Keeping heavy loads off of a database can be a tedious task in itself.  Many times multiple instances are created, creating multiple connections to the database that hog resources when in fact only one instance and connection is needed.  With PHP5, dat... http://www.the-arcanist.com/web-develo...

Alright, I think I have it (I'm just waiting to make sure cron fires off and runs everything)! It's very simple, and probably pretty dirty - but hey I'm not a whiz with shell scripting, nor cron so I think what I have is pretty sweet. Because I'm ... http://jonathanmerchant.com/2008/01/25...

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