Geekality

Allow tel: hyperlinks in MediaWiki

Torleif — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:00:51 +0000

In MediaWiki you can already make email hyperlinks ([mailto:someone@example.com Mail someone]), but telephone number hyperlinks aren’t allowed for some reason by default ([tel:0123456789 Call someone]). Turns out to be an easy fix though.

Simply add the following to LocalSettings.php.

array_push($wgUrlProtocols, 'tel:');

Make it prettier

The links will get same icon as external links, which is a bit annoying, but that can be fixed as well. Find the main CSS file for your theme, in our case /skins/monobook/main.css, and look for a section which looks like the following.

#bodyContent a.external[href^="mailto:"], .link-mailto {
background: url("mail_icon.gif") no-repeat scroll right center transparent;
padding: 0 18px;
}

Simply make a copy of that section and replace all instances of ‘mailto’ with ‘tel’ and set the URL to the icon you want. The icon should of course be uploaded to the same location as the CSS for that to work

PHP: Catch all exceptions and errors in a normalized and consistent matter

Torleif — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:50:41 +0000

For my small website myhymnal.net I wanted a nice error handler that caught all errors and presented them as nice error pages. The problem is that you have at least three kinds of errors which you have to handle in PHP. Uncaught exceptions, regular errors and fatal errors. After some experimenting I think I’ve found a way to catch them all in a close to consistent matter so that they are easy to deal with.

error_reporting(ENV === 'dev' ? E_ALL : 0);

set_error_handler("error_handler");
set_exception_handler("error_handler");
register_shutdown_function("error_handler");

function error_handler()
{
// Check for unhandled errors (fatal shutdown)
$e = error_get_last();

// If none, check function args (error handler)
if($e === null)
$e = func_get_args();

// Return if no error
if(empty($e))
return;

// "Normalize" exceptions (exception handler)
if($e[0] instanceof Exception)
{
call_user_func_array(__FUNCTION__, array(
$e[0]->getCode(),
$e[0]->getMessage(),
$e[0]->getFile(),
$e[0]->getLine(),
$e[0]));
return;
}

$e = array_combine(array('number', 'message', 'file', 'line', 'context'), array_pad($e, 5, null));

var_dump($e);
exit;
}

This way the only irregularity should be the last property, context. In cases of errors this will be an array with variables in the context where the error occurred, while for exceptions I’m setting it to the Exception itself. Normally you’d then pass $e to something that would format the information nicely to the user, do some logging or whatever.

External tool definitions for mRemoteNG

Torleif — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:36:15 +0000

Here are some external tool definitions I have defined in mRemoteNG.

WinSCP

Display name: WinSCP (sftp)
Filename: C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe
Arguments: sftp://%username%:%password%@%hostname%:%port%/

Ping

Display name: Ping
Filename: cmd
Arguments: /c ping -t %HostName%

Traceroute

Display name: Ping
Filename: cmd
Arguments: /c set /P = | tracert %HostName%

More can be found at the mRemoteNG forum.

If you haven’t tried mRemoteNG, you should. It’s very handy if you’re on Windows and need to connect to various servers through for example SSH and RDP. Sure beats plain PuTTY at least…

How to ignore “find: cannot read dir /foo: Permission denied”

Torleif — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:13:38 +0000

If you run the following command on a Unix system you might see a lot of errors.

$ find / -name "tar"

In my case I got 8 regular findings and 63 lines of “find: cannot read dir /foo: Permission denied”. Quite a lot of noise I really don’t care about. Using my new knowledge about streams it is easy to get rid of all that though. Just pipe stderr into /dev/null.

$ find / -name "tar" 2>/dev/null

Voila. Clean output.

Remember that when you do this all errors will be sent to nowhere. So if there was any other errors, they would also be gone. In this case I don’t care, but in other instances you might want to do something else. For example direct it to a log file rather than to oblivion.

Alternative

If you do care about other error messages, you could do as suggested by Richard in the comments. Redirect stderr to stdout and then use grep to filter out what you don’t want to see.

$ find / -name "tar" 2>&1 | grep -v "Permission denied"

MediaWiki: Promote user to sysop when sysops are gone

Torleif — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:26:54 +0000

Working for a client which has documentation on a MediaWiki installation which was set up before we got there. Was able to create users for ourselves through the regular site, but certain things like deleting pages can only be done by sysops. None of our newly registered users are of course sysops and the only existing sysop user is from whoever installed the wiki to begin with.

Here’s how to promote a user to sysop the hackish way, directly in the database.

Find database details

Note: This can of course be skipped if you already know how to access your mediawiki database, but I didn’t

SSH into the system where MediaWiki is installed and find its location.
Was /var/www/html/foowiki in our case.
Open LocalSettings.php and everything should be under the heading ## Database settings

Promote user

Connect with a mysql client.
mysql -h localhost -u wikiuser -p wikidb
Find the user id.
SELECT user_id, CONVERT(user_name USING utf8) FROM `user`;
Add user n to sysop (and bureaucrat) group.
INSERT INTO `user_groups` VALUES (n, 'sysop'),(n, 'bureaucrat');

The user should now be sysop, which can be double checked on the Special:ListUsers wiki page.

MySQL tables for continent names, country names and their ISO-3166 codes

Torleif — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:10:47 +0000

Here is a MySQL table containing continent names, country names and their ISO-3166 codes.

Needed one a while ago, but the ones I found were either kind of lacking or kind of old. So I made one myself by converting a datafile on Wikipedia into the format I wanted. Used some regular expressions and manual corrections. Later I also went through newsletters with Updates on ISO 3166. Hopefully I got it all right, and hopefully it can save you and others some time as well.

If you find any mistakes or updates I’ve missed, please let me know

The data

Created a project on BitBucket for some change tracking. The latest version of the SQL script is found at bitbucket.org/svish/iso-3166-country-codes/src/default/countries.sql.

Also included a copy of the latest version below. If you want to be 100% sure you get the latest, use the link above though. I might forget to update the post ;)

/**
* Country names, continent names and ISO-3166 codes.
*
* @updated 2013-05-13
* @link http://www.geekality.net/?p=1182
* @link https://bitbucket.org/svish/iso-3166-country-codes
*
*/
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `continents` (
`code` CHAR(2) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Continent code',
`name` VARCHAR(255),
PRIMARY KEY (`code`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

INSERT INTO `continents` VALUES
('AF', 'Africa'),
('AS', 'Asia'),
('EU', 'Europe'),
('NA', 'North America'),
('SA', 'South America'),
('OC', 'Oceania'),
('AN', 'Antarctica');

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `countries` (
`code` CHAR(2) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)',
`name` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'English country name',
`full_name` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Full English country name',
`iso3` CHAR(3) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Three-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)',
`number` SMALLINT(3) ZEROFILL NOT NULL COMMENT 'Three-digit country number (ISO 3166-1 numeric)',
`continent_code` CHAR(2) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`code`),
KEY `continent_code` (`continent_code`),
CONSTRAINT `fk_countries_continents` FOREIGN KEY (`continent_code`) REFERENCES `continents` (`code`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

INSERT INTO `countries` (`code`, `continent_code`, `name`, `iso3`, `number`, `full_name`) VALUES
('AF', 'AS', "Afghanistan", 'AFG', '004', "Islamic Republic of Afghanistan"),
('AX', 'EU', "Åland Islands", 'ALA', '248', "Åland Islands"),
('AL', 'EU', "Albania", 'ALB', '008', "Republic of Albania"),
('DZ', 'AF', "Algeria", 'DZA', '012', "People's Democratic Republic of Algeria"),
('AS', 'OC', "American Samoa", 'ASM', '016', "American Samoa"),
('AD', 'EU', "Andorra", 'AND', '020', "Principality of Andorra"),
('AO', 'AF', "Angola", 'AGO', '024', "Republic of Angola"),
('AI', 'NA', "Anguilla", 'AIA', '660', "Anguilla"),
('AQ', 'AN', "Antarctica", 'ATA', '010', "Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S)"),
('AG', 'NA', "Antigua and Barbuda", 'ATG', '028', "Antigua and Barbuda"),
('AR', 'SA', "Argentina", 'ARG', '032', "Argentine Republic"),
('AM', 'AS', "Armenia", 'ARM', '051', "Republic of Armenia"),
('AW', 'NA', "Aruba", 'ABW', '533', "Aruba"),
('AU', 'OC', "Australia", 'AUS', '036', "Commonwealth of Australia"),
('AT', 'EU', "Austria", 'AUT', '040', "Republic of Austria"),
('AZ', 'AS', "Azerbaijan", 'AZE', '031', "Republic of Azerbaijan"),
('BS', 'NA', "Bahamas", 'BHS', '044', "Commonwealth of the Bahamas"),
('BH', 'AS', "Bahrain", 'BHR', '048', "Kingdom of Bahrain"),
('BD', 'AS', "Bangladesh", 'BGD', '050', "People's Republic of Bangladesh"),
('BB', 'NA', "Barbados", 'BRB', '052', "Barbados"),
('BY', 'EU', "Belarus", 'BLR', '112', "Republic of Belarus"),
('BE', 'EU', "Belgium", 'BEL', '056', "Kingdom of Belgium"),
('BZ', 'NA', "Belize", 'BLZ', '084', "Belize"),
('BJ', 'AF', "Benin", 'BEN', '204', "Republic of Benin"),
('BM', 'NA', "Bermuda", 'BMU', '060', "Bermuda"),
('BT', 'AS', "Bhutan", 'BTN', '064', "Kingdom of Bhutan"),
('BO', 'SA', "Bolivia", 'BOL', '068', "Plurinational State of Bolivia"),
('BQ', 'NA', "Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba", 'BES', '535', "Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba"),
('BA', 'EU', "Bosnia and Herzegovina", 'BIH', '070', "Bosnia and Herzegovina"),
('BW', 'AF', "Botswana", 'BWA', '072', "Republic of Botswana"),
('BV', 'AN', "Bouvet Island (Bouvetoya)", 'BVT', '074', "Bouvet Island (Bouvetoya)"),
('BR', 'SA', "Brazil", 'BRA', '076', "Federative Republic of Brazil"),
('IO', 'AS', "British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago)", 'IOT', '086', "British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago)"),
('VG', 'NA', "British Virgin Islands", 'VGB', '092', "British Virgin Islands"),
('BN', 'AS', "Brunei Darussalam", 'BRN', '096', "Brunei Darussalam"),
('BG', 'EU', "Bulgaria", 'BGR', '100', "Republic of Bulgaria"),
('BF', 'AF', "Burkina Faso", 'BFA', '854', "Burkina Faso"),
('BI', 'AF', "Burundi", 'BDI', '108', "Republic of Burundi"),
('KH', 'AS', "Cambodia", 'KHM', '116', "Kingdom of Cambodia"),
('CM', 'AF', "Cameroon", 'CMR', '120', "Republic of Cameroon"),
('CA', 'NA', "Canada", 'CAN', '124', "Canada"),
('CV', 'AF', "Cape Verde", 'CPV', '132', "Republic of Cape Verde"),
('KY', 'NA', "Cayman Islands", 'CYM', '136', "Cayman Islands"),
('CF', 'AF', "Central African Republic", 'CAF', '140', "Central African Republic"),
('TD', 'AF', "Chad", 'TCD', '148', "Republic of Chad"),
('CL', 'SA', "Chile", 'CHL', '152', "Republic of Chile"),
('CN', 'AS', "China", 'CHN', '156', "People's Republic of China"),
('CX', 'AS', "Christmas Island", 'CXR', '162', "Christmas Island"),
('CC', 'AS', "Cocos (Keeling) Islands", 'CCK', '166', "Cocos (Keeling) Islands"),
('CO', 'SA', "Colombia", 'COL', '170', "Republic of Colombia"),
('KM', 'AF', "Comoros", 'COM', '174', "Union of the Comoros"),
('CD', 'AF', "Congo", 'COD', '180', "Democratic Republic of the Congo"),
('CG', 'AF', "Congo", 'COG', '178', "Republic of the Congo"),
('CK', 'OC', "Cook Islands", 'COK', '184', "Cook Islands"),
('CR', 'NA', "Costa Rica", 'CRI', '188', "Republic of Costa Rica"),
('CI', 'AF', "Cote d'Ivoire", 'CIV', '384', "Republic of Cote d'Ivoire"),
('HR', 'EU', "Croatia", 'HRV', '191', "Republic of Croatia"),
('CU', 'NA', "Cuba", 'CUB', '192', "Republic of Cuba"),
('CW', 'NA', "Curaçao", 'CUW', '531', "Curaçao"),
('CY', 'AS', "Cyprus", 'CYP', '196', "Republic of Cyprus"),
('CZ', 'EU', "Czech Republic", 'CZE', '203', "Czech Republic"),
('DK', 'EU', "Denmark", 'DNK', '208', "Kingdom of Denmark"),
('DJ', 'AF', "Djibouti", 'DJI', '262', "Republic of Djibouti"),
('DM', 'NA', "Dominica", 'DMA', '212', "Commonwealth of Dominica"),
('DO', 'NA', "Dominican Republic", 'DOM', '214', "Dominican Republic"),
('EC', 'SA', "Ecuador", 'ECU', '218', "Republic of Ecuador"),
('EG', 'AF', "Egypt", 'EGY', '818', "Arab Republic of Egypt"),
('SV', 'NA', "El Salvador", 'SLV', '222', "Republic of El Salvador"),
('GQ', 'AF', "Equatorial Guinea", 'GNQ', '226', "Republic of Equatorial Guinea"),
('ER', 'AF', "Eritrea", 'ERI', '232', "State of Eritrea"),
('EE', 'EU', "Estonia", 'EST', '233', "Republic of Estonia"),
('ET', 'AF', "Ethiopia", 'ETH', '231', "Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia"),
('FO', 'EU', "Faroe Islands", 'FRO', '234', "Faroe Islands"),
('FK', 'SA', "Falkland Islands (Malvinas)", 'FLK', '238', "Falkland Islands (Malvinas)"),
('FJ', 'OC', "Fiji", 'FJI', '242', "Republic of Fiji"),
('FI', 'EU', "Finland", 'FIN', '246', "Republic of Finland"),
('FR', 'EU', "France", 'FRA', '250', "French Republic"),
('GF', 'SA', "French Guiana", 'GUF', '254', "French Guiana"),
('PF', 'OC', "French Polynesia", 'PYF', '258', "French Polynesia"),
('TF', 'AN', "French Southern Territories", 'ATF', '260', "French Southern Territories"),
('GA', 'AF', "Gabon", 'GAB', '266', "Gabonese Republic"),
('GM', 'AF', "Gambia", 'GMB', '270', "Republic of the Gambia"),
('GE', 'AS', "Georgia", 'GEO', '268', "Georgia"),
('DE', 'EU', "Germany", 'DEU', '276', "Federal Republic of Germany"),
('GH', 'AF', "Ghana", 'GHA', '288', "Republic of Ghana"),
('GI', 'EU', "Gibraltar", 'GIB', '292', "Gibraltar"),
('GR', 'EU', "Greece", 'GRC', '300', "Hellenic Republic Greece"),
('GL', 'NA', "Greenland", 'GRL', '304', "Greenland"),
('GD', 'NA', "Grenada", 'GRD', '308', "Grenada"),
('GP', 'NA', "Guadeloupe", 'GLP', '312', "Guadeloupe"),
('GU', 'OC', "Guam", 'GUM', '316', "Guam"),
('GT', 'NA', "Guatemala", 'GTM', '320', "Republic of Guatemala"),
('GG', 'EU', "Guernsey", 'GGY', '831', "Bailiwick of Guernsey"),
('GN', 'AF', "Guinea", 'GIN', '324', "Republic of Guinea"),
('GW', 'AF', "Guinea-Bissau", 'GNB', '624', "Republic of Guinea-Bissau"),
('GY', 'SA', "Guyana", 'GUY', '328', "Co-operative Republic of Guyana"),
('HT', 'NA', "Haiti", 'HTI', '332', "Republic of Haiti"),
('HM', 'AN', "Heard Island and McDonald Islands", 'HMD', '334', "Heard Island and McDonald Islands"),
('VA', 'EU', "Holy See (Vatican City State)", 'VAT', '336', "Holy See (Vatican City State)"),
('HN', 'NA', "Honduras", 'HND', '340', "Republic of Honduras"),
('HK', 'AS', "Hong Kong", 'HKG', '344', "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China"),
('HU', 'EU', "Hungary", 'HUN', '348', "Hungary"),
('IS', 'EU', "Iceland", 'ISL', '352', "Republic of Iceland"),
('IN', 'AS', "India", 'IND', '356', "Republic of India"),
('ID', 'AS', "Indonesia", 'IDN', '360', "Republic of Indonesia"),
('IR', 'AS', "Iran", 'IRN', '364', "Islamic Republic of Iran"),
('IQ', 'AS', "Iraq", 'IRQ', '368', "Republic of Iraq"),
('IE', 'EU', "Ireland", 'IRL', '372', "Ireland"),
('IM', 'EU', "Isle of Man", 'IMN', '833', "Isle of Man"),
('IL', 'AS', "Israel", 'ISR', '376', "State of Israel"),
('IT', 'EU', "Italy", 'ITA', '380', "Italian Republic"),
('JM', 'NA', "Jamaica", 'JAM', '388', "Jamaica"),
('JP', 'AS', "Japan", 'JPN', '392', "Japan"),
('JE', 'EU', "Jersey", 'JEY', '832', "Bailiwick of Jersey"),
('JO', 'AS', "Jordan", 'JOR', '400', "Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan"),
('KZ', 'AS', "Kazakhstan", 'KAZ', '398', "Republic of Kazakhstan"),
('KE', 'AF', "Kenya", 'KEN', '404', "Republic of Kenya"),
('KI', 'OC', "Kiribati", 'KIR', '296', "Republic of Kiribati"),
('KP', 'AS', "Korea", 'PRK', '408', "Democratic People's Republic of Korea"),
('KR', 'AS', "Korea", 'KOR', '410', "Republic of Korea"),
('KW', 'AS', "Kuwait", 'KWT', '414', "State of Kuwait"),
('KG', 'AS', "Kyrgyz Republic", 'KGZ', '417', "Kyrgyz Republic"),
('LA', 'AS', "Lao People's Democratic Republic", 'LAO', '418', "Lao People's Democratic Republic"),
('LV', 'EU', "Latvia", 'LVA', '428', "Republic of Latvia"),
('LB', 'AS', "Lebanon", 'LBN', '422', "Lebanese Republic"),
('LS', 'AF', "Lesotho", 'LSO', '426', "Kingdom of Lesotho"),
('LR', 'AF', "Liberia", 'LBR', '430', "Republic of Liberia"),
('LY', 'AF', "Libya", 'LBY', '434', "Libya"),
('LI', 'EU', "Liechtenstein", 'LIE', '438', "Principality of Liechtenstein"),
('LT', 'EU', "Lithuania", 'LTU', '440', "Republic of Lithuania"),
('LU', 'EU', "Luxembourg", 'LUX', '442', "Grand Duchy of Luxembourg"),
('MO', 'AS', "Macao", 'MAC', '446', "Macao Special Administrative Region of China"),
('MK', 'EU', "Macedonia", 'MKD', '807', "Republic of Macedonia"),
('MG', 'AF', "Madagascar", 'MDG', '450', "Republic of Madagascar"),
('MW', 'AF', "Malawi", 'MWI', '454', "Republic of Malawi"),
('MY', 'AS', "Malaysia", 'MYS', '458', "Malaysia"),
('MV', 'AS', "Maldives", 'MDV', '462', "Republic of Maldives"),
('ML', 'AF', "Mali", 'MLI', '466', "Republic of Mali"),
('MT', 'EU', "Malta", 'MLT', '470', "Republic of Malta"),
('MH', 'OC', "Marshall Islands", 'MHL', '584', "Republic of the Marshall Islands"),
('MQ', 'NA', "Martinique", 'MTQ', '474', "Martinique"),
('MR', 'AF', "Mauritania", 'MRT', '478', "Islamic Republic of Mauritania"),
('MU', 'AF', "Mauritius", 'MUS', '480', "Republic of Mauritius"),
('YT', 'AF', "Mayotte", 'MYT', '175', "Mayotte"),
('MX', 'NA', "Mexico", 'MEX', '484', "United Mexican States"),
('FM', 'OC', "Micronesia", 'FSM', '583', "Federated States of Micronesia"),
('MD', 'EU', "Moldova", 'MDA', '498', "Republic of Moldova"),
('MC', 'EU', "Monaco", 'MCO', '492', "Principality of Monaco"),
('MN', 'AS', "Mongolia", 'MNG', '496', "Mongolia"),
('ME', 'EU', "Montenegro", 'MNE', '499', "Montenegro"),
('MS', 'NA', "Montserrat", 'MSR', '500', "Montserrat"),
('MA', 'AF', "Morocco", 'MAR', '504', "Kingdom of Morocco"),
('MZ', 'AF', "Mozambique", 'MOZ', '508', "Republic of Mozambique"),
('MM', 'AS', "Myanmar", 'MMR', '104', "Republic of the Union of Myanmar"),
('NA', 'AF', "Namibia", 'NAM', '516', "Republic of Namibia"),
('NR', 'OC', "Nauru", 'NRU', '520', "Republic of Nauru"),
('NP', 'AS', "Nepal", 'NPL', '524', "Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal"),
('NL', 'EU', "Netherlands", 'NLD', '528', "Kingdom of the Netherlands"),
('NC', 'OC', "New Caledonia", 'NCL', '540', "New Caledonia"),
('NZ', 'OC', "New Zealand", 'NZL', '554', "New Zealand"),
('NI', 'NA', "Nicaragua", 'NIC', '558', "Republic of Nicaragua"),
('NE', 'AF', "Niger", 'NER', '562', "Republic of Niger"),
('NG', 'AF', "Nigeria", 'NGA', '566', "Federal Republic of Nigeria"),
('NU', 'OC', "Niue", 'NIU', '570', "Niue"),
('NF', 'OC', "Norfolk Island", 'NFK', '574', "Norfolk Island"),
('MP', 'OC', "Northern Mariana Islands", 'MNP', '580', "Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands"),
('NO', 'EU', "Norway", 'NOR', '578', "Kingdom of Norway"),
('OM', 'AS', "Oman", 'OMN', '512', "Sultanate of Oman"),
('PK', 'AS', "Pakistan", 'PAK', '586', "Islamic Republic of Pakistan"),
('PW', 'OC', "Palau", 'PLW', '585', "Republic of Palau"),
('PS', 'AS', "Palestine", 'PSE', '275', "State of Palestine"),
('PA', 'NA', "Panama", 'PAN', '591', "Republic of Panama"),
('PG', 'OC', "Papua New Guinea", 'PNG', '598', "Independent State of Papua New Guinea"),
('PY', 'SA', "Paraguay", 'PRY', '600', "Republic of Paraguay"),
('PE', 'SA', "Peru", 'PER', '604', "Republic of Peru"),
('PH', 'AS', "Philippines", 'PHL', '608', "Republic of the Philippines"),
('PN', 'OC', "Pitcairn Islands", 'PCN', '612', "Pitcairn Islands"),
('PL', 'EU', "Poland", 'POL', '616', "Republic of Poland"),
('PT', 'EU', "Portugal", 'PRT', '620', "Portuguese Republic"),
('PR', 'NA', "Puerto Rico", 'PRI', '630', "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico"),
('QA', 'AS', "Qatar", 'QAT', '634', "State of Qatar"),
('RE', 'AF', "Réunion", 'REU', '638', "Réunion"),
('RO', 'EU', "Romania", 'ROU', '642', "Romania"),
('RU', 'EU', "Russian Federation", 'RUS', '643', "Russian Federation"),
('RW', 'AF', "Rwanda", 'RWA', '646', "Republic of Rwanda"),
('BL', 'NA', "Saint Barthélemy", 'BLM', '652', "Saint Barthélemy"),
('SH', 'AF', "Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha", 'SHN', '654', "Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha"),
('KN', 'NA', "Saint Kitts and Nevis", 'KNA', '659', "Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis"),
('LC', 'NA', "Saint Lucia", 'LCA', '662', "Saint Lucia"),
('MF', 'NA', "Saint Martin", 'MAF', '663', "Saint Martin (French part)"),
('PM', 'NA', "Saint Pierre and Miquelon", 'SPM', '666', "Saint Pierre and Miquelon"),
('VC', 'NA', "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", 'VCT', '670', "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"),
('WS', 'OC', "Samoa", 'WSM', '882', "Independent State of Samoa"),
('SM', 'EU', "San Marino", 'SMR', '674', "Republic of San Marino"),
('ST', 'AF', "Sao Tome and Principe", 'STP', '678', "Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe"),
('SA', 'AS', "Saudi Arabia", 'SAU', '682', "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"),
('SN', 'AF', "Senegal", 'SEN', '686', "Republic of Senegal"),
('RS', 'EU', "Serbia", 'SRB', '688', "Republic of Serbia"),
('SC', 'AF', "Seychelles", 'SYC', '690', "Republic of Seychelles"),
('SL', 'AF', "Sierra Leone", 'SLE', '694', "Republic of Sierra Leone"),
('SG', 'AS', "Singapore", 'SGP', '702', "Republic of Singapore"),
('SX', 'NA', "Sint Maarten (Dutch part)", 'SXM', '534', "Sint Maarten (Dutch part)"),
('SK', 'EU', "Slovakia (Slovak Republic)", 'SVK', '703', "Slovakia (Slovak Republic)"),
('SI', 'EU', "Slovenia", 'SVN', '705', "Republic of Slovenia"),
('SB', 'OC', "Solomon Islands", 'SLB', '090', "Solomon Islands"),
('SO', 'AF', "Somalia", 'SOM', '706', "Somali Republic"),
('ZA', 'AF', "South Africa", 'ZAF', '710', "Republic of South Africa"),
('GS', 'AN', "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands", 'SGS', '239', "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands"),
('SS', 'AF', "South Sudan", 'SSD', '728', "Republic of South Sudan"),
('ES', 'EU', "Spain", 'ESP', '724', "Kingdom of Spain"),
('LK', 'AS', "Sri Lanka", 'LKA', '144', "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka"),
('SD', 'AF', "Sudan", 'SDN', '729', "Republic of Sudan"),
('SR', 'SA', "Suriname", 'SUR', '740', "Republic of Suriname"),
('SJ', 'EU', "Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands", 'SJM', '744', "Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands"),
('SZ', 'AF', "Swaziland", 'SWZ', '748', "Kingdom of Swaziland"),
('SE', 'EU', "Sweden", 'SWE', '752', "Kingdom of Sweden"),
('CH', 'EU', "Switzerland", 'CHE', '756', "Swiss Confederation"),
('SY', 'AS', "Syrian Arab Republic", 'SYR', '760', "Syrian Arab Republic"),
('TW', 'AS', "Taiwan", 'TWN', '158', "Taiwan, Province of China"),
('TJ', 'AS', "Tajikistan", 'TJK', '762', "Republic of Tajikistan"),
('TZ', 'AF', "Tanzania", 'TZA', '834', "United Republic of Tanzania"),
('TH', 'AS', "Thailand", 'THA', '764', "Kingdom of Thailand"),
('TL', 'AS', "Timor-Leste", 'TLS', '626', "Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste"),
('TG', 'AF', "Togo", 'TGO', '768', "Togolese Republic"),
('TK', 'OC', "Tokelau", 'TKL', '772', "Tokelau"),
('TO', 'OC', "Tonga", 'TON', '776', "Kingdom of Tonga"),
('TT', 'NA', "Trinidad and Tobago", 'TTO', '780', "Republic of Trinidad and Tobago"),
('TN', 'AF', "Tunisia", 'TUN', '788', "Tunisian Republic"),
('TR', 'AS', "Turkey", 'TUR', '792', "Republic of Turkey"),
('TM', 'AS', "Turkmenistan", 'TKM', '795', "Turkmenistan"),
('TC', 'NA', "Turks and Caicos Islands", 'TCA', '796', "Turks and Caicos Islands"),
('TV', 'OC', "Tuvalu", 'TUV', '798', "Tuvalu"),
('UG', 'AF', "Uganda", 'UGA', '800', "Republic of Uganda"),
('UA', 'EU', "Ukraine", 'UKR', '804', "Ukraine"),
('AE', 'AS', "United Arab Emirates", 'ARE', '784', "United Arab Emirates"),
('GB', 'EU', "United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland", 'GBR', '826', "United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland"),
('US', 'NA', "United States of America", 'USA', '840', "United States of America"),
('UM', 'OC', "United States Minor Outlying Islands", 'UMI', '581', "United States Minor Outlying Islands"),
('VI', 'NA', "United States Virgin Islands", 'VIR', '850', "United States Virgin Islands"),
('UY', 'SA', "Uruguay", 'URY', '858', "Eastern Republic of Uruguay"),
('UZ', 'AS', "Uzbekistan", 'UZB', '860', "Republic of Uzbekistan"),
('VU', 'OC', "Vanuatu", 'VUT', '548', "Republic of Vanuatu"),
('VE', 'SA', "Venezuela", 'VEN', '862', "Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela"),
('VN', 'AS', "Vietnam", 'VNM', '704', "Socialist Republic of Vietnam"),
('WF', 'OC', "Wallis and Futuna", 'WLF', '876', "Wallis and Futuna"),
('EH', 'AF', "Western Sahara", 'ESH', '732', "Western Sahara"),
('YE', 'AS', "Yemen", 'YEM', '887', "Yemen"),
('ZM', 'AF', "Zambia", 'ZMB', '894', "Republic of Zambia"),
('ZW', 'AF', "Zimbabwe", 'ZWE', '716', "Republic of Zimbabwe");

