Mike Milano | Articles, code snippets, and brain dumps by Mike Milano

Here's the dependencies and configuration I use to compile PHP 5.6 on Fedora.
First Download PHP 5.6 to `/usr/local/src` and extract it.
Next, install all the devel libraries required to configure and compile PHP:

When creating a new react native component, there's a bit of boilerplate code to start off with.
With PhpStorm or WebStorm, you can create a live template to knock out the boilerplate code pretty easily.
The goal is to create a new file and type rncf+TAB for a functional component with a name based on the file name, or rncc+TAB for a class component....

I recently needed to provide an export of string values in a MySQL table that began with a lower case letter.
This query will produce 3 columns: id, name, and lowercase. Rows that begin with a lower case letter will have a 1 in the lowercase column.

I've been preparing to dive into electric home brewing, where the kettles are heated with an electric heating element rather than a gas fire.
The purpose is so I can control the heating element, making it much easier to automate and maintain specific temperatures....