I'm a big fan of Guzzle it's great for making API calls. But when there is an error retur...
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Development,
Design
Need place holder images for a new design? Placeholder is perfect for the job
When prototyping a new layout its convenient to use placeholder images then i...
I was asked today can you run a cronjob only once. My initial answer was no you cannot as the lea...
Today I've released a new PHP package for exporting array data to a CSV file. Often data...
In the new year DC Casts will be launched, a video site for teac...
If you want a quick solution for adding SSL/TLS to your website, then you should definitely go ah...
At work we recently created a survey to find out what training staff had received in the last 12...
The alliteration is the only thing these two professions have in common with one another, yet I m...
Development
Fixing ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'
I had a crash after a reboot, then MySQL would not run, the error I was getting was:
Whenever I get a new Mac or decide to wipe it and start afresh the following are my go-to tools a...
Most applications I work with using PHP 7.2 but I also have legacy projects that need PHP 5.6 sti...
I've switched to Ubuntu, this post documents the development tools I'm using and how...
On a new install of Ubuntu installing Valet worked fine at the composer stage but when tryin...
I adore Sublime Text, I'm often jumping to other editors to use an integrated terminal but no...
Today I received a print copy of my new book Beginning PHP which I co-wrote with Marcus Gray ...