Evaluating Software from the Internet Recently I've been evaluating software for personal and client use Today Operating Systems tend to have a severe level of distrust toward software downloaded from random locations and you have to explicitly bypass restrictions to...
James McDonald
The REST API encountered an error
The REST API is one way WordPress, and other applications, communicate with the server. One example is the block editor screen, which relies on this to display, and save, your posts and pages. The REST API request failed due to an error.Error: cURL error 28: Operation...
Moved from Telstra to TPG
So I've just moved from Telstra to TPG The same bandwidth and data for 69.99 down from $90 for the Telstra service. $20 a month difference The service is an NBN50. The bandwidth for both seems to be similar with the typical up and downs observed due to the contended...
OpenVPN Windows Connect Client and Sample .opvn files
If you are using OpenVPN and need a windows client then there is a nice client at https://openvpn.net/client-connect-vpn-for-windows/ However it is difficult to use the normal sample client.conf provided with OpenVPN and it's better to have a client.ovpn file with the...
Flat file copy options for Windows
GUI Options https://fastcopy.jp/en/ - Fast Copy This one seems to have a nice option to elevate to admin and a lot of options as to how to resolve what to copy or mirror. Command Line...
Another option for UPS Vendor
For years I have been using APC or Dell branded UPS's but recently someone installed a different brand on a site I do some work for. So just thought I would post a link on my blog so I can come back to it when quoting UPS options https://www.eaton.com/au/en-gb.html...
Switching PHP version on MacOS with brew
Writing a web application and using the some new bells and whistles in PHP such as $var = $var ?? $othervar; only supported in 7.4 php -v # php7.3 brew unlink [email protected] brew install [email protected]
Getting multiple duplicate Modelless Forms on the same page working with CakePHP 4
I have the need of creating a page with multiple forms on it that have 'copies' and 'printer_id' fields on them. Each form has, or might need separate validation values. My first attempts ended up with the other form with the same field names getting the values from...
How to enable ZipArchive on PHP 7.4
Ubuntu / Debian Find the extension version you want to install # install apt-get install php7.4-zip # enable it phpenmod -v 7.4 zip # check it is enabled php7.4 -i | grep -i zip # restart any services such as php7.4-fpm.service to pick up the change systemctl restart...
You can do PDF Editing with LibreOffice
Just had to edit a PDF and found Libreoffice was able to do it. Remember this Yimmy!
