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Gearman 0.28 Setup on Centos 6

Gearman Setup on Centos

Was told about a great tool the other day for processing queues called Gearman. It has the ability to cluster both on the server side and on the worker side which allows you to grow your server without having to change too much once the queue manager is configured. The best part is that it keeps language independence on both sides of the fence. If you want to write your client using PHP and your worker as C, you can do that. Currently we are looking at moving all our emails to this queue manager so that we can offload them to a secondary server and the emails can be sent when the server has free cycles. So the point of this post is just to document some of the steps I had to go through inorder to setup Gearman on the server using PHP for the client and Worker.

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Credit Card Validation Generators

See How Credit Card Validation Works

Credit Card Validation Screen ShotEver wonder how to validate a credit card or how sites are able to detect if that card entered in is valid without actually connecting to a server. However complex it may seem on the surface, underneath it is quite simple as you can see it fully explained by this page here that breaks down the steps in validating a credit card number. They have stepped though a single example however you can enter in your own test card number to see how it validates. I tried a few just random numbers to see if they would validate. After a few tries I was not only able to get cards to validate, but also I can now switch between different card types, such as VISA, Mastercard and AMEX. Many things that I did not realize have been brought to light such as the first digit on a credit card actually determines the industry the card services.

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Generators Team Name

Team Name

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Team Name Generators

Having difficulty in coming up with the next greatest team name that will launch your team to stardom even before they hit the court. A new site for creating very unique names has cropped up in the last month or so that can help you get to the place you need to be in naming your team when all else fails. Inspiration for a team name can come from anywhere, but a giant list of 40 or 50 names at a time can sure help when the creative juices stop flowing. Have a look at the Random Team Name Generator. It may not have the perfect name, but it sure will lead you to something close.

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Contact Info Generators

Contact Info Generator

Fantastic new site that will speed up the testing time that plagues most developers and testers alike. Creating meaningful user data that can be plugged into your tables and not just a bunch of meaningless random characters. User Info Gen have created a sub-domains site here that will create lists of users, with not just meaningful names, but full addresses with realistic cities, states, provinces, postal codes, phone numbers, and zip codes. On top of that there are two additional sections that help with adding the data to a table, with full SQL commands and the ability to add up to 50 listings at a time.

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