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Homestead on Apple Silicon
I've been asked a few times about supporting Laravel Homestead on Apple Silicon, specifically the new M1 ARM architecture. As I mentioned in the Github issue I'm not currently planning on supporting Apple Silicon because I have no intention of buying an M1 laptop anytime soon. Between the cost of a new machine with enough RAM and storage space to facilitate vagrant box building, and...
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The Workshop: Real World PDF Generation - php[architect] Magazine September 2019
Last month we covered the basics of PDF generation by focusing on the FPDF library. We generated a custom PDF by placing cells on the page and adding data to those cells. FPDF is a relatively low-level library in comparison to modern libraries which may do more of the heavy lifting for you. This month we’re going to pick up where we left off with our example application which you can...
Read The Workshop: Real World PDF Generation - php[architect] Magazine September 2019
September 2019
The Workshop: Introduction to PDF Generation - php[architect] Magazine August 2019
In early July 2019 I asked Reddit What questions do you have about generating PDFs w/ PHP? (Research for an article) : PHP and I was pleasantly surprised at the genuine answers and feedback I received (as opposed to the normal nonstop trolling that Reddit is usually known for). One comment listed 19 different questions! Many of the comments mention different libraries and services and I believe...
Read The Workshop: Introduction to PDF Generation - php[architect] Magazine August 2019
August 2019
The Workshop: Run Amazon Linux Locally - php[architect] Magazine July 2019
Amazon Linux 2 is the current generation of Linux provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) specifically for use in its ElasticCloud (EC2) platform. Amazon Linux evolved out of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS ecosystems. If you have used either of these distributions you will feel right at home. Amazon Linux also has the added benefit of support directly from AWS as well as security...
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Read The Workshop: Run Amazon Linux Locally - php[architect] Magazine July 2019
July 2019