Notes for Nicole Sharp's Website

Notes on the development of Nicole Sharp’s Website.

KeePass

• https://www.keepass.info/
• https://www.keepass.info/features.html
• download
  • https://www.keepass.info/download.html
• manual
  • https://www.keepass.info/help/
• passwords
  • https://www.keepass.info/help/base/pwgenerator.html

LibreOffice

• https://www.libreoffice.org/
• https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/
• download
  • https://www.libreoffice.org/download/
• manual
  • https://documentation.libreoffice.org/

DreamHost

• https://www.dreamhost.com/
• manual
  • https://help.dreamhost.com/
• webdomain
  • https://www.dreamhost.com/domains/
  • "Domain Registration Overview"
  • https://www.nicolesharp.net/
• webhosting
  • https://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/shared/
  • "Adding a Shared Hosting Plan to Your Domain-Only Account"

WHOIS

• https://lookup.icann.org/
• "WHOIS Overview"
• "Enabling WHOIS Privacy Settings"
• "How to Run a WHOIS Query"

FileZilla

• https://www.filezilla-project.org/
• https://www.filezilla-project.org/client_features.php
• download
  • https://www.filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1
• manual
  • https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/
  • https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/documentation
• install
  • https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Client_Installation
• setup
  • https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/FileZilla_Client_Tutorial_(en)
  • https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Using
  • https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Site_Manager
• access
  • "FTP [File Transfer Protocol] Overview and Credentials"
  • "Where Do I Upload My Files Once Connected via FTP?"

Notepad Plus Plus

• https://www.notepad-plus-plus.org/
• download
  • https://www.notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/
• manual
  • https://www.npp-user-manual.org/
• install
  • https://www.npp-user-manual.org/docs/getting-started/

PHP

• https://www.php.net/
• "PHP [Personal Homepage Hypertext Preprocessor] Overview"

PHP version

• PHP 8.4
  • 2025-01-16. Elgg 6.1.2
  • 2024-12-21. MediaWiki 1.43.0 LTS (Long-Term Support Release)
  • 2024-12-12. Matomo 5.2.1
  • 2024-11-21. PHP 8.4
• PHP 8.3
  • 2024-11-20. Elgg 5.1.12 LTS
  • 2023-11-23. PHP 8.3

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP#Release_history
• https://www.php.net/archive/2024.php#2024-11-21-4
• https://www.php.net/archive/2023.php#2023-11-23-2
• Matomo
  • https://www.matomo.org/changelog/
  • https://www.matomo.org/matomo-long-term-support-lts/
• MediaWiki
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle#Versions_and_their_end-of-life
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43.0
• Elgg
  • https://www.elgg.org/about/download/
• "Change the PHP Version of a Site"

PHP manual

• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/PHP
• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/PHP_Programming/Print_version
• https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/PHP/
• https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/PHP/Introduction
• https://www.php.net/manual/
• https://www.php.net/download-docs.php

PHP basics

• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/PHP_Programming/Commenting_and_Style
• https://www.php.net/manual/language.basic-syntax.phptags.php

PHP encoding

• https://www.php.net/manual/control-structures.declare.php

declare(encoding = "UTF-8");

PHP comments

• https://www.php.net/manual/language.basic-syntax.comments.php

PHP info

• "Viewing Your Site’s PHP Version and Settings"
• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/PHP_Programming/Setup_and_Installation#How_Do_I_Know_My_Setup_is_Working?
• https://www.php.net/phpinfo/
• https://www.nicolesharp.net/info.php

<?php

phpinfo(INFO_GENERAL);
phpinfo(INFO_CONFIGURATION);
phpinfo(INFO_MODULES);
phpinfo(INFO_ENVIRONMENT);
phpinfo(INFO_CREDITS);
phpinfo(INFO_LICENSE);

/*
Personal Homepage Hypertext Preprocessor Info (PHPINFO) for Nicole Sharp's Website.
2025-01-20 Nicole Sharp
https://www.nicolesharp.net/
https://www.nicolesharp.net/info.php
*/

?>

Do not use "phpinfo();"!

PHP modules

• apcu
• calendar
• curl
• dom
• exif
• fileinfo
• gd
• iconv
• intl
• json
• mbstring
• mysqli
• opcache
• openssl
• pcre
• pdo
• session
• sockets
• spl
• xml
• xmlreader
• zlib

Apache GZIP (GNU Zip) and PHP ZLIB (Zip Library) on HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) can create a security vulnerability.  Avoid using.

• Matomo
  • https://www.matomo.org/matomo-requirements/
• MediaWiki
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_on_Debian
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/PHP_configuration
• Elgg
  • https://learn.elgg.org/en/stable/intro/install.html#requirements