EDIT : Clarified when a PHP application is vulnerable to this bug.Recently, a bug in glibc version . and older CVE was uncovered where a buffer overflow in character set conversions to the ISO CN EXT character set can result in remote code execution. This specific...

   I’m a maintainer of several small open source libraries. It’s a fun activity. If the scope of the library is small enough, the maintenance burden is typically fairly low. They’re usually mostly done’, and I occasionally just need to answer a few questions per year, and do the occasional release...

   Concealing Cacophony Tuesday, April th , : BST London, UK Over the last few weeks I have been publishing a series of videos on writing PHP extensions. I record these videos through OBS, and then slice and dice them with Kdenlive. This...

   Tukio . released Event Dispatcher for PHP I’ve just released version . of Crell Tukio Available now from your favorite Packagist.org. Tukio is a feature complete, easy to use, robust Event Dispatcher for PHP, following PSR . It began life as the PSR reference...

   With some commercial projects, it can be useful to know that all your dependencies have licences that your organisation deems acceptable. I had this requirement for a few clients now and came up with this script that we ran as part of our CI which would then fail if a dependency used a license that...

   In order to verify a JWT created with an asymmetric key, the verifier needs to get the correct public key. One way to do is described in RFC which describes the JSON Web Key format. Within the header of the JWT there is a kid property which is the key ID which is then used to find the correct...

   The most common use of JWTs is as an authentication token, usually within an OAuth workflow. Creating these tokens is part and parcel of the authentication library that you use. I recently had a requirement to use a JWT independent of authentication and these are some notes on what I learned when...

   I’m still on a long sabbatical so this will be a brief post. In my absence our Oracle Database driver team has been busy and are proud to announce that python oracledb . and node oracledb . have been released. Also our C Oracle Database Programming Interface for Drivers and Applications ODPI C...

   Remix Disc Golf is a brand of disc golf discs that I have only been able to find on Amazon. The seller on Amazon is named Disc Golf Goods. On its Amazon store page, they sell MVP, Axiom, Remix and other brands of disc golf equipment. The detailed seller information on Amazon says the Business Name...

   Do you plan to go to a DGPT event this year Are you a PDGA member Then it could be worth it to buy the Disc Golf Network yearly plan. Disc Golf Network aka DGN the media arm of the Disc Golf Pro Tour aka DGPT , announced their new pricing tiers for earlier this month. It was met with...