-GMap Ez Google Map Reader
-Exifier

Python S60 HTTP file uploader

2009-04-14T10:27:00.002+08:00

I did some research on the net on how to upload file from S60 Python to webserver

1. uploader 1

Update GPS using HTTP

2009-04-13T17:23:00.002+08:00

Simple Python Uploader

The task pretty simple, user just select the menu on the phone and it will update the GPS every 60 seconds. On listening server, it will receive data from HTTP GET and plot it into MySQL database

Update via http and GPS Exif parser

2009-04-13T09:17:00.002+08:00

Currently, I can update GPS data using SMS update and by uploading log file. The next phase, will be HTTP update using GET method.

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S60 Python on my Nokia E71 will update via http get using the sample url.

update.php?type=http&lat=xxx&lng=xxx&alt=xxx&speed=xxx&heading=xxx&time=xxx

where xxx is the GIS value

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Image taken using my Nokia E71 have GPS data stamped, so my plan is, when I upload the image into http://map.jobber.my, the system can grab the GPS data and put it into the database and map it on Google Map

Updated GPS Portal with new data

2009-04-12T19:42:00.002+08:00

Upgraded the user interface on Nokia E71. The tracker now have 2 ltracking option, by SMS or log into text file

Sample of GPS data displayed on Nokia E71

The route used while logging to text file.

Sample of sms data being sent to listening server.

Sample of GPS log.

S60 Python GPS info

2009-04-12T12:37:00.002+08:00

The python source code, pretty amateur

The result on my Nokia E71 phone.

So I'm back to python s60 programming. The task is pretty simple, get the GPS data and display it back.

My collection of books

2009-04-12T12:35:00.001+08:00

CakePHP : Tracking GPS live last known position

2009-04-08T16:32:00.003+08:00

left: MySQL lat/lon data
right top : CakeSMS SMS listening server
right bottom : CakePHP Shell Daemon

The result page

The idea is, you can track the tracker on the web browser without hitting the refresh button every 5 secons or use the meta refresh tag. Just open the Google Map then sit and relax. The marker automatically updated to new location using Ajax every seconds.

Nokia E71 will send the current GPS location every 30 seconds to listening server with Sony Ericsson W980 acts as GSM Modem. The received SMS then processed by CakePHP Shell Daemon which process the GPS location into the MySQL Database.

Then, using AJAX, the browser will call the last known location every second and mark in on the Google Map.

Demo URL : http://map.jobber.my/locations/data

Google Map : Update Marker using Ajax

2009-04-07T16:54:00.003+08:00

The Javascript

Output in browser and sample XML data

Imagine you want to track in realtime without refreshing the whole page, this is the solution..ajax update the XML data.

CakeSMS : Setting up Siemens C35i Modem

2009-04-02T16:52:00.002+08:00

One of my client sent this GSM Modem to me, Siemens C35i USB. So I fired up my Linux Ubuntu and change the Gnokii settings.

Using dmesg, the modem connected at /dev/ttyUSB0

Some crucial settings on gnokiirc
speed = 115000
connection = serial
port = /dev/ttyusb0

Run the gnokii --identify to check the connection status

SLow down on programming, gaining on Forex Learning

2009-03-31T09:17:00.002+08:00

I never invest in Forex, but have been reading about it extensively since months ago. BabyPips.com provides the best guides ever. So I'll slow down a bit on programming reserach and put some efforst on learning Forex.

Pisces born clads are not greedy type, so the trait quite useful while trading on FX......

Tiara Beach Resort

2009-03-29T18:40:00.002+08:00

The aerial view of Tiara Beach Rsort

Travelling path from Putrajaya

Field Test 2 : Satria NEO from Putrajaya To PD

2009-03-27T14:18:00.003+08:00

I'm not a 100% computer geek, apart from coding, I enjoy motorsports, esp Sepang Sunday Track Day Session. Yesterday I burnt almost RM900 changing new front tires, adjusting camber degree, changed the APM rear coilspring to Eibach.

Now the car handles beatifully. The new camber setup improved the cornering performance.

RoR : batch geocoding using shell command

2009-03-25T22:44:00.002+08:00

batch_geocode.rb

runner in action

Imagine you have thousands of data of subscribers with address and postcode, and suddenly your boss asking for Latitude and Longitude value for each entry using the given address. The answer is, using geokit and RoR runner

ruby script/runner batch_geocoding.rb

GPS: View by route

2009-03-24T10:17:00.002+08:00

Updated the prototype engine with display by route. Additional info is total distance in kilometer and time taken for the tracking.

