Path_Info & PHP_SELF woes [NginX]
Over the last couple of years I've been constantly researching for a way to get the PHP environment variables to show up correctly. My latest pains were with PATH_INFO and PHP_SELF, which are now...
View ArticleGenerating Ioncube Licenses
Ioncube Encoder Pro or Cerberus is required to generate license files that can be distributed to your customers. Most of the nitty-gritty involved with the make_license executable can be found in the...
View ArticleMimic Apache mod_geoip in Nginx
Maxmind makes a variety of APIs and tools to use their geolocation database and one such tool is the mod_geoip module for Apache. This article will show you how to setup Nginx's own geoip module and...
View ArticleStop Bit.ly from Traversing your Redirects
Bit.ly is one of my favorite URL Shortener, but it has one major flaw when it comes to link building; it tends to drill down to the final destination of a link and shortens the link at the end. This...
View ArticleNginx and Codeigniter The Easy Way
How to get Codeigniter running on NGinx the easy way.
View ArticleNginx Flood Protection with Limit_req
I'll show you a very simple demonstration of Nginx's Limit Request module and how it may be helpful to you in keeping your website up if you are hit by excessive connections or HTTP based...
View ArticleSecuring Nginx and PHP
Getting Nginx and PHP-FPM set up on a system is not all that difficult, but it can take a bit of practice to keep such a system secure. This post recaps on some of the common ways to keep your...
View ArticleAllowing secure WordPress Updates with SSH2
So you want to be able to do automatic updates and plugin/theme installations, but you don't want to leave your files wide open, or give your unprivileged PHP process too much access around the clock....
View ArticleTwitter Timeline Feed with PHP & JSON
I have had my share of users needing help fixing broken implementations with twitter on their own website, such as pulling from an incorrect url, or using the incorrect twitter API format. Most of the...
View ArticleConfiguring Nginx for Nibbleblog 4.0.3
Within is a revised Nginx configuration to utilize friendly urls in NibbleBlog 4.0.3.
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