Try installing/enabling the PHP Curl extension. apt-get install php5-curl
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Allow remote access to MYSQL database
To allow remote access to MySql first create a MySql user and assign host as %. CREATE USER ‘newuser’@’%’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’; then grant privileges GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO ‘newuser’@’%’; then flush privileges FLUSH PRIVILEGES; You may need to add the following to /etc/mysql/my.cnf to listen for all ip’s instead of […]
WAMP allow Phpmyadmin access remotely
Edit the file C:\wamp\alias\phpmyadmin.conf Change the line Require local to Require all granted Wampserver 2.5
Safari .local domain names not resolving
When testing a web project using WAMP and Fiddler I could not connect to the virutal host on an iPad running Safari. Worked with other browsers on the devices i.e. Chrome. To get it to resolve I had to change to virtual host from site1.local to site1.lc or anything else but .local.
Git Bash using Laravel Artisan displays escaped characters
If you have output similar to below displaying escaped characters try changing Git Bash options for terminal to xterm-256color ←[33mevent←[39m ←[32mevent:generate←[39m Generate the missing events and listeners based on registration ←[33mhandler←[39m ←[32mhandler:command←[39m Create a new command handler class ←[32mhandler:event←[39m Create a new event handler class ←[33mkey←[39m ←[32mkey:generate←[39m Set the application key ←[33mmake←[39m ←[32mmake:command←[39m Create a […]
Wamp Configuration Virtual Hosts
This guide will change the document root, create a virtual host, bypass proxy(if behind corporate server)for the virtual host. 1. Change 2 entries in httpd.conf DocumentRoot “c:/wamp/www/” to DocumentRoot “d:/webdir/” and <Directory “c:/wamp/www/”> to <Directory “d:/webdir/”> 2. Search for and uncomment the line below to enable virtual hosts # Virtual hosts Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf 3. Add […]
LG Android 5 Proxy Greyed Out
If you have an issue where you cannot save proxy settings for a WiFi network try the below. 1. Hold down the WiFi network and select ‘Modify network’ 2. Select ‘Show advanced options’ 3. Scroll down to proxy and enter the hostname and port 4. If the save box is greyed out re-enter the password […]