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9 Dec 2008You can force visitors of your website to use SSL connections (HTTPS) if your web server uses Apache for its web services. Most web hosting providers use Apache for their Linux servers. To automatically redirect someone to the SSL (HTTPS) version of your website place the following at the top level of your website directory [...]
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26 Jul 2008The following error may appear in your Apache error log file or displayed on a PHP web page: Parse Error: syntax error, unexpected $end in ….. scripts.php on line … If you are running PHP 5 then that means you probably need to enable the PHP configuration file option “short_open_tag”. In your php.ini file enable [...]
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29 Apr 2008Sometimes it is useful in the Apache configuration httpd.conf file to only apply configuration settings if a particular module has already been loaded. Or it is useful to load settings in the event an Apache module has not been loaded. Here is how to handle both cases: <IfModule module_identifier> # do these Apache settings if [...]
This blog is about technology related topics. It will primarily contain problems and solutions to IT problems that I encounter on a day-to-day basis. In addition interesting things I come across either on or off the internet will be posted here as well. I will also include step-by-step tutorials to common tasks people may need to do with their computers.