Fixing the “intl” PHP Extension Error for Laravel on Windows When spinning up a fresh Laravel project on a local Windows and Apache environment, you might hit a frustrating runtime blocker: RuntimeExceptionvendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Support\Number.php:476 The “intl” PHP extension is required to use the [format] method. Even if you have uncommented the extension...
A Beginner’s Guide to Hosting and Testing Projects with Vercel If you are stepping into the world of modern web design and front-end development, you have likely heard the name Vercel floating around. At its core, Vercel is a cloud platform specifically built to optimize the deployment experience for front-end...
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If you rely on MySQL Workbench for Schema design, database administration or SQL development then at some point your gonna need to connect to a remote host. Today we take a look at Connecting to a remote MySQL or MariaDB Database and some of the things that may prevent you...
Piloting a CentOS web Server through today’s world of cyber obstacles can be both fun and exciting as well as extremely stressful. If your going to be successful at this then having the right tools and defenses are paramount to success. Today, I will introduce one of the most effective...
Without the right tools Active Directory Auditing can be an extremely painful task not dissimilar to finding a needle in a haystack. Today we’ll take a look at troubleshooting repeated user account lockouts in Active Directory and try to determine from which computer or device the lock is originating. Firstly,...
Have you ever needed to undo an update on CentOS to fix an unintended catastrophic bug that occurred after installing some new package(s)..? Only a week ago this was me 🙁 and the culprit was “yum update”! After upgrading several packages on one of my web server’s I noticed that...
A very popular Web Site Security Audit tool I use to keep track of vulnerabilities as they develop on my website is a service called ScanMyServer. It’s a useful yet inexpensive online tool that does exactly what it promises. It automatically scans a website and emails a full security report...
Watching movies online including your favorite series from the past is an awesome way to spend quality family time. With the ever increasing bandwidth being offered and continuous reduction in the costs of smart and LED TV’s it has gotten quite convenient to stream movies from the comfort of ones...