Getting the current time stamp
Easy! Just select: CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
James
LoDash – Comparing equality
Since JavaScript can set a variable equal to a reference of another variable, there are two types of comparisons. Same _.eq will do a same value zero comparison to determine if […]
phpMyAdmin – mbstring not found error
To resolve the mbstring extension not found error with phpMyAdmin, enable the extension. Open your php.ini file and ensure that extensions are enabled, and pointing to the correct directory: extension_dir […]
php manual install – don’t forget to create a global php.ini
When installing PHP on Windows, I used the manual install method. After installing, there are two sample php.ini files in the install directory. If you want a global PHP configuration […]
phpinfo gives a HTTP 500 error on Windows / IIS
When installing PHP on Windows Server, I set up a simple ECHO page to test the install. It worked fine. I tried a simple phpinfo() file, and got a 500 […]
Install PLEX media server from terminal
Grab the installer: 64 bit: wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.3.4.3285-b46e0ea/plexmediaserver_1.3.4.3285-b46e0ea_amd64.deb 32 bit: wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.3.4.3285-b46e0ea/plexmediaserver_1.3.4.3285-b46e0ea_i386.deb Then install manually sudo dpkg -i {the filename} The application should be available at http://{IP ADDRESS / DNS name}:32400/manage/index.html Restart the […]
Cleaning up old kernels (command line)
I manage some headless (command line) servers, so I need a way to remove old kernels without a GUI. I haven’t written a script to do it yet, since I […]
Arrays: Declaring and looping over
PHP arrays are defined with the array() function $myArray = array(“a”, “b”, “c”) And to loop over it: foreach ($myArray as $value){ echo “$value”; }
Persistent storage after closing the browser
For persistent storage after closing the browser, you can use HTML5 “sessionStorage”. It only takes simple values, not complex objects (unless you do some JSON to string conversions). Saving something: […]
Global listeners for stores (React with Reflux)
In my Pokemon application, I am using ES6, which does not support mixins. I noticed that I was using a lot of the same code repeatedly for interacting with my […]