Viewing PHP settings Overview Default PHP settings may be viewed either as a standalone page or within an application using phpinfo() or ini_get()....
Writing to files Overview PHP operates as a separate user to enhance security across the server. In the event of a hacking event...
Changing PHP settings Overview Certain default PHP settings may be insufficient for an application. For example, it may be necessary to accept large file...
Using Composer Overview Composer is a dependency manager for PHP akin to npm for Node and Bundler for Ruby. Composer is provided with...
Increasing max file upload size Overview By default, file uploads are restricted to less than 32 MB, on a server-by-server basis, to prevent abuse by...
Troubleshooting PHP Overview PHP can fail for a variety of reasons. This is a growing list of reasons for which a PHP...
Installing Laravel Overview Laravel is a PHP framework built around abstraction: do more with less coding. Laravel runs off PHP and MySQL....
Switching PHP versions Overview All platforms run a secondary web server with an older version of PHP other than the default. On newer platforms, v6+, this...
Working with Laravel config:cache Laravel provides a static cache utility via Artisan to collapse configuration under config/ into a single file to boost performance. Configuration...
Displaying errors on-screen for debugging Overview During early development of a PHP application or to debug a problem, errors should be displayed in-browser to help spot...