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nginx and PHP-FPM on PHP 8.4 (Debian 13)
The PHP-FPM pool Debian 13 installs, the php.ini nginx's PHP actually reads, where the socket lives, and the two log lines that tell you which mistake you made.
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Apache, PHP 8.4 and MariaDB on Debian 13 and Ubuntu 24.04
The commands I run to get Apache serving PHP 8.4 out of MariaDB on Debian 13, the MPM switch the package makes for you, the php.ini the web server actually reads, and the module…
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A PHP cURL wrapper for JSON and plain requests
One wrapper around cURL that works out by itself whether a response is JSON, proves it from the Content-Type, and lets a single flag override the header when the server gets it wrong.
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nginx and PHP-FPM on PHP 8.4 (Debian 13)
The PHP-FPM pool Debian 13 installs, the php.ini nginx's PHP actually reads, where the socket lives, and the two log lines that…
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Apache, PHP 8.4 and MariaDB on Debian 13 and Ubuntu 24.04
The commands I run to get Apache serving PHP 8.4 out of MariaDB on Debian 13, the MPM switch the package makes…
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A PHP cURL wrapper for JSON and plain requests
One wrapper around cURL that works out by itself whether a response is JSON, proves it from the Content-Type, and lets a…
PHP
PHP Iterator: collections and database result sets
How I use the PHP Iterator interface: the five methods that make an object walkable with foreach, and iterator_to_array() turning a result…
Apache
How to install the PHP intl extension
The intl extension ships with PHP but is not always enabled: one package and a PHP restart on Debian 13 and AlmaLinux…
PHP
PHP intl: money and dates formatted for the right locale
What I actually use the PHP intl extension for: prices and dates written the way each locale writes them, and the parsing…
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How to invoke dynamically a class method in PHP?
Calling a class method dynamically in PHP with call_user_func, and the simpler ways to do it today: a variable method name and…
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jQuery css methods
The jQuery methods for CSS and DOM manipulation, explained one by one: addClass(), val(), append(), prepend(), and how to insert an element…
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Learn jQuery step by step [ jQuery Course ]
A step by step jQuery course for beginners: what the library does, why it is still worth learning in 2026, how to…
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CSS Pseudo-classes
Pseudo-classes select an element by its state or by its position: the link states, :first-child and :last-child, :focus-visible, :nth-child, :not(), :is(), :where()…