In your CakePHP top level folder (the one that has composer.json, src/, vendors/, config/, webroot/) run: composer require tecnickcom/tcpdf You should now have vendor/tecnickcom/tcpdf Now in a controller src/Controller/<ControllerName>Controller.php create an...
CakePHP 3 – Escape to the Global Namespace
This code in CakePHP 3: <?php $date = '31/01/1973'; $ymd = DateTime::createFromFormat('!d/m/Y', $date)->format('Y-m-d'); Causes this error Error: Class 'App\Controller\DateTime' not found This code fixes it: <?php $date = '31/01/1973'; $ymd =...
Checking for port errors on Cisco Switches
Recently had a macbook pro which had a network dongle that was very hot and the network connection stopped working. Found that the dongle was sending garbled signal down the wire and the Cisco switch shutdown the port. # all status show interfaces status # port...
Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud – NIS.exe High CPU on Windows XP SP3 VMWare VMs
Just discovered that one of the patches I installed today on my VMWare hosts fixed an issue I had after installing Symantec Endpoint Protection for Small Business Cloud Hosted Edition The old ESXi build was 106549 the new one is 3872664 ( vSphere 5.1 3b ) I don't know...
Dell iDRAC 6 – SEC_ERROR_REUSED_ISSUER_AND_SERIAL Firefox Error
Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to 172.16.98.XXX. You have received an invalid certificate. Please contact the server administrator or email correspondent and give them the following information: Your certificate contains the same serial...
nginx suddenly can’t proxy to non-standard ports – Boolean SeLinux
I did an upgrade recently and suddenly nginx wasn't forwarding requests to remote hosts on non-standard ports.... this was on a CentOS host which had seLinux enabled. Turn seLinux off temporarily setenforce 0 Does nginx now work proxying to non-standard ports? Turn it...
Fixed: Second Windows App Runing under Wine 1.8.1 on OSX 10.11.4 Won’t Accept Keyboard Input
I have two wine apps I typically use. If I launch both of them then I can't enter anything into the form fields of either. To fix this I have ran winecfg and unchecked the "Allow the window manager to control the windows" option on the Graphics tab of Wine...
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