PHP, the backbone of countless dynamic websites, including the ubiquitous WordPress, continuously evolves to offer developers enhanced performance, cleaner syntax, and more robust features. Understanding the advancements in recent versions is crucial for building and maintaining modern web applications. We completed a easy to read short history of PHP HERE […]
What is PHP & Why Is It Important To WordPress PHP is a server-side scripting language, and it’s crucial to WordPress because WordPress is primarily built using PHP. This means that the core functionality of WordPress, as well as many of its themes and plugins, are written in PHP. When […]
In this short video we demonstrate how to disassemble and replace the battery on an HP x360 laptop. The process is very simple and it applies to most hp laptops of this generation. On our HP envy 360 the back cover was warping because the battery inside was swollen. That […]
This Is the companion video to our for unboxing configuring benchmarking and review of the 27 inch HP Pavilion in all in one CA1000 series. In that video we included a very limited version of this video which provides full assembly of the HP all in one Pavilion computer. Even […]
In this video we look at the very impressive HP Pavilion CA1019. We unbox it; we configure it Windows 11; we benchmark it and then we give you our full review. In this case we are working on the 27″ HP AiO but other than screen size this video review […]
In this video we: unbox the HP Elitebook 840 G8 take the back off, explain the internal parts and how to disassemble them how to change the battery upgrade the RAM upgrade the storage M.2 SSD power the unit up and explain what is missing and what is great At […]
If you have a phpBB forum you may see a php warning: [phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/includes/functions_acp.php on line 65: ob_start(): output handler ‘ob_gzhandler’ conflicts with ‘zlib output compression’ This is simply informing you that some other system is already compressing (‘zip’) your files and so the phpBB […]
If you have a phpBB bulletin board and have recently changed host companies, upgraded your hosting package or changed your PHP level, you may see: General Error SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ] mysql_connect function does not exist, is mysql extension installed? [] An sql error occurred while fetching this page. […]
I recently decided to move a client away from my beloved Juniper EX series switches because of quality issues. A networking buddy suggested Aruba so I dug in and found a lot of half-information or just misinformation. Below are the facts I was able to determine as of March 2019: […]
We have struggled with upgrading phpBB (php Bulletin Board) for years now. Today was our most difficult upgrade yet, simply moving from 3.2.2 to 3.2.5 we received the dreaded: No input file specified. We wrote up a solution to this that worked for us in mid-2018 that you may find […]
It can be quite a challenge to find your and edit a PHP.INI on GoDaddy because php ini may not be where you think it should be and is not likely named what you think it is named. 1: Determine the PHP.INI Your Site Is Using: Create a new text […]
In recent years it has become common for home PC users to use large laptops, considering them more like “small PC’s”. This trend led computer manufacturers to build the laptop computer into the back of a screen and then provide and external keyboard and mouse. This innovation is the “All […]
Now that Google has Auto Ads, you no longer need to struggle to get advertisements onto your phpBB bulletin board. To Add Google Adverts To Your phpBB: Login to your Google AdSense account and expand CONTENT > AUTO ADS > SETUP AUTO ADS (blue text link in top right corner), […]
UPDATE 2019: The processes below were very helpful, but we just upgraded from 3.2.2 to 3.2.5 and needed more effort than what is described below so if if this does not work for you, read our new NO INPUT FILE SPECIFIED fix. I just finished struggling through updating phpBB 3.1 […]
If you are using PHPBB, the most awesome of all the Bulletin Boards, you will likely want to add in your Google Analytics tracking code. The question is how? Well the answer is, in the same place you add in Google AdSense advertisements. Open the following file, using a text […]
This is a touchy subject because the good people that write PHPBB want to receive credit for their hard work… and I personally agree with that. However, I wanted to add in my own Copyright and owner information on each page so and the easiest way to do that was […]