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UwAmp cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem

28 Jul 202422 Apr 2018 by MrAnt

UwAmp cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate (see http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) If you get the above error you may need to specify a certificate file in your PHP.INI which you can download from https://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem Once downloaded edit your PHP.INI and set the following

Testing Stripe Webhooks with Localhost

28 Jul 202431 Jan 2018 by MrAnt

Stripe allows you to test your webhooks, but if you are running a local development environment such as UwAmp then it is difficult to integrate. The solution is to use Putty to create a reverse tunnel to publish the local dev enviornment through your webserver. On NGinx on the VPS server you need to allow the remote port …

PHP – List a range of dates

28 Jul 202424 Mar 2014 by MrAnt

This will display ten dates starting from yesterday. The words Yesterday and Today will be added to the relevant dates.

Making Life Easier

28 Jul 20243 Oct 2013 by MrAnt

As someone who spends a lot of time at the keyboard I find that RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) is a constant visitor. Working on a laptop, even with a full-sized keyboard I find that the little finger of my left hand is the biggest problem as it spends so much time at the bottom left of the keyboard on the ctrl and shift keys, bent back on itself under my hand.

A fried (thanks Rob) passed me a link to AutoHotKey a utility for scripting the mouse and keyboard and I have found that by remapping the keys on the left of the keyboard this has helped no end. I list my script here for interest, but you will need to find what works for you.

Solved – Slow startup on ICH8R / Asus P5B-E / SATA RAID Disks

28 Jul 202428 Mar 2011 by MrAnt

Since I swapped out four 250Gb SATA drives for two 750Gb drives the startup time has been delayed by a matter of minutes as the ICH8R Raid Controller sat thinking about detecting the new drives. Changing the BIOS setting from RAID to IDE removed the problem completely, but alas no RAID.

I recently came across a known bug on the ICH8R Chipset where the controller would stall for 1.5 minutes if SMART was disabled on the drives. It turned out that the disks SMART status was set to Auto and this was enough to cause the delay. It is not obvious when the disks are in RAID configuration though as there is no setting for SMART. However if you change the Controller to IDE and set the SMART status of the drives to Yes then go back to RAID, this solved the problem in my case. Below are the details of my particular resolution.

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