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403 Forbidden The server refused to serve the request.WHAT IT MEANSAccess denied. Either permissions, a rule,... 500 Internal Server Error The server encountered something it could not handle.WHAT IT MEANSA general failure. The specific... 502 Bad Gateway The server received an invalid response from an upstream process.WHAT IT MEANSSomething between... A Complete Migration Checklist Every step, in order.BEFORERegistrar access confirmed Current host access confirmed Full backup... A Developer's Monthly Routine Maintenance across the projects you look after.FOR EACH PROJECTApply available updates, having... A Developer's Pre-Launch Checklist Before a site goes live.TECHNICALPHP version current and supported Required extensions... A Failed Update Broke the Site The most common reason to need a backup.IMMEDIATE ACTIONIf you took a backup before updating,... A Speed Improvement Plan What to do, in order.STEP ONE: MEASURERun a speed test on three pages. Note the page size and the... A Store Health Check to Run Quarterly Ninety minutes, four times a year.TECHNICALWooCommerce > Status, and clear every warning PHP... Adding a Contact Form to Your WordPress Site Publishing your email address invites spam. A contact form is safer and easier for visitors.... Adjusting PHP Settings with MultiPHP INI Editor This tool changes PHP limits per domain without editing files by hand.BASIC MODEIn cPanel open... Application Maintenance Routine What to do, and how often.WEEKLYApply available updates, having backed up Check the site loads... Application Requirements Reference What to check before installing anything.PHP VERSIONEach application states a minimum and a... Application Update Failed An update that did not complete.WHAT USUALLY HAPPENSThe update downloads, begins, and fails... Assessing Legacy PHP Code Judging what you have.WHAT TO LOOK FORThe PHP version required Whether queries are parameterised... Backing Up a WordPress Site Completely Everything a WordPress site needs.WHAT MUST BE INCLUDEDThe database, which holds posts, pages,... Backup Strategy for a VPS On a VPS, backups are entirely your responsibility unless you have bought them.WHAT TO BACK... Bidding in Domain Auctions Buying by auction.WHEREzillionkinghost.com/billing/index.php?m=domain_auctionHOW IT WORKSDomains... Blank White Page Nothing displays at all.WHAT IT MEANSPHP stopped and errors are not being displayed, which is... Blocking Bad Traffic at the Application Level Reducing load from requests you do not want.IDENTIFYING ITThe access log. Extracting and counting... Blocking Brute-Force Attacks on wp-login.php Automated bots hammer /wp-login.php and /xmlrpc.php on every WordPress site on the internet. Even... Blocking Execution in Upload Directories A single measure that prevents a class of attack.THE ATTACKAn attacker finds a way to upload a... Blocking Unwanted IP Addresses with IP Blocker IP Blocker stops specific addresses or ranges from reaching your sites at all.BLOCKING AN... Brute-Force Attacks and How to Stop Them Brute forcing means trying password after password against a login page. Bots do this against... Building a Simple Security Routine Security is maintenance, not a project you finish. A short routine beats an occasional large... Building an API on Shared Hosting Practical considerations.WHAT WORKSA PHP API using any framework, or none. This is ordinary web... Building Services on Google Platforms Commercial considerations.WHAT BUILDING ON THESE PLATFORMS PROVIDESCapability you could not build... Buying an Established Domain From the Domain Market Purchasing a domain someone else owns.WHAT IT ISA marketplace of registered domains listed for... Caching as the First Answer Why it fixes most resource problems.WHAT IT DOESServes a stored copy instead of building the... Caching Explained Caching stores the result of work already done so it does not have to be repeated. It is the... Caching on a VPS Multiple layers, each solving a different problem.OPCODE CACHINGOPcache stores compiled PHP so it... Caching Plugins and Performance Tools Making applications fast.ON OUR SERVERSWe run LiteSpeed, so the LiteSpeed Cache plugin uses... Caching Strategies for Developers Making an application fast.THE LAYERSOpcode