Small bits of code to start the day.Tumblr (3.0; @codebreakfast)http://jtkendall.com/<p>Recently I was working on building a small application management app for my local server on my MacBook called <a href="http://github.com/jtkendall/lawm">LAWM</a> and since I’m learning Ruby on Rails I wanted a quick way to start and stop Mongrel instances. It’s really simple to start and stop Mongrel instances using PHP’s exec() function. You probably wouldn’t want to use this code on a production site and leave it for local servers. With exec() you may have to adjust the ownership or permissions on the project’s folder before this will run correctly.</p> <h3>Starting a Mongrel daemon:</h3> <p><code>exec('cd {project_directory} && mongrel_rails start -d);</code></p> <h3>Stopping a Mongrel daemon:</h3> <p><code>exec('cd {project_directory} && mongrel_rails stop);</code></p> <p>For more information on PHP’s exec function visit it’s <a href="http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php">PHP manual page.</a></p>http://jtkendall.com/post/430316869http://jtkendall.com/post/430316869Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:58:00 -0500Ruby on RailsPHPExec()Mongrel