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Description: PHP Lifestream Aggregator, built with Zend Framework
Homepage: http://blog.johannilsson.me/tagged/phplifestream
Clone URL: git://github.com/johannilsson/phplifestream.git
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file build.xml Sun Jan 04 14:32:06 -0800 2009 added library to the build script [johannilsson]
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directory log/ Tue Jan 06 03:11:25 -0800 2009 Added log dir [johannilsson]
file phplifestream-conf.php.example Wed Jan 07 08:35:37 -0800 2009 Added conf examples [Johan Nilsson]
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PHP Lifestream

Aggregates feeds and combines them to one.

  • Built with Zend Framework
  • Easy to extends with new aggregators and services
  • Atom and RSS support

Live example is availabe at http://www.johannilsson.me

Contact me on Twitter if you have any suggestions, like it or dont like it http://twitter.com/johanjohanjohan

Installation

Configuration

Database

Edit the file app/conf/db.ini

Include path

If Zend Framework is not in your include path you need to add it. Rename the file phplifestream-conf.php.example into phplifestream-conf.php and add the path to Zend Framework.

Environment

You can change the environment in the above mention file phplifestream-conf.php see comment in it.

Webserver

Point the webservers webroot to the public directory.

Refer to the Zend documentation if running another server than apache what to replace the .htaccess file with.

Logging

Application logs is stored in ./log you might need to chmod this.

Cronjob

Setup the cron job for aggregation, the example will run every 5 minute change it to whatever suits you best.

*/5 * * * * php /path/to/phplifestream/app/jobs/aggregate.php >> /dev/null

In production make sure that the directory where the phplifestream-conf.php is is in the include path for an easy way to set environment.

*/5 * * * * php -d include_path="/path/to/phplifestream/" /path/to/phplifestream/app/jobs/aggregate.php

Add Feeds

Go to /services/add to add services you want to aggregate.

Deployment

Rename the file deploy_env.properties.example into deploy_env.properties and edit it, properties in this file will replace production properties in the directory app/conf.

Then run

ant package

The directory dist is created containing a prepared version of the application for your production environment based on the settings in deploy_env.properties.

Changelog

Concider it unstable and to break for each commit.

  • Since commit 52a208dcae4e3d7b526d462c655054a0c0c507fc the schema was updated please run db/migrate/1.0.1/up.sql to migrate to the latest schema. Also changed to use sha1 instead of md5 when calculating the unique_id so you might want to re run aggregation.

Todo

  • Admin Admin
  • Ideas?
  • Tags from feeds
  • Comments

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