Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding()
If you get the error Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding() you are missing the php-mbstring extension.
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Fatal error: Class ‘DOMDocument’ not found
Fix for Fatal error: Class ‘DOMDocument’ not found in PHP
Notice: Undefined index: page and Notice: Undefined index: ipp in Pagination Class
Article how to fix Notice: Undefined index: page and Notice: Undefined index: ipp in Pagination Class
Set timezone in .htaccess for PHP
Article on how to set the timezone in the htaccess file for PHP
Install Memcached on Fedora 14 in the Rackspace Cloud
Install Memcached and the PHP Library on a Fedora 14 server
strtotime with UK date
Info on how to use strtotime with UK date formats
Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function
Getting this in a PHP site I am writing, to fix add this to a common include on your PHP page: date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
Show Errors in PHP using .htaccess
Simply add this to your .htaccess file to show errors in PHP, to surpress them simply change on to off # supress php errors php_flag display_startup_errors on php_flag display_errors on php_flag html_errors on
Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysqli_connect()
Got this error when trying to use MySql in a PHP page on a Fedora install. What had happened is PHP wasn’t installed with MySql support. However it is simple to fix. Open up PuTTY and enter in the following: yum install php-mysql /sbin/service httpd restart
Install Apache, MySql and PHP on Rackspace Cloud Fedora Server
Article detailing how to install Apache, MySQL and PHP on a Rackspace Cloud Fedora instance