GMAP Ez in CakePHP

2009-03-23T11:40:00.003+08:00

This is the result

This is how i use Foreach in CakePHP to plot the map

This is the JS init in app/views/layouts.ctp
I use GMAP Ez Google MAP Framework ( http://n01se.net/gmapez/ )

Speed & Distance

2009-03-23T11:22:00.003+08:00

The view sample

The controller sample.

The Location Model. Add process_afterfind() function

The result on view

The result on info balloon

So I add some new functions today, to display covered distance between 2 nodes and average speed too.

Field Test 1 : Logging GPS from Putrajaya to Batu Pahat

2009-03-21T12:43:00.003+08:00

Sample python logger used in this field testing.

Sample GPS Log with info window tracking from Plus Pagoh Toll to Batu Pahat, Johore town

The path taken from Putrajaya to Batu Pahat,

Sample logging output from Nokia E71 GPS Tracker

The aim for this field test is to do stress testing on the Python GPS logger running on my Nokia E71. The logger will write GPS and Time data into text file every 60 secs. Average cruising speed on my wife's Toyota Altis is 120kmh - 140kmh on the highway.

From the log file,
1. Must be able to upload to the server and automatic plot on Google MAP
2. Have to write a Python script to automate the upload using HTTP transport.

From the report
1. Calculate covered distance in meters.
2. Calculate each node covered distance
3. Calculate average speed
4. Calculate speed from node to node

Field Testing Reports
1. The logging was successful
2. Log file size is 86kb in size
3. Abto to upload and automatic plot without problem

Python GPS logger

2009-03-15T21:52:00.003+08:00

Simple Python script

My Prepaid credit is null, and I want to do live tracking today. So I fired up my vi text editor and begin experimenting.

The script should log the gps data every 5 secs into flat file
The format will be "gps|||"
Every new entry will be seperated with new line
When I upload the log file into CakePHP, the system will autimatically plot my journey using Google Map

Live Tracking Site

2009-03-15T01:23:00.000+08:00

Ok, it's live. Now you can track me live on the net ( unless I have enough credits on Nokia E71 Celcom's prepaid )

http://map.jobber.my

Satria NEO Tracking Project

2009-03-14T16:43:00.004+08:00

My wifey's Corolla Altis is not suitable for this project since, it's a family car. So I'll use my Satria NEO as test car in this Google MAP Live tracking project. Some facts about the car

1600cc normally aspirated Campro Engine
APM lowering spring ( till I got enough money for TEIN )
TSW Hockenheim R 16" Competition Wheels
205x50 Hankook rubber on rear and 205x45 Silverstone on the front
Built in Video Camera holder ( bought from US for RM400 0

For tracking device, I'll use Nokia E71 installed with Python script that will send SMS for current location for every 30 secs ( suck my money yeah )

For receiver at home, I'll use my Wife's SONY Laptop connected to receiver GSM Modem, Sony K770i.

For programming I'll use CakeSMS ( http://cakesms.blogspot.com ) for SMS Framework and write simple listening daemon for SMS processing

For the output, I'll use GMap EZ framework for Google MAP.

This tracking device is suitable to track the car movement live on your web browser, maybe for Rally fan, can watch the car movement live on the mobile phone connected to GPS

Google MAP Tracking using Polylines

2009-03-14T15:35:00.001+08:00

Info windows on event start

Infor windows on event stop

Formula to calculate distance of 2 corrdinats

2009-03-13T12:20:00.000+08:00

$lat1 = 3.033555;
$lon1 = 101.87347;

$lat2 = $location['lat'];
$lon2 = $location['lon'];

$location['distance'] = (3958*3.1415926*sqrt(($lat2-$lat1)*($lat2-$lat1) + cos($lat2/57.29578)*cos($lat1/57.29578)*($lon2-$lon1)*($lon2-$lon1))/180);

Google Map Nokia E71 Tracking

2009-03-11T23:43:00.002+08:00

On the left is my listening SMS daemon, on the right is the debug mode for Gnokii

Here's the tracking Sample. The balloon pointed where was me on the specified time

It works !

GPS2SMS: Using Mobile Python on Nokia E71 to send GPS using SMS

2009-03-11T09:22:00.006+08:00

This is continuous 60secs version.

