Jonathan Bossenger

Random Access Memory

One of the reasons I blog is to share info with others. The other reason I blog is to make permanent notes for myself. This is my online repository of the things I don’t have the brain space to remember.

Guide to everyday Git commands

Setting up PHPCS for WordPress Coding Standards

Running Different PHP Versions with Apache on Ubuntu

External links

Installing PHP 8.0 on MacOS: Overcoming Disabled Versions

Switching PHP versions when using Homebrew

brew unlink php@7.4
brew link php@8.2 --force --overwrite

Words I can never remember to spell correctly

unnecessary

necessarily

definitely

decision

exercise

calendar

Check Apache for startup errors

systemctl status apache2.service

Set default node.js version in nvm

nvm alias default 20

Set a local environment variable on MacOS

export VARIABLE_NAME=<value>

Latest Posts

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