The Courtesy Report

The latest word from Courtesy Computer Services on technology, business, and the human element.
September 19, 2023
Why we still love PHP in 2023

PHP still solves the same problem today that it did in 1995 The premise of PHP was taking a C language based workflow for web applications, keep the general idea of C intact, but simplify it down to the absolute minimum lines of code & thought needed to write web applications. A Web form in […]

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June 28, 2023
Installing Remote Utilities on your computer

First step - go to https://remoteutilities.com Click Download, then chose the operating system you use. Download the 'installable host' in the 'host' section. Run the downloaded software and keep hitting 'next', keeping the defaults. You will reach a point in the install where you need to set a password. This password is for your technician […]

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May 31, 2023
For Nerds: reliably capturing and displaying warnings, notices, and errors in PHP

As much as we love working with PHP, we must admit that the debugging experience out of the box isn't great. The messages can be cryptic, poorly formatted, and sometimes invisible! Due to the inline output of these error messages, you can miss all kinds of useful information if the output happens inside a HTML […]

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