Get the GPS, then send to predefined mobile phone ( listening server )

This code will run on Signed Python shell in E71
Credit : http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576601/

References :
I use
1. Python 1.4.5 3rd edition self signed
2. Python 1.4.5 Shell Unsigned ( then go to Nokia Symbian Signed website to get it signed )
URL : http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=154155&package_id=171153

Imagine this application combined with CakeSMS ( http://cakesms.blogspot.com )

If you met the gridlock or application can't run, try read this forum
http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156442

Aspicore.com GPS 2 SMS

2009-03-10T23:19:00.000+08:00

I managed to install the trial software ( runs on for 10 minutes ) and sending periodic GPS using SMS every 1 minute.

So I have my own Fleet and Vehicle Tracking System, and only cost me USD40

Imagine Google Map + RoR + Apricot + Nokia E71

Search engine with pagination

2009-03-04T18:02:00.005+08:00

The search result with pagination

The will_paginate object, Note the extra params.

The search method. Note the 2nd @pages object. It's lazy man way

The search from using built in Ajax.

Geocoding in Ruby On Rails

2009-03-04T10:16:00.002+08:00

My boss quite impressed by the JARING BizOnNet portal. So he decided to give me a new task. To plot all the WiFi nodes in Malaysia installed by JARING.

The requirements will be :
1. Auto geocoding street address. For example, you put Jalan K/4 P11, Presint 11, 62300 Putrajaya, the system should be able to get the longitude and latitude for the address.

2. Display the Google MAP for geocoded address
This is simple, just get the lon/lat value and use YM4R plugins to display the MAP in RoR style.

3. Each node will have many users. So the DB relationship will be Nodes hasMany Users and User belongsTo Node

4. Category, will have 2 category, 512kbps and 1024 kbps. So the map ballon will be using customised icon. YM4R have this nifty function.

5. Tagging for each node for easy search

SEOd URL using to_param method in RoR

2009-03-03T10:31:00.003+08:00

The SEOd URL. Looks nice and clean " http://bizonnet.jaring.my/pages/9-adelia-power-services"

This the view. Note I use button_to helper instead of link_to.

The magic is in the mode, the to_param method.

Insetad of http://bizonnet.jaring.my/pages/9 , I would like a more nicer and meaningful URL like http://bizonnet.jaring.my/pages/9-adelia-power-services. So when the URL is being stored in Search Engine, people will know what's the page is all about. So How do I do that ?

First, add the to_param new defination to your model, and it's will be donw automatically.

10 Skills a Web Developer should know

2009-03-01T11:55:00.003+08:00

1. User Authentication system
- signup engine
- login engine
- forget password engine
- confirmation thru email engine

2. User Roles System
- User has many Roles
- function for each role

3. CRUD System
- Create new item
- Read created item
- Update created item
- delete created item

4. Search engine
- simple search
- full text
- with pagination

5. Pagination engine
- digg like pagination engine

6. Relationships
- A User has many Posts
- A Post belongs To User

7. Tagging System
- Tag search
- tag cloud
- tag an item

8. Upload system
- image
- file
- video

9. Image Processing
- photo resizing
- image thumbnails

10. AJAX
- ajax pagination
- ajax drop down select
- ajax search
- ajax updates
- ajax validation
- ajax suggest

Custom routing in RoR

2009-02-25T17:12:00.004+08:00

The index.html.erb view sample

The resources in config/routes.rb

The user_pages.rb controller

The results

Added a feature in Bizonnet, My Pages or List of my SMS Business Location. After the user logged in, they can view,edit or destroy the added pages. And the system will list all the created pages created by them. If the pages spanning way beyond 10 pages, the system will automatically trigger Pagination helper, so the user can flip thru the list of pages using the helpers.

I'm using http://domain.com/users/:user_id/pages/:id format. So in the config/routes.rb I have to modify it.

It's so tired..and I need a new haircut by today. Bye

RoR Search Engine

2009-02-24T16:50:00.001+08:00

The sample controller. Now I can search on 3 different join tables, Tags,Category and Pages

The library

CakePHP Search Controller

2009-02-24T16:22:00.000+08:00

Sample controller for typical search in CakePHP

TREE Category Management

2009-02-23T15:43:00.002+08:00

Category Tree is very important tool while doing web development. You can create unlimited categories using this technique.

