How to safely remove database indexes (without bringing down your application)
Safely remove database indexes by first disabling them
Helping schools and daycares get through Corona with a free tool
Cu.be published a free tool to help schools and daycares get through the difficult Corona times by easing their administrative burden when they have to partially or completely close due to Corona infections. We’ll share the URL before explaining what it’s all about below : https://school.cu.be With Corona wave number 4 arriving throughout the world […]
Detecting if an IP address is in a certain range in PHP
Here is another trick that can make your job easier! If you ever need to detect whether an IP address (let’s say 192.168.0.2) is inside a certain IP range/subnet (let’s say 192.168.0.0/24), you can use the following function in PHP : /** * Check IPv4 address is within a range * * @param string […]
Creating ‘hot’ MySQL / MariaDB backups with XtraBackup / Mariabackup for faster restore – step-by-step guide
Introduction Anyone who has run MySQL or MariaDB database servers for some years knows that creating backups used to be quite a hassle. Not in the least because for a long time only 2 tools were available: MySQL Enterprise Backup, which was good but required an expensive MySQL Enterprise license (and does not work with […]
