Disable Gutenberg For Custom Post Type
If you want to disable Gutenberg for your Custom Post Type (in this example, it is CPT my_cpt), you can use this snippet: … Read more
SQL: Delete All Rows Except Last X
If you want to delete all rows from a table but exclude the last X rows (in this case 20), you can use this SQL statement: Another option would be to use this query to avoid a large list of IDs: … Read more
new self() vs new static() in PHP
What’s the difference between new self() and new static() in PHP? Or is it the same? It is not the same. self refers the class in which the new keyword is actually written. static refers to the class in the hierarchy, where the method has been called. Look at the following example: … Read more
Fix “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page”
In WordPress, you can add pages to the admin backend by using the functions add_menu_page() or add_options_page(). If you use these functions, you may run in an error, that you get: You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page Even if you are a Super Administrator. What went wrong? Both functions allow to … Read more
Fix “504 Gateway Timeout” When Using Laravel Valet
If you get a 504 Gateway Timeout when using Laravel Valet and you want to increate the timeout, you can do this by modifying the file /usr/local/etc/nginx/valet/valet.conf: Now, add these lines: To this block: After saving the file, restart Laravel Valet: Now, the required timeouts should be increased. … Read more
Fix “Error ‘[Errno 17] File exists’ processing ssl/ssl_certificate.pem” When Restoring Mail-in-a-Box
When restoring a blank Mail-in-a-Box, you may get this error: Solution to fix the problem is to run this command before running the restore: After deleting this directory, the restore should run without problems. … Read more
Fix WordPress Subfolder 404 Errors When Using Laravel Forge
If you use WordPress in combination with a Laravel Forge provisioned server, you may encounter problems when WordPress is not installed at the root level. I discovered especially REST errors (404), when the WordPress installation is contained in a subfolder. To fix that problem, add this to your nginx configuration: Replace my_subfolder by the name … Read more
Fix Linux File And Folder Permissions When Using Laravel Forge
If you use Laravel Forge and move some files to another users account (using isolated users), you will have to fix the file and folder permissions. First step is to set the correct owner. You can do that by running: Replace CORRECT_USER by the name of the correct user (the ‘isolated’ username) and replace FOLDERby … Read more
Install Sentry on Ubuntu 18.04 Using Nginx and Letsencrypt Certificates
This tutorial guides you through the setup process of Sentry (onpremise / self hosted) using Ubuntu 18.04, nginx as webserver and LetsEncrypt certificates. First step is to get Ubuntu 18.04 up and running. In my case, I use a cloud server from Hetzner. You should use a server with at least 4GB or RAM, because … Read more
Increase max_allowed_packet Size
max_allowed_packetis a MySQL variable. If you wanto to increase max_allowed_packet, you can use the SQL statement below. First step is to check the current size of max_allowed_packet: Next step is to set max_allowed_packet – in this case to 16MB: Now, max_allowed_packet has been changed. … Read more
Laravel Form Model Binding Generates Empty Input Fields
If you use the HTML package from LaravelCollective to generate your Laravel forms, you may encounter a problem, when you use form model binding. It may occur, that your input fields remain empty. The reason may be, that you’ve copied your creation form to your edit form and copied an empty string as default parameter. … Read more
Log WordPress Database Queries
If you want to debug / log WordPress database queries, you have to enable SAVEQUERIES in wp-config.php: After enabling SAVEQUERIES, add this code to your functions.php or a plugin: This method will create a file wp-content/sql.log and log all your database queries there. … Read more
Configure WordPress Backend Search to Search Titles Only
By default, the WordPress backend search searches for post titles and the post content. If you have a lot of pages, it can be hard to find the correct page when you want to link pages or insert pages to a menu. If you want to change that, so that WordPress only searches for the … Read more
Add Directory to PATH When Using macOS
The default shell when using macOS is ZSH. If you want to add a directory to the PATH variable, you can create a file named ~/.zshenv: Now, you can use this file to add a directory to the path, in this case, ~/.composer/vendor/bin will be added to the PATH: … Read more
Fix “No Xcode or CLT version detected” When Running npm install
When trying to run npm install after setting up a new laravel project, I got these error message: Solution was, to remove the XCode Command Line Tools by running this command: Here you can find the official documentation. After removing the Command Line Tools, I had to setup them again by running: Next try to … Read more
Force Easy Digital Downloads Updater to Check for Updates
By default, Easy Digital Downloads Updater caches the result of the update check for several hours. If you want to force EDD to check for updates again, you can use this SQL statement to delete the cached result: Replace my_wp_db by your WordPress database name and customize wp_options to match your table prefix settings. … Read more
Fix Laravel Valet – MySQL Has Gone Away
There seems to be a bug when using MySQL in combination with the latest macOS release. After some time, MySQL stops working. I discovered the problem mostly when working with WordPress and Laravel Valet. You may discover the problem when you find something similar to “MySQL server has gone away” in MySQL logs or as … Read more
Locate MySQL Log Files When Using macOS
If you use macOS, you may use the following SQL statement to locate your MySQL logs: The output should be something like: Now you can use tail show old and new entries in the logs: Enable Logs If your logs are disabled, you can enable them by using these SQL statements: … Read more
Add Custom CSS to WordPress Backend
If you want to add some custom CSS to your WordPress backend, you can add this to your functions.php: Now, you can add a backend-style.css to your (child) theme folder and start styling your WordPress backend. … Read more
Reset PhpStorm When Using macOS
If you are using macOS and want to reset PhpStorm to its default settings, you can use these commands (run them from a terminal): These commands remove configuration (in Preferences folder), caches (in Caches folder), plugins (in Application Support folder) and logs (in Logs folder). More information can be found here. … Read more