installing apache php and mysql in ubuntu

In this article, i will guide you through the steps for installing apache, mysql and php on ubuntu and kick start some php development. These  are the individual software in the ubiquitous LAMP stack. More on this can be found here. MySQL is the most used open source RDBMS. To install MySQL, go to Ubuntu … Continue reading →

Redirect non-www requests to www urls

In one of my recent projects, i’ve faced a situation where i need to redirect non-www traffic to a canonical www. For someone who don’t understand the issue, i want my users who type http://foo.bar in their browsers to be redirected to http://www.foo.bar. The tried and tested way to achieve this redirect is through server configuration. I … Continue reading →