I keep most of my Apache/PHP/Percona (MySQL) configuration stuff in a local Git repository so I can track changes and I symlink to those from where they should be so you will see commands such as
sudo ln -s ~/Documents/configs/PHP/fat-tony.local/php55.ini /opt/local/etc/php55/php.ini
If you don’t have a similar setup, just copy your configuration files to where they need to be.
I like to prepend some of the commands with
timejust for curiosity’s sake to see how long it takes.
| Quick tip for handling CSRF Token Expiration - common issue is when you use csrf protection is that if | |
| a form sits there for a while (like a login form, but any the same) the csrf token in the form will | |
| expire & throw a strange error. | |
| Handling it is simple, and is a good lesson for dealing with other types of errors in a custom manner. | |
| In Middleware you will see a file VerifyCsrfToken.php and be tempted to handle things there. DON'T! | |
| Instead, look at your app/Exceptions/Handler.php, at the render($request, Exception $e) function. | |
| All of your exceptions go through here, unless you have excluded them in the $dontReport array at the |