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Upgrade Composer – SHA384 is not supported by your openssl extension, could not verify the phar file integrity
Ideally, the PHP package manager Composer can update itself with the command composer self-update Unfortunately, when I ran this command I got [RuntimeException] SHA384 is not supported by your openssl extension, could not verify the phar file integrity This is a known issue (see Composer Issue 7669) but unfortunately the thread does not offer a […]
Local by Flywheel – Import Failed – TypeError: Cannot read property devMode on null
Recently, I tried to import a site into Local by Flywheel and it failed with the message, “TypeError: Cannot read property ‘devMode’ on null”. It turns out the site export was created with “Local Lightning” while I’m using the classic Local by Flywheel. By modifying the local-site.json file in the import, I was still able to import the site.
PHP declare(strict_types=1);
What does declare(strict_types=1); do in PHP? PHP is a weakly typed language, which means that when a value is of the wrong type, PHP tries to cast it to the proper type. For example if you try to add an integer and a string, echo 5 + “3”; PHP will try to cast the string […]
phpcs display sniff name
By default phpcs does NOT display the relevant name of the sniff when a sniff fails. By adding the ‘-s’ argument, the sniff names will be displayed. See the following from ‘phpcs –help’. Alternatively, this can be added to your PHP CodeSniffer XML Ruleset.
Curl Examples Posting Data and Displaying Headers
Curl is a fantastic tool for making web requests from the command line. As a developer, I find this tool particularly useful. Retrieve Content at a URL curl https://salferrarello.com/ Making a HEAD Call Sometimes, we want to see the Header Values returned from a URL using the HEAD. The HTTP HEAD method requests the headers […]
git warning: path is unmerged
Sometimes after running git stash pop, I get a conflict warning and I want to discard any changes to a file. However, when I try to checkout the file I get an error message. Using reset and then checkout, lets me accomplish this goal.
Speed Up Video in Iframe
My wife has to watch some videos as part of an online course. These videos do not have speed controls, however she would like to watch the video at an increased rate (e.g. 1.5x the normal speed). The problem is the video appears in an iframe (which is in itself in an iframe) so targeting the video to change the speed with JavaScript is a little tricky. Here is how I did it.
Pompitus Bombasticus
I’m currently reading Neal Stephenson’s “Fall; or, Dodge in Hell” and it includes a description of a band called Pompitus Bombasticus.
This seemed like the perfect music to listen to when I’m programming. I was disappointed to find out Pompitus Bombasticus does not exist. However, if you too are in search of the mythical Pompitus Bombasticus, I suggest you check out the group Two Steps from Hell (which does actually exist).
setUp() must be compatible with PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase::setUp
When setting up a new site using PHPUnit 8.x and PHP 7.2, I got the error message: setUp() must be compatible with PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase::setUp Because we can now define the method as returning no value (with :void) and this is part of the method definition starting in PHPUnit 8.0.0, we need to add this in our […]