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Andrew Fletcher
How to Create New MySQL User Before you can create a new MySQL user, you need to open a terminal window and launch the MySQL shell as the root user. To do so, enter the following command: sudo mysql –u root –por rather than typing sudo each time you can enter: sudo su mysql -u root -pIn either scenario next type in the root password and press Enter. The prompt will change to mysql>  Database list Can you view the list of databases on the server using the following command: SHOW...
Andrew Fletcher
This short guide explains to you how to extract/unzip .zip archive files to a...
Andrew Fletcher
I prefer htop over top on my Linux server.  Running a Solr index got...
Andrew Fletcher
The generally accepted answer to a mysqldump is: mysqldump -h [host] -u...
Andrew Fletcher
Wanting to create a new repository on GitHub, add in a few of the available...
Andrew Fletcher
On a git pull from remote dev environment to a staging environment running off AWS server... I was greeted with the white screen of death.  While it took me a while to resolve the actual issue, my action plan was as follows:   How to resolve: Look in your log files; Add a few lines to your index.php file   Log files If you have access via ssh they are usually located in /var/log.  To quickly which files have been updated / altered recently, run the following command when...
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I needed the check if a file existed in a directory as the migrate script wasn't...
Andrew Fletcher
Joining a new company / team there is always a lot of new items to...
Andrew Fletcher
Setting up a new project in Docker and VS Code. Using Terminal, go to your...
Andrew Fletcher
Running Docker in a new process and creating a container.   Go to the...
Andrew Fletcher
Updating Drupal from 8.7.10 to 8.8.x or 8.9.x has seen a significant change as it has now moved into 9.x.  It has integrated more with composer, and you can be caught by fatal errors occurring during the update process.  One of these errors for me was the php version.   Site version as set through Plesk is PHP 7.3.12 Using ssh via Terminal the command php -v PHP 7.1.33 (cli) (built: Oct 25 2019 11:33:58) ( NTS ) Whereas, composer update was showing Problem...
Andrew Fletcher
As outlined in an earlier article composer php version, when installing the...
Andrew Fletcher
I had been running a few Centos 6 servers just past their EOL (30th November...
Andrew Fletcher
Regular expressions (regex) are extremely useful in extracting information from...
Andrew Fletcher
I need to set the default php-version of a subscription to php7.3.  The...