The Tree helper in app/helpers/application.rb

Using it in view

The output while editing page

A very simple Tree Category Management

Jaring Biz-on-Net

2009-02-19T17:45:00.003+08:00

Jaring Biz-on-Net Portal features
1. Tagging for each business
2. Tag Cloud
3. Google Map pointing
4. Auto geocoding using normal address
5. User Management System

Thanks to:
1. Ruby On Rails
2. MySQL
3. Webbring Proxy Apache
4. VMWARE Enterprise
5. Linux Centos

I got this task around 7 days ago and must be finished by today. Thanks for Ruby On Rails, you are life saver. Using the available plugins, make the build from scratch is much easier.

RESTful Authentication

2009-02-13T01:36:00.003+08:00

If you are like me, you'll probably finished reading these books

1. Practical Rails Social Networking Sites
2. Simply Rails 2
3. Advanced Rails Recipes
4. Agile Web Development With RoR 2nd Edition

And none of them give an example for complete user management & authentication system. Before you write your own system, follow this tutorial.

http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?pid=74245#p74245

The tutorial is so great, my auth system now have these features
1.user registration form
2. manage user roles
3. roles management
4. role checking
5. forgot password mechanism
6. email activation code
7. login/logout

Video Conversion using Pazera CLI

2009-02-08T16:46:00.004+08:00

Thumbnails generated by FFMPEG

The magic command

It works, using WINE and PAZERA free command line video conversion.

Demo site
http://social.jobber.my/videos

Pazera
http://www.download.com/Pazera-Free-FLV-to-AVI-Converter/3000-2194_4-10786669.html

Linux VPS + WINE + Pazera == Youtube

2009-02-08T13:41:00.003+08:00

showing Pazera ffmpeg)x264.exe converting *.mp4 into *.flv and it works

TVCC is cool but it costs money and FFMPEG not working on my linux box but it does on Windows XP.

So here's the solution, install wine, upload c:\pazera folder into your Linux box, and convert the video using wine /root/ffmpeg.exe --args

pazera is free video converter for windows, and it use FFMPEG. Tested with MP4,3GP,AVI ...all the videos can be converted into flv.

Shop, RoR E-Commerce Store

2009-02-07T16:38:00.005+08:00

The Storefront

Shopping Cart Engine being developed using RoR 2.2.2 using guides from Depot, Agile Web Development 2nd Edition

Video Conversion @ Social.Jobber.MY

2009-02-07T00:14:00.002+08:00

The video list

At last, my video engine using Ruby On Rails finally working

1. Upload video + title + body
2. Flow FLV player
3. Acts As State Machine
4. Comments
5. Total Video Conveter CLI running on Linux Centos 5.2

Video Conversion in Linux using TVCC

2009-02-05T14:27:00.003+08:00

Command line conversion in action

The convert section in ruby on rails model

Ok, I hate FFMPEG period.

TVCC ( Search google the term )

1. Download TVCC.exe
2. Install dalam Windows
3. Yum install wine dalam VPS Centos server
4. Kalau takder repo, edit /etc/yum.conf , add DAG punya repo

[dag]
name=Dag RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$releasever/en/$basearch/dag
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

5. yum install wine
6. Installing TVCC, apply PATCH from Mazwan
7. Upload c:\TVCC to /root/TVCC
8. wine /root/TVCC/TVCC.exe -f /root/MOV00022.3GP -o /var/www/ror_projects/soci

al_networking/public/flash/cuba.flv
9. Ok, cool conversion done. The application works in Linux

The software priced at USD1k ...for full unlimited version..unlimited sites

Designer learnt how to build Guestbook using Ruby On Rails in 16 seconds warp speed

2009-02-04T15:23:00.003+08:00

Nampak tak InstantRails nyer application, klik I..pastu pilih Rails Apps..pilih Console

Contoh Edit Guestbook

Contoh isi guest book, kalau ada error , terus highlight

Form untuk isi guestbook

Paparan guestbook

The conversation.....

wan azrif: okie
wan azrif: download tu dah settle
wan azrif: so cam mana nak install dulu
Azril Nazli Alias: ok ko install kat c:\instanrails
wan azrif: jap
wan azrif: aku sedang extrack
wan azrif: baru 61 persen
Azril Nazli Alias: ok
wan azrif: okie dah extrack then
Azril Nazli Alias: ok cun
Azril Nazli Alias: skrg masuk folder dia
Azril Nazli Alias: klik ikon I
Azril Nazli Alias: dable klik
wan azrif: then klik okie kan
Azril Nazli Alias: ok
Azril Nazli Alias: ko klik I
Azril Nazli Alias: pilih rails application
Azril Nazli Alias: open ruby console windows
wan azrif: okie dah
wan azrif: then
Azril Nazli Alias: ok skrg ko dalam skrin hitam lagi menakutkan bukan ?
wan azrif: haaa
wan azrif: aku ade nampak path
Azril Nazli Alias: ok taip nih
Azril Nazli Alias: rails guestbook
wan azrif: c:\ balh balh blah
Azril Nazli Alias: pastu enter
wan azrif: dah
wan azrif: wahhh
wan azrif: apa benda berlaku tadi
Azril Nazli Alias: pastu tunggu
wan azrif: tetiba jer keluar
wan azrif: create bebeanyak
Azril Nazli Alias: ok seterusnya
wan azrif: virus kaaa
wan azrif: then
Azril Nazli Alias: guest book ko nak cemana
Azril Nazli Alias: nama,emel,message ?
Azril Nazli Alias: betul
Azril Nazli Alias: guna 3 field
wan azrif: haaa
Azril Nazli Alias: cd guestbook
Azril Nazli Alias: taip tuh
wan azrif: then
wan azrif: sekarang aku dalam folder gustbook
Azril Nazli Alias: cunn
Azril Nazli Alias: ko nak buat 3 field kan
Azril Nazli Alias: so aku citer sikit
wan azrif: okie cam mana tu
Azril Nazli Alias: name adalah string
Azril Nazli Alias: email adalah string
Azril Nazli Alias: dan message adalah text
Azril Nazli Alias: so command dia jeng je jeng
wan azrif: so cam mana aku nak type
wan azrif: aku nak tulis kat mana
wan azrif: hahahah
Azril Nazli Alias: jap aku tgh taip
Azril Nazli Alias: ruby script\generate scaffold Guestbook name:string email:string message:text
Azril Nazli Alias: pastu enter
wan azrif: dah
wan azrif: dia createkan dah
Azril Nazli Alias: ok cuns
Azril Nazli Alias: skrg kita nak run server
wan azrif: huh pendek gilos
Azril Nazli Alias: ruby script\server
Azril Nazli Alias: pastu taip enter
Azril Nazli Alias: opss tekan enter
wan azrif: dah
wan azrif: lepas tu
Azril Nazli Alias: http://localhost:3000
Azril Nazli Alias: kat browser
wan azrif: dah
wan azrif: ooo cam nie rupa dia
Azril Nazli Alias: ok jap aku lupa
Azril Nazli Alias: create database
wan azrif: sama cam kat tutorial lah pulak
Azril Nazli Alias: ko buat arahan nih
Azril Nazli Alias: rake db:create pastu enter
wan azrif: create database kat mana
Azril Nazli Alias: rake db:migrate pastu enter
Azril Nazli Alias: ko tekan ctrl c
Azril Nazli Alias: matikan server balik
wan azrif: perkara tu nak create kat dos tadi ker
Azril Nazli Alias: taip kat dos tadi
wan azrif: k jap
wan azrif: ermm tetiba jer aku tak leh type kat situ lah pulak
Azril Nazli Alias: ok ko dah tekan ctrl + c?
wan azrif: jap
wan azrif: okie dah
wan azrif: then
Azril Nazli Alias: rake db:create
Azril Nazli Alias: kemudian rake db:migrate
Azril Nazli Alias: ok skrg start balik server
wan azrif: apa funtion dia
Azril Nazli Alias: ruby script/server
wan azrif: nak restart
Azril Nazli Alias: taip ruby script\server
wan azrif: dah
wan azrif: then
Azril Nazli Alias: http://localhost:3000/guestbooks
wan azrif: hahahah ade lah siut
wan azrif: biar betul
Azril Nazli Alias: ok sign guestbok ko
wan azrif: udah
wan azrif: beb
wan azrif: siap leh tengok listing lagi tu
wan azrif: tapi
wan azrif: kalau aku biar kan kosong
Azril Nazli Alias: ok ko nak edit
wan azrif: still leh isi lagi tu
Azril Nazli Alias: ok ko nak buat validation ?
Azril Nazli Alias: he heh jap
wan azrif: yela maksud nya
wan azrif: kene isi lah jgn kasi kosong itu jer
wan azrif: basic basic punya dulu
Azril Nazli Alias: ok sat aku test
wan azrif: k
wan azrif: tapi mudah gila beb
wan azrif: kalau aku pro leh siap dalam 1 minti jer tu
wan azrif: ahahahha
Azril Nazli Alias: ok
Azril Nazli Alias: ko bukak file nih
wan azrif: mana
Azril Nazli Alias: c:\instant rails \ rails_apps
Azril Nazli Alias: c:\instant rails \ rails_apps \ guestbook\ap \ model \ guestbook.rb
Azril Nazli Alias: pakai textpad ker
wan azrif: wahh cam mana aku nak bukak tuuu
wan azrif: aku nak tengok kat dos ker
Azril Nazli Alias: pakai textpad laa
Azril Nazli Alias: iskk
wan azrif: WHAT THE FUCK
wan azrif: AKU NAMPAK INI JER
wan azrif: class Guestbook <> validates_presence_of :name
Azril Nazli Alias: dia akan pastikan user isik name
wan azrif: ler itu jer ker
wan azrif: ko biat betul
wan azrif: so aku save ker
Azril Nazli Alias: kalau nak semua sekali
Azril Nazli Alias: validates_presence_of :name
Azril Nazli Alias: validates_presence_of :email
Azril Nazli Alias: validates_presence_of :message
Azril Nazli Alias: save pastu try isik tanpa tulis nama
wan azrif: okie jap
wan azrif: bapak gudang nya besar
wan azrif: error dia
wan azrif: hahahahahaha
wan azrif: 1 error prohibited this guestbook from being saved

There were problems with the following fields:

* Email can't be blank
wan azrif: huh itu jer code dia yek simple gila lah bro
Azril Nazli Alias: he heh
Azril Nazli Alias: nak ubah ko godek views/guestbooks/
wan azrif: ooo tak salah aku
Azril Nazli Alias: dalam layouts file master dia
wan azrif: dalam folder dia nie
wan azrif: sama macam warisan lah pulak
Azril Nazli Alias: views/layouts/
Azril Nazli Alias:
wan azrif: ade app folder
wan azrif: hahahaaha
wan azrif:
Azril Nazli Alias: warisan..e-rakan
wan azrif: maknanya ko guna ruby lah nie yek
wan azrif: oooo ic
wan azrif: cam tu senang lah aku nak godek
wan azrif: sebab aku dah tau
Azril Nazli Alias: tak..aku guna cakephp
wan azrif: hahahahaahh
Azril Nazli Alias: yg aku ajar kko nih guna ruby
Azril Nazli Alias: super ultra easy
Azril Nazli Alias: ok aku nak ajar ko guestbook guna database pulak
Azril Nazli Alias: jom start balik
Azril Nazli Alias: database mysql
Azril Nazli Alias: k kata nak buat contact form kan ?
wan azrif: oooo
wan azrif: satu satu lah
wan azrif: sebab aku nak try buat balik
Azril Nazli Alias: ok ko layan laa dulu guest book
wan azrif: haaaa
wan azrif: dah ler aku baru nak berjinak
Azril Nazli Alias: ko try ubah layout
Azril Nazli Alias: ubah file view dia
Azril Nazli Alias: ko tengok fail view dia
Azril Nazli Alias: ada 4 keping
wan azrif: okie
wan azrif: aku nak tanya ko nie
wan azrif: kenapa
wan azrif: name : string
wan azrif: dan message : text lak
Azril Nazli Alias: sebab nama kan pendek
Azril Nazli Alias: kalau ko set text..boleh jadi panjang
Azril Nazli Alias: dan automatik dia set textarea
wan azrif: kalau nama dia cam nama aku wan ariffuddin bin wan ramli
Azril Nazli Alias: tetap string
wan azrif: okieee
Azril Nazli Alias: text nih macma nak isi karangan
wan azrif: okie kalau aku nak letak yg melibatkan number
Azril Nazli Alias: phone:integer
wan azrif: contoh phone:number cam tu ker
wan azrif: ohh interger
Azril Nazli Alias: age:number
wan azrif: ceh cam c++ lah pulak
Azril Nazli Alias: umur:integer
Azril Nazli Alias: bukan number
wan azrif: okie okie aku nak tau benda benda tu dulu
Azril Nazli Alias: age:integer
wan azrif: so baru rancak nak buat testing nanti
Azril Nazli Alias: http://solutions.treypiepmeier.com/2006/12/04/rails-migration-data-types/
wan azrif: so kalau tarikhate lah yek
wan azrif: tarikh : date lah kan
Azril Nazli Alias: yup
Azril Nazli Alias: tarikhate
Azril Nazli Alias: dem
Azril Nazli Alias: kahwin ker belum ? status:boolean

CakePHP : AfterFind()

2009-01-30T21:45:00.002+08:00

Rather than hacking the view to check if the number in my Inbox or Outbox table tally with my Contacts number, I use the afterModel() hack.

The Inbox Model



class Inbox extends AppModel {
  var $name = 'Inbox';
  var $useTable = 'inbox';
  var $order = 'Inbox.id DESC';

  function afterFind($results) {

    // load Contact model here
    App::import('Model','Contact');
    $this->Contact = new Contact();

    // For any results returned from the 'Inbox' model, take 'number' and check with Contact model
    foreach ($results as $key => $val) {
      if(!empty( $val['Inbox']['number'] )) {
        if ( $contact_id = $this->Contact->findByMobileNumber($val['Inbox']['number'],array('id','name')) ){
          $results[$key]['Inbox']['contact_id'] = $contact_id['Contact']['id'];
          $results[$key]['Inbox']['contact_name'] = $contact_id['Contact']['name'];
        }
      }
    } 
    return $results;
  }
 
}

Try the output in view


Array
(
   [Inbox] => Array
       (
           [id] => 266
           [number] => +60146412911
           [smsdate] => 2009-01-30 15:02:06
           [insertdate] => 2009-01-30 15:02:25
           [text] => test1243
           [phone] =>
           [processed] => 0
           [read] => 1
           [contact_id] => 14
           [contact_name] => Bazet
       )


Clean hack

)

CakeSMS : 2 Way SMS

2009-01-29T17:20:00.002+08:00

I just updated CakeSMS application. Adding validation to Outbox model so I can limit the text to 160 characters and only numeric format accepted in number field.

Then my phone rang, somebody from the govt interested with the product and asking about 2 WAY sms support.

For example

sending 'HELP' will list out all the command

sending ' get staff 3713' will list staff 3713 informations

Well, how do I do that ?

First I need to write a listener in CakePHP that run every seconds. the listener will read all the incoming SMS and will process the text, if the matching text found, it will trigger the command for that text.

Keep It Simple

How do I run PHP code forever then ?


while (1 == true) {
// logic is here
} ?>

CakeSMS Development

2009-01-26T09:07:00.003+08:00

Running smsd in debug mode. You can clearly see whats happening.

This is group SMS interface. Just a simple one. Just choose the Contact Group, type the message, and all the SMS will be put on qeueu on Outbox table. SMS sending speed depends on how many modem attached to the system

CakeSMS

2009-01-25T22:36:00.002+08:00

Screw Ruby On Rails for a while, back to CakePHP. I've written a simple guide in PDF on how to deploy your own SMS server using normal hand phone and Linux via VMWARE. The PDF cane be downloaded at here, http://cakesms.blogspot.com

At the end of the session, you'll get a working web interface for managing incoming and outgoing SMS.

Now, I'm extending the functions to include :
1. Group SEND ( send SMS to all contacts under specified group )
2. Contact Group Management
3. Contacts Management
4. User Authentication
5. SMS log for incoming and outgoing message

Ok folks, that all for now. Going to finish the module in an hour or so

FFMpeg to convert 3GP to FLV

2009-01-22T15:23:00.004+08:00

Did you know, default FFMPEG binary can't convert 3GP to FLV ? You will need to compile back again.

I'm using Linux Centos 5.1 ( upgraded overnight using yum -y )

Step 1: Install Subversion and Checkinstall thru YUM
yum install subversion
yum install checkinstall
yum install git

Step 2: Create SRC directory, and Download the sourcecode
mkdir /root/src/
cd /root/src/
svn checkout svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/trunk ffmpeg
git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git
wget http://ftp.penguin.cz/pub/users/utx/amr/amrnb-7.0.0.2.tar.bz2
wget http://ftp.penguin.cz/pub/users/utx/amr/amrwb-7.0.0.3.tar.bz2
wget http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-0.7.2.tar.gz

Step 3 : Untar
tar -xjvf amrnb-7.0.0.2.tar.bz2
tar -xjvf amrwb-7.0.0.3.tar.bz2
tar -xzvf yasm-0.7.2.tar.gz

Step 4 : Compile
$ cd yasm-0.7.2
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo checkinstall
$ cd ..
Libamr is the audio encoder/decoder for 3gp format
$ cd amrnb-7.0.0.2
$ ./configure –prefix=/usr
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ cd ..

$ cd amrwb-7.0.0.3
$ ./configure –prefix=/usr
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ cd ..

From Wikipedia: x264 is a free software library for encoding H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video streams
$ cd x264
$ ./configure –prefix=/usr –enable-shared
$ make
$ sudo checkinstall –pkgname=x264 –pkgversion “1:0.svn`date +%Y%m%d`-0.0ubuntu1″
$ sudo ldconfig
$ cd ..

$ cd ffmpeg
$ ./configure –enable-gpl –enable-swscale –enable-pthreads –enable-libvorbis –enable-libtheora –enable-libvorbis –enable-libgsm –enable-libdc1394 –disable-debug –enable-shared –enable-libmp3lame –enable-libfaad –enable-libfaac –disable-vhook –enable-libxvid –enable-libx264 –enable-postproc –enable-libamr-nb –enable-libamr-wb –enable-avfilter –enable-nonfree –prefix=/usr
$ make
$ sudo checkinstall or make install ( either one )

Social Networking @Jobber.MY

2009-01-22T00:48:00.004+08:00

The social networking development engine is quite near to finish. It is one man job and I'm using Alan Bradburne's Practical Rails Social Networking Sites as guidance.

Well the book is good if you have basic Ruby knowledge. But I want to add Video engine. User can upload video in various format and rendered in FLV format.

I'm using Centos 5.1 VPS, and I need to install FFMPEG,

1. I use this guide to install FFMPEG ( turn off gpgcheck = 0 )
http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/17063

2. Then I ran yum install ffmpeg and yum install ffmpeg-devel

3. Run ffmpeg -v to check the version

[root@vmap1 social_networking]# ffmpeg -v
FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libogg --enable-libvorbis --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-libgsm --enable-xvid --enable-x264 --enable-liba52 --enable-liba52bin --enable-pp --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --disable-strip
  libavutil version: 49.4.0
  libavcodec version: 51.40.4
  libavformat version: 51.12.1
  built on Jun  4 2007 11:02:12, gcc: 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)
ffmpeg: missing argument for option '-v'

4. Cool. Now to install Background Worker for video conversion in Ruby On Rails
http://backgroundrb.rubyforge.org/

5. More reading @
http://kpumuk.info/ruby-on-rails/encoding-media-files-in-ruby-using-ffmpeg-mencoder-with-progress-tracking/

http://jimneath.org/2008/06/03/converting-videos-with-rails-converting-the-video/

200,000 workers to be retrenched in Malaysia

2009-01-21T14:09:00.002+08:00

The economy slowdown not hitting Malaysia pretty bad. According to official press release by Human Resource Department in Malaysia, almost 200,000 workers will lost their jobs. Most of then came from manufacturing sectors.

So how to prepare yourself as a web programmer or web designer ?

For Programmers

1. Equip yourself with latest development tool
2. Intstead of know 1 programming language, extends to many such as PHP,Ruby,Python
3. Try to minimize development cycle, this can be achieved if you're using RAD Frameworks like CakePHP, Code Igniter, Symfony or Ruby On Rails.
4. Learn to write Ajax functions using Framework such as Jquery,MooTool and ScriptAculosU

PHP Programmers in Malaysia

2009-01-21T11:17:00.001+08:00

PHP Programmers are the most demanded jobs at Jobber.my. Well at least in Malaysia, PHP Programmy are needed virtually anywhere. So how to be a PHP Programmer ?

Me myself have coding in PHP for since year 2000. My teacher is Google. Yeah, I'm self taught PHP Programmer and most of the PHP Programmers out there is same like.

So how to start ? If you have some basic programming like C and Java it will help a lot since coding in PHP is not much different in Java or C. But if you don't have any programming background, dont't worry. As long you're willing to spend time learning programming, in 1 year you can be a PHP programmer too.

Honestly, you need to spend some money for books and training. Just head up to any bookstore and look for Beginning PHP & MySQL from APress

Learn on how to program by yourself, not to copy others code and claim yourself as PHP Programmer.

Jobber.MY , Hub for ICT Jobs in Malaysia

2009-01-21T02:55:00.000+08:00

Hosted with my friend webhosting, Zenpipe.com, Jobber.my was a successful hit. After 2 days of soft launch, almost 1000 unique users view the job board. Thanks for free website tracking, Google Analytics

The job board itself, is using free open source software, Jobber Base

Most of the job sites in Malaysia, are not targetting niche market like ICT, but Jobber.my does.

So if your company or just need a freelancer, you guys can post the job for free at Jobber.my