Thoughts, rambling, projects, misc.
I recently reinstalled PHP, and noticed that xdebug would not work from within phpstorm. Getting the message “Connection was not establish”. The way to fix that, was just to ensure that we’re using the proper port. Xdebug 3.x, uses port […]
[Updated 2023-05-05]Commands to launch and to set up my preferred environment in ubuntu. Optionally to setup ZSH and the Z plugin Setup apache. Paste below carefully… Probably want to ensure that your DNS settings are working. Run certbot, or put […]
ensure that the home directory of the user is 0700, and all sub files. other useful commands
phpStorm 2021.3 RC PHP 8.1.0 xdebug 3.1.1 I enjoy the fact that there’s was the ability to change xdebug.file_link_format parameter in php.ini to allow integration between xdebug messages, and your IDE. However, recently, that seems to have broken/changed. The phpstorm:// […]
Easy enough to send emails with Symfony + SymfonyMailer messages out. The issue was once received in a program like Outlook, how do you group them into the same conversation. Instead of flooding an inbox with a ton of emails, […]
php 7.4 w/xdebug 3.0 phpStorm 2020.3 zend_extension=”xdebug.so”xdebug.mode=debug;xdebug.file_link_format=”http://localhost:63342/api/file/%f:%l” This now makes xdebug output links that open phpstorm (which is actively listening on port 63342… phpstorm:// wasn’t working for me anymore… [UPDATE 2021-01-14]zend_extension=”xdebug.so”xdebug.mode=debug;xdebug.file_link_format=”phpstorm://open?file=%f&line=%l“ phpStorm 2020.3.1php 8.0.1xdebug 3.0.1 [UPDATE 2021-11-29] Seems like phpstorm/intelliJ […]
Say you’re a developer and you want all domains that end in “.test” to be redirected to 127.0.0.1 in the past, we’d edit /etc/hosts file and call it a day. But now, with multiple web services, and code that’s shared […]
I was trying to flash a TYWE2s chip ESP8285. Bought an FTDI FT232R chip off amazon, two for something like $15… not realizing that I could use a ESP8266 nodeMCU prototype board to do it. Such a simple hack. You […]
This is “Boots” Economics. — https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/72745-the-reason-that-the-rich-were-so-rich-vimes-reasoned Let’s do the math. I was renting a Power Vented 75gal (PV75) tank. It was 13 years old, and rusting out from the inside. No leaks, but bathwater looked like pond water. GROSS. Safe, […]
Had some worn outlets, house is 13 years old… so, turn off the breaker for that circuit, and replaced the unit. The issue was when I plugged one of those “outlet” testers in, it told me I had an open […]