PHP And Mysql Error ‘TYPE=MyISAM’ With Failure To Install Php Script
If you install an older PHP script or application that was designed to use MySQL 5.1, under MySQL 5.5 or 5.6, this error will either be displayed on-screen or will be logged in the website’s PHP or...
View ArticleAssigning a Dedicated IP Address to a Website
There are only several situations where you would need to assign and dedicate an IP address to a website on the web-server’s end. Under normal circumstances, you can host 100s of websites, each using...
View ArticleInstalling APC For PHP 5.5
If you need to install and enable the php_apc extension for PHP 5.5 (or 5.6), there is a way to accomplish this. But before you do this, there are a few things you have to be aware of: The last PHP...
View ArticleError “Warning: mysql_pconnect(): MySQL server has gone away…”
If you are having a reoccurring problem where Mysql refuses connections with the following error message: Warning: mysql_pconnect(): MySQL server has gone away in...
View ArticleUpgrading WampDeveloper Simplified
The upgrade process for 95% of WampDeveloper users involves (for the most part) just copying and replacing a few folders and files to keep your previous websites and databases. The process in the...
View ArticleBinding Apache to a Specific Or Secondary IP Address
Apache, by default, will attempt to bind to and listen on these interfaces: 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:443 [::]:80 [::]:443 “0.0.0.0” specifies ALL IPv4 addresses that the system has (including 127.0.0.1)....
View ArticleRotating Apache Logs Daily With RotateLogs.exe
By default, access requests, errors, and some other segmented data, is written into separate log files, which are not rotated by Apache. These log files grow in size as new log data is appended with...
View ArticleQuick WordPress Multisite (MU) Installation and Setup for Different Domains...
WordPress Multisite (or Network) is 1 wordpress installation that enables hosting of multiple different websites and domain names. WordPress Multisite uses the same wordpress base (including the themes...
View ArticleWampDeveloper Pro’s Web-app Auto-Installer Internals
If you are interested in creating your own web-app packages (such as a custom package of WordPress with various themes and plugins integrated and enabled) that are then “one-click” easily (for...
View ArticleInstalling WAMP on Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 has several different installation types (the minimal “Server Core”, “Minimal Server Interface”, “Server with a GUI”, “Full”), and different options/features to select from. Some...
View ArticleRedirect All HTTP Traffic To HTTPS (Port 443)
Redirecting website HTTP (port 80) traffic to HTTPS (port 443) is very easy under Apache. Open the website’s HTTP VirtualHost file. Inside the VirtualHost block, near the very end, add line (with your...
View ArticleRunning EXE and BATCH Files As CGI Scripts In Apache Under Windows
If you need to run an executable file as part of the request made to your server, get its output, and pass that output back to the client, there are 3 things that you have to be aware of: EXE files are...
View ArticleGenerating and Installing Wildcard and Multi-Domain SSL Certificates
Generate a CSR (Cert Signing Request) For a Wildcard Domain Normally, to generate a certificate for a wildcard domain such as *.example.com, all you have to do (when generating the CSR) is specify in...
View ArticleRunning IIS and Apache Together On the Same Server at the Same Time
It is possible to run both IIS and Apache on the same Windows machine, both using port 80 (http) and 443 (https), without any start-up or conflict issues. To do this, you simply configure IIS and...
View ArticleForcing a PDF or DOC to Open in Browser Rather Than Downloading
If you click on a PDF or DOC link on a website, your Browser will either: Download the PDF or DOC (with or without prompting a Save-As). Open the PDF or DOC via Adobe Reader or Microsoft Word – in the...
View ArticleHow to Redirect “/” Root URL to Another Sub-Directory or URL
A typical redirect is usually done from either: The entire website to another website: Redirect / https://www.example.com/ Or from one specific path of a website to another location: Redirect /path...
View ArticleAutomatically Recover From MySQL Crashes and Table Errors
Repair Existing Crashed Databases and Tables From the command line, run a general check and repair of all MyISAM and InnoDB tables: mysqlcheck -u root -p --auto-repair --check --optimize...
View ArticleAuto Correct Broken and Mis-Encoded Links to Your Site
Some percentage of the posted links on the internet to your site will contain commonly made typing mistakes that result in the visitor ending up on a 404 / “Not Found” page. By using Apache’s...
View ArticleMySQL Error “Incorrect integer value ” for column ‘name’ at row 1″
If a PHP script tries to set a string value, such as an empty string, into a MySQL integer data type or column, you will likely see this error message: Incorrect integer value ” for column ‘name’ at...
View ArticleRunning .NET 3.5 App on .NET 4.5 of Windows 8 and Server 2012
There is a very easy way to run .NET 3.5 applications under .NET 4.5 (and 4.0), without having .NET 3.5 installed… Edit the application’s app.exe.config file: C:\WampDeveloper\WampDeveloper.exe.config...
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