NOTE: This is a Work In Progress post, published in note form for now, will revisit at later date. steps to allow multiple versions of php with apache on centos 7 #remove current php and replace target repo sudo yum remove php\* sudo yum-config-manager –disable webtactic sudo yum install centos-release-scl #install php56 sudo yum -y […]
switching apache from mod_php to php-fpm
NOTE: This is a Work In Progress post, published in note form for now, will revisit at later date. steps to move apache away from mod_php and onto php-fpm sudo yum remove php56w sudo yum install php56w-fpm sudo nano /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf listen = 127.0.0.1:9000 ;listen = /run/php-fpm/www.sock sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/virtualhost.conf # configure default php-fpm version #SetHandler […]
Minecraft Pocket Edition Server on a Pi
So it turns out, running a full Minecraft server on a Pi doesn’t lead to a great user experience. Even with only two players at times the lag caused disconnections or blocks to disappear. Our next attempt at a Minecraft server turned to Pocket Edition, and an open source solution called PocketMine, written in our […]
PHPNW 2011 is approching
Last year I wrote a brief post about my first trip to the Manchester based PHP developer conference, PHPNW10. It’s now almost a year later and this years conference is just 1 month away so I think it’s about time I did a little plug for them and try to convince anyone that stumbles upon […]
PHPNW Conference 2010
Last weekend I attended a PHP developer conference here in Manchester hosted by PHPNW. PHPNW is a community of web developers, web designers and anyone else interested in PHP, from the North West of England, who come together once a month to talk with similar like minded people and have a pint or two. The […]