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Rotate Logs With logrotate
A log file that grows forever will eventually fill the disk. Write a logrotate config that renames, compresses and expires old copies, test it…
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Modify the Main Query With pre_get_posts
WordPress builds a query for every page before it runs, and pre_get_posts hands you that query while it is still being built. Change how…
Database Administration
Combine Query Results With UNION in MySQL
A join widens a row by adding columns; UNION instead stacks one result on top of another. Build a single contact list from a…
Programming
Log and Display PHP Errors
PHP decides two things separately: whether to print a problem to the browser, and whether to write it to a file. Set display_errors and…
Server Administration
Set File and Directory Permissions With chmod
Set file and directory permissions with chmod, numerically and symbolically, and you control exactly who can read, write, or execute anything on a Linux…
Programming
Schedule Recurring Tasks With WP-Cron
Schedule recurring tasks with WP-Cron, WordPress's built-in scheduler. This tutorial hooks a task to a custom action, adds a five-minute interval through cron_schedules, schedules…
Database Administration
Write a Subquery in MySQL
Write a subquery in MySQL to answer a question inside a question - a SELECT nested in another statement's WHERE or column list. This…
Programming
Sort and Filter Arrays in PHP
Sort and filter arrays in PHP with the functions built for the job: sort and asort for flat lists, usort to order rows by…
Server Administration
Create a systemd Service
Create a systemd service to keep a long-running program alive - started at boot, restarted on a crash, logs collected. This tutorial writes a…
Server Administration
Enable Gzip Compression in Apache
Enable gzip compression in Apache with mod_deflate and every text response shrinks before it crosses the wire. This tutorial loads the module, sets AddOutputFilterByType…
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