caching: OPcache, which removes PHP recompilation.... Cannot modify header information in wp-config or functions Whitespace before or after the PHP tags.WHAT IT MEANSOutput was sent before WordPress could set... Cart Emptying or Not Updating Items disappear from the cart, or the cart count is wrong.THE USUAL CAUSECaching. The cart is... Changing Your PHP Version How to do it safely.BEFORE ANYTHINGTake a full backup.CHECK COMPATIBILITYConfirm your... Changing Your PHP Version for WordPress Newer PHP versions are faster and more secure. Older ones are eventually retired and stop... Changing Your PHP Version with MultiPHP Manager Different sites on one account can run different PHP versions.CHANGING THE VERSIONIn cPanel open... Checking Whether a Domain Is Available Before you commit to a name.THE SEARCHVisit... Checking Whether an Application Will Run on Your Plan Before you commit time to something.WHAT TO CHECKPHP version required, against what your plan... Checking Your PHP Version Finding out what you are running.IN CPANELThe PHP selector shows the current version for your... Checkout Errors and Failures When customers cannot complete a purchase.FIRST, REPRODUCE ITBuy something yourself, as a guest,... Choosing a Language for a Project Making the decision.WHAT TO ASSESSWhat the project actually requires What your team knows What... Choosing a Stack for Your Project Matching the technology to the hosting.WHAT RUNS EASILY ON SHARED HOSTINGPHP applications of any... Choosing Hosting for an Online Store A shop needs more than a brochure site.WHAT MATTERSMemory. Set memory_limit to at least 256M.... Choosing the Right PHP Version PHP runs most websites on our servers, and the version matters for both speed and... Choosing VPS Specifications Sizing a server for what you actually run.START FROM THE WORKLOADA single WordPress site with... Choosing What You Actually Need Avoiding buying the wrong thing.FOR A SIMPLE WEBSITEShared Hosting and a domain name. That is all... Choosing Where to Optimise The order that gives results.THE HONEST ORDERCompress and resize images. Almost always the... Cleaning Up a Bloated WordPress Database Over time the database fills with data no visitor ever sees, which slows queries and inflates... Cleaning Up Database Bloat Reclaiming size and speed.WHERE BLOAT ACCUMULATESPost revisions, one per edit, indefinitely... Cleaning Up WordPress Revisions and Transients The two largest sources of bloat.REVISIONSWordPress stores a copy of a post every time it is... Cloudflare Pages and Static Hosting Hosting a site at Cloudflare itself.WHAT IT ISHosting for static sites, built from a repository... Common PHP Security Failures What actually goes wrong.OUTDATED PHP OR DEPENDENCIESKnown vulnerabilities, publicly documented... Common Questions About ZillionKingHost AI Short answers.CAN IT SEARCH THE INTERNET?Depending on your configuration and plan. Where search... Composer and Dependency Management Using libraries.WHAT COMPOSER ISThe standard tool for managing PHP dependencies.WHAT IT... Configuring PHP for WooCommerce Default PHP limits are set for ordinary websites, not shops.RECOMMENDED VALUEScPanel >... Creating a Cron Job in cPanel Step by step.WHEREcPanel, Advanced, Cron Jobs.WHAT TO ENTERA schedule, using the dropdowns or the... Creating an Account Before Ordering Setting up your client account.WHETHER YOU NEED ONE FIRSTNo. You can create an account during... Creating and Managing Cron Jobs A cron job runs a command automatically on a schedule.CREATING ONEIn cPanel open Cron Jobs under... Cron job not running or producing errors Scheduled tasks failing.FIRST, CONFIRM IT IS SETcPanel > Cron Jobs. Check the entry exists and... Cron Jobs on Shared Hosting A cron job runs a command automatically on a schedule.CREATING ONEcPanel > Cron Jobs. Choose... Cron Jobs: Everything That Matters, Briefly The whole category in one page.THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT ON OUR SERVERSHTTP wp-cron is blocked... Cron Scripts and Scheduled Tasks Running things automatically.CREATING ONEcPanel > Cron Jobs. Set the interval and the command,... Customising Your Shop Without Breaking It How to make changes that survive updates.USE A CHILD THEMEIf you edit theme files directly, the... Database is slow or queries timing out The database is the bottleneck.IDENTIFYING ITA profiling tool shows time spent in database... Dates and Times in PHP Temporal values.WHAT TO USEThe object-based date handling, rather than older function-based... Debugging Laravel Applications Finding problems.WHERE TO LOOK FIRSTThe application log.WHAT IT CONTAINSThe exception, the... Dedicated IPs and Site Speed: No Effect A dedicated IP does not make a website faster.WHY NOTThe address is how traffic is routed to the... Deploying on cPanel: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.NEVER UPLOAD A LARAVEL PROJECT INTO THE PUBLIC DIRECTORY AS IT STANDSEverything... Deprecated: Function is deprecated A warning about future breakage.WHAT IT MEANSThe code uses something that still works and will be... Diagnosing 500 Errors The server reporting that something failed.THE FIRST PLACE TO LOOKcPanel > Metrics >... Diagnosing a 500 Internal Server Error The generic error.WHAT IT MEANSSomething failed and the server could not produce a page.It is... Diagnosing a Blank Page The white screen.WHAT IT MEANSA fatal PHP error with error display disabled.The server produced... Diagnosing a White Screen No error, no content, nothing.WHAT IT MEANSPHP stopped and errors are not being displayed, which... Diagnosing Issues After a Migration The site worked before the move.THE COMMON CAUSESDatabase credentials not updated, or the cPanel... Diagnosing Slow PHP Execution When pages take too long.WHAT TO ESTABLISH FIRSTWhether it is all pages or some Whether it... Disabling the WordPress Theme and Plugin File Editor The built-in editor under Appearance and Plugins lets anyone with administrator access write PHP... Disabling XML-RPC on WordPress xmlrpc.php allows remote applications to talk to WordPress. It is also routinely abused for... Do You Actually Need a VPS? Most people asking do not, and some genuinely do.YOU PROBABLY DO IFYou need root access or custom... Drupal Database Notes Working with a Drupal installation.THE CONFIGURATIONsettings.php holds the database credentials,... Drupal: Common Problems Frequent issues and their causes.WHITE SCREENEnable error display temporarily in settings.php, or... Drupal: Installation and First Steps Powerful, and more demanding than most alternatives.WHO IT SUITSComplex content structures, many... Editing Files from the Command Line Making changes without a file manager.THE EDITORSnano is simple. Controls are shown at the bottom... Editing Files Safely Making changes without breaking things.THE RULECopy before you edit. Always.Name the copy... Enabling Debug Logging Getting errors recorded rather than hidden.WHYA live site should not display errors, because they... Enabling WP_DEBUG and Finding Your Error Logs When something breaks, the log tells you exactly what failed. Guessing is slower. WordPress debug... Entry processes limit reached Too many simultaneous requests.WHAT IT MEANSYour account has a limit on concurrent PHP processes.... Error 520: Unexpected Response From Origin Cloudflare could not understand our reply.WHAT IT MEANSOur server returned something Cloudflare... Error establishing a database connection The application could not reach its database.WHAT IT MEANSThe credentials are wrong, the user... Error Handling in PHP Failing properly.WHAT PHP PRODUCESErrors, at several levels of severity Exceptions, which can be... Errors That Are Not Actually Errors Messages that look alarming and are not.DEPRECATION NOTICESA warning that something will be... Escalating a Network Problem Effectively Getting help.WHAT TO ESTABLISH FIRSTWhat exactly fails When it started Who and what is affected... Evaluating an Application Before You Commit Questions to ask.MAINTENANCEWhen was the last release? Is there active development? How quickly... Every Way to Order, Summarised Routes to placing an order.THROUGH THE WEBSITEzillionkinghost.com, using the navigation... Everything Worked Yesterday The general case of a sudden failure.WHAT CHANGED AT YOUR ENDAn update applied, possibly... Existing Applications: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.WHEN INHERITING AN APPLICATIONBack up, change every credential you control, and put... Fatal error: Allowed memory size exhausted The script used more memory than permitted.WHAT IT MEANSPHP reached its memory limit and... Fatal error: Call to undefined function The code called something that does not exist.WHAT IT MEANSA function was called, and PHP could... Fatal error: Maximum execution time exceeded The script ran longer than permitted.WHAT IT MEANSPHP stopped a script that exceeded its time... Finding PHP Errors Where the information is.THE ERROR LOGcPanel, Errors. Or the error log file in your account.That... Finding What Is Using Disk Space or Memory Diagnosing resource consumption.DISK SPACEdf -h shows usage by filesystem, which tells you... Finding Which Database Belongs to Which Site Untangling a multi-site account.THE RELIABLE METHODRead each site's configuration file.WordPress:... Finding Your Login Details After Ordering Where everything is.YOUR WELCOME EMAILSent after your service is set up. It contains:Your cPanel... Fixing "Allowed Memory Size Exhausted" PHP ran out of memory mid-request. It appears as a white screen, a partially rendered page, or an... Fixing "Briefly Unavailable for Scheduled Maintenance" WordPress creates a file named .maintenance in the root while it updates, and deletes it when... Fixing "Error Establishing a Database Connection" WordPress cannot reach or authenticate to its database. There are four realistic causes. 1. Wrong... Fixing "Sorry, This File Type Is Not Permitted for Security Reasons" WordPress only allows a fixed list of file types in the media library. Option 1 — use an allowed... Fixing 404 Errors on Every Page Except the Homepage If the homepage loads but every other page returns "Page not found", the rewrite rules are... Fixing 502 and 504 Gateway Timeout Errors The web server waited too long for PHP to respond. The request was too slow, not necessarily... Fixing a 500 Internal Server Error A 500 error is the web server reporting that something failed without saying what. Work through... Fixing Image Upload Errors in WordPress "Unable to create directory", "The uploaded file could not be moved" and HTTP errors during... Fixing the WordPress Login Page Refresh Loop You enter correct credentials, the page reloads, and you are back at the login form with no... Fixing the WordPress Site URL in the Database When you cannot reach the admin.WHEN YOU NEED THISAfter a migration, where the site redirects to... Fixing the WordPress White Screen of Death A completely blank page with no error message almost always means a PHP fatal error with error... Forms on a Static Site Collecting submissions without a server.THE PROBLEMA static site has nothing to process a form... Forums and Community Software Running a discussion community.THE OPTIONSphpBB: free, mature, widely used, straightforward to... Frequently Asked Questions About ZillionKingHost AI The common ones.IS IT ACCURATE?It produces plausible text. Verify anything factual, particularly... Getting Development Support from Us What we cover, and what is yours.WHAT WE HELP WITHServer configuration questions PHP versions and... Getting Help With the Marketplace Support.WHAT SUPPORT CAN HELP WITHAccount and access problems A sale that has stalled A payment... Getting Help With Your Migration What we can do.WHAT WE CAN HELP WITHPerforming the transfer, in many cases Advising on the... Getting Help With ZillionKingHost AI Where to ask.FOR ACCOUNT AND BILLING QUESTIONSOpen a ticket at... Getting Started With ZillionKingHost AI Your first session.BEFORE YOU STARTYou need a ZillionKingHost account. Register at... Getting Support for Third-Party Applications Who helps with what.WHAT WE COVERServer configuration: PHP versions, extensions, limitsDatabase... Handling File Uploads Securely One of the most exploited features in any application.THE RULESValidate the file type on the... Handling High Traffic on Shared Hosting Getting the most from a constrained environment.THE PRINCIPLEServe as many requests as possible... Handling Passwords Correctly Authentication storage.WHAT TO NEVER DOStore passwords in readable form Use general-purpose... Handling Reviews and User Support Responding to users.WHAT REVIEWS PROVIDEFeedback you did not solicit A signal to prospective... Handling Sessions and State Where user state lives.DEFAULT BEHAVIOURPHP stores session data in files on the server by... Handling Traