Install CouchDB & use with JSON and Map-Reduce

CouchDB is another offspring from the open-source, NoSQL, non-relational databases and is maintained under the Apache Foundation. It differs itself form the likes of MongoDB or Cassandra in many ways, except they all store data in so called “documents” that are in JSON format. Utilizing this format allows for data structures which can be hashes, lists, nested arrays and of course scalar values.

This added complexity results in more powerful features, mainly to have a db that is not just a ...

Install JSON PHP Extension on CentOs or RedHat

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is the serialization format that is much lighter than it’s older sibling XML. In addition, JSON is native to JavaScript and it’s object oriented paradigm, hence makes it them perfect partners.

Instead of serializing your code manually, that is writing your own classes and functions, there is a PHP extension that takes on most of the work for you. You just have to install it.

Since I had numerous requests for info and questions relating to JSON extension ...