xampp: Making CURL available for direct (php.exe/php cli) execution
Open your xampp folder (eg. c:\xampp) and go into the php subfolder (eg. c:\xampp\php). Open the file “php.ini” in a text editor and enable CURL line by replacing the outcommented line...
View ArticleSimple to use Windows SMTP test server for developers
If you are developing on a windows server using xampp or a similar webserver package you might run into issues with testing functions that reply on emails. That’s because windows got no built in SMTP...
View ArticlePHP: Deleting all files from a folder that reached a certain age (x...
Here a quick example that explains how to delete all files of a folder that are older the x days/minutes/hours/months. This method works under both windows and unix. The custom getCorrectMTime()...
View Articlexampp mailtodisk application problem: no emails are being saved, the tool...
To “fix” the issue, please check the content of your xampp/apache folder. mailtodisk ingores the path settings and write the logs in to a subfolder of the webserver. That means you gonna find your...
View ArticleAutomated unit testing for code igniter 2.x/3.x
Here’s simple method for unit testing in CI 2.x/3.x. The test class in application/controllers < ?php class Frontend_Tests_Controller extends Frontend_Controller{ function __construct(){...
View ArticleDisplaying line numbers as default setting in Jetbrains PHP Storm
To enable line numbers as default on every file you open, you use the settings dialogue: File -> Settings -> (IDE Settings) Editor -> Appearance -> [x] Show line numbers That’s it. Der...
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