Re: [nyphp-talk] How common is bcmath?

2009-12-26 Thread Ron Guerin
Daniel Convissor wrote: > Hey Ron: > > >> I'm looking at using some code that uses the bcmath extension. How >> likely is it that a user is going to have hosting without bcmath in >> their PHP? >> > > Crude survey via Google... > > phpinfo -bcmath = 4 million hits > phpinfo +bcmath = 200 k

Re: [nyphp-talk] How common is bcmath?

2009-12-26 Thread Daniel Convissor
Hey Ron: > I'm looking at using some code that uses the bcmath extension. How > likely is it that a user is going to have hosting without bcmath in > their PHP? Crude survey via Google... phpinfo -bcmath = 4 million hits phpinfo +bcmath = 200 k hits --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D

[nyphp-talk] How common is bcmath?

2009-12-26 Thread Ron Guerin
I'm looking at using some code that uses the bcmath extension. How likely is it that a user is going to have hosting without bcmath in their PHP? - Ron ___ New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[nyphp-talk] OT: Anyone interested in a server?

2009-12-26 Thread David Krings
Hi! Just a short note, is anyone interested in buying an IBM eServer 325 (2x AMD Opteron 250, 2GB RAM, 120GB IDE)? I'd pass it on for 150$ or best offer, location is Schenectady. Contact me off-list with questions - and sorry for the very off-topic, self-interested post. David __

Re: [nyphp-talk] cheapest and best way to server 1TB worth of data per month

2009-12-26 Thread Brian O'Connor
You may also want to look into using Google App Engine and use that as a CDN by keeping all of your static files on Google's servers. Just a thought. On 12/25/09, Konstantin K wrote: > Im seriously considering going with SimpleCDN. For about $40/month = > 1TB/month, which isn't too bad and ther

Re: [nyphp-talk] run my own mail server or use a 3rd party service?

2009-12-26 Thread Chris Snyder
On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Konstantin K wrote: > Sorry, I meant to say postfix, not procmail. > > I will be hosting the site on multiple dedicated servers. > > Again, the emails that need to go out will be stored in various tables > in a database and be processed by scripts that will use th

Re: [nyphp-talk] run my own mail server or use a 3rd party service?

2009-12-26 Thread Gary Mort
On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Konstantin K wrote: > > > That's exactly what I'm doing :). But I'm trying to avoid having to > setup another box with postifx and all the other stuff on it. > Basically I don't want to maintain my own SMTP server. I'd like a 3rd > party service which I can just

Re: [nyphp-talk] run my own mail server or use a 3rd party service?

2009-12-26 Thread Leam Hall
Konstantin K wrote: On Friday, December 25, 2009, Ajai Khattri wrote: Not really - simply relying on SMTP from a PHP script is not really a reliable (or efficient) way to send out email. Much better to have a dedicated mail server that can queue the email, handle retries and bounces, etc. Your