In PHP scripts that run queries to a MySQL database over a long period of time, the connection may time out and give a “MySQL server has gone away” error.
Continue reading post "Automatically reconnect PDO when connection times out"I recently needed to programmatically import SQL files containing database dumps into a database managed by Doctrine ORM.
Continue reading post "Import SQL file in Doctrine / PDO"I only went a little over my 10GB hot spot limit for my first month on the new plan and the first without T Mobile’s coronavirus related unlimited data upgrade.
Continue reading post "#2959"It was recently discovered that Cogneato websites’ HTTPS certificates were cross-signed by an expired AddTrust certificate, and were showing security warnings in old versions of Safari.
Continue reading post "#2949"I was confused why an instance of aria-labelledby was not working properly in some accessibility tests of a navigation button I made for Cogneato, until I noticed that the attribute is supposed to have two “l”s.
It has been a long, weird evening, with a lot of time spent on computer updates and a dead car battery.
Continue reading post "#2916"With T Mobile’s free unlimited data upgrade ending June 30th, but no end in site for my working from home, I upgraded my plan to their “Simply Prepaid Unlimited Plus” level.
Continue reading post "#2911"Recently, one of Cogneato’s client’s site donate form was submitted thousands of times, presumably to fraudulently test credit card numbers.
Continue reading post "#2907"I transferred this site’s domain (tobymackenzie.com) from Dreamhost to Porkbun.
Continue reading post "Domain transferred"I’m kind of excited that we moved the first site onto a new server setup at Cogneato. I had worked off and on on the setup for months before we finally went forward with it. It brings a new OS, new host, new software, and a number of other changes to our previous setup.
Continue reading post "New server setup at Cogneato"