Category PHP
Introduction This article describes a problem that I ran into while developing an SSH application with PHP 8.0 on Windows 10 and the solution. [Update 2023-08-01] If you need php_ssh2.dll for PHP 8.2 on Windows/XAMPP, see my repository on GitHub…. Continue Reading →
Introduction Recently I decided to deploy a Laravel site so that customers can upload large files privately and securely. Similar to Dropbox but without its bells and whistles. I did not want to share access keys or other secrets. I… Continue Reading →
Introduction For a new project, I must validate Azure Access Tokens in PHP. This requires obtaining the public key to validate the JWT signature. This article shows the process of working with the Azure OpenID Connect Metadata Document to obtain… Continue Reading →
IAM Signblob and Service Accounts A Google Cloud Service Account contains an RSA key pair. When Google Cloud creates a service account an RSA key pair managed by Google Cloud is created. When you create a service account key, another… Continue Reading →
Application Default Credentials This article will cover Google Cloud Application Default Credentials (ADC) and how to create credentials using various methods in PHP. I wrote another article on ADC that includes Python examples. This article is more technical and includes… Continue Reading →
Introduction Once you have an SSL certificate configured, the next step is to redirect unencrypted traffic. There are several methods of doing this. Within your application (Laravel), by the web server (Apache or Nginx) or by the frontend (load balancer)…. Continue Reading →
Introduction Today (June 14, 2021) I answered a question on Stackoverflow regarding the Google Cloud Recommender API that required Python source code. I also created a GitHub Gist to make downloading the code easier. That got me thinking about how… Continue Reading →
Part 1 – The CURL command-line program If curl is not set up correctly for SSL (HTTPS) data transfers an error is displayed. The error message starts like this: curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate… Continue Reading →