Simple automated website deployment via GitHub

Torleif — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:53:33 +0000

Here is a very simple way to add automatic deployment via GitHub. This assumes

You have shell access to your web host
Your website is in a repository on GitHub
CGI scripts are enabled for your website
That git (and optionally composer if you use that) is installed

Initial pull

Log on to your web host and do the initial pull.

$ cd path/to/website
$ git clone https://github.com/<you>/<website>.git .

Deployment script

Put the following script in a file named for example deploy.cgi in your website root.

#!/bin/bash
echo Content-type: text/plain
echo

export PATH=~/bin/:$PATH

git pull
composer.phar install
echo DONE

I’m on Dreamhost and the export line is so the cgi script will use the composer.phar and php symlink located in ~/bin. See this post for more info.

Add execute rights to the script.

$ chmod u+x deploy.cgi

You should now be able to visit http:///deploy.cgi in your browser and see output like this:

Already up-to-date.
Loading composer repositories with package information
Installing dependencies from lock file
Nothing to install or update
Generating autoload files
DONE

Set up GitHub service hook

Go to https://github.com///settings/hooks, click on WebHook URLs and enter the full URL to your script, http:///deploy.cgi

Test it out

With this set up you should be able to make a change at your dev machine, commit it and push it to GitHub. The script should then be executed shortly after and your website should be updated automatically. Pretty cool

This is of course ultra simple, and if this is a critical site you should probably add some security of some sort. A simple version could be to use a cryptic name like a guid for the script and of course not have this script checked in at GitHub. You might also perhaps want to only pull from a certain branch or things like that, but for a small simple site this works pretty well as long as you remember to only push to GitHub when you have a working set of commits ;)