Following on from my previous blog post showing how to configure PHP 8.1 based NGINX Azure App Services, another common change is wanting to update PHP.ini config to do things such as increase the max upload file size and timezone etc. When using Apache, PHP options can be set in the .htaccess file at a … Read more
As of 28th November 2022 PHP 7.4 will no longer be supported and as such users must migrate onto the latest supported version PHP 8.1. NOTE: Windows based Azure app services do not support PHP 8.1 and as such will no longer be supporting PHP after this date. So, in the various environments I manage … Read more
When using Internet Explorer you may encounter the following page: This can be caused by a range of things, including as anybody who works with Azure firewall will know – the Azure firewall block page. So after entering some complex Azure firewall application rules I was surprised when one of the affected VMs could not … Read more
Having deployed a large Azure VMWare Solution (AVS) environment last year with just under 300 VMs and x7 nodes, we started seeing issues with our backup infrastructure not performing and in some cases failing completely. Before I detail my findings and the solution I will give a brief overview of how AVS backups work. Microsoft … Read more
Recently when developing a large WordPress WooCommerce site for a customer with hundreds of products I encountered a challenge – uniform product short descriptions. Short descriptions generally appear alongside the product image and below the product name and price, although this can depend on how your theme is layed out. They are designed to give … Read more