PHP Archives - Lance Cleveland

AWS LEMP Stacks and EFS Issues

December 11, 2019lcleveland

Lesson learned — if you are using EFS on production systems you want to be using provisioned throughput mode. But, before we get into that, let’s go over the details…Continue readingAWS LEMP Stacks and EFS Issues

PHP Programming Technology WordPress

Ubuntu Trusty: PHP 7.2 MIA

May 8, 2019lcleveland

Working with Varying Vagrant Vagrants today and having problems spinning up a new box? Don’t blame yourself. It appears that the PHP 7.2 libs… in fact ALL of the PHP…Continue readingUbuntu Trusty: PHP 7.2 MIA

Networks PHP Technology

High Volume Tuning PHP FPM on nginx

February 25, 2019lcleveland

As the My Store Locator Plus® service continues to grow we are finding it more important than ever to fine tune our web server and PHP processes to better serve…Continue readingHigh Volume Tuning PHP FPM on nginx

Development PHP

PHP __set() Magic Method Conundrum

August 1, 2018lcleveland

I am completely baffled by this one and hope one of my techie friends can help. I’m using a PHP class with magic methods to set and get the properties…Continue readingPHP __set() Magic Method Conundrum

PHP Programming WordPress

Improving wp_delete_post in WordPress Core

February 8, 2018lcleveland

One of the common processes that runs in Store Locator Plus is deleting locations. For sites with a few dozen locations the process runs smoothly. For sites with thousands…Continue readingImproving wp_delete_post in WordPress Core

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Should The WordPress PHP Version Be Updated?

December 15, 2017lcleveland

WordPress LOVES backwards compatibility as can be witnessed by the minimum-allowed WordPress PHP version remaining at 5.2.4 a decade after its end-of-life date. It may be one of the reasons they…Continue readingShould The WordPress PHP Version Be Updated?

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wp_enqueue_scripts Deep Dive

December 4, 2017lcleveland

While trying to figure out why the footer-loaded scripts in Store Locator Plus are not being output on some admin page, I went deep down the rabbit hole of the…Continue readingwp_enqueue_scripts Deep Dive

Databases PHP Technology WordPress

WordPress 4.8.2 Data Query Woes

September 21, 2017lcleveland

Millions of websites across the Internet were automatically updated to WordPress 4.8.2 yesterday. Thousands of those sites have key components that are no longer working. Many of those…Continue readingWordPress 4.8.2 Data Query Woes

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PHP Autoload and Singleton(ish) Model

August 17, 2017December 7, 2022lcleveland

Once every couple of years I take a month off from hacking away at the Store Locator Plus products and delve into some personal projects. It is a way to…Continue readingPHP Autoload and Singleton(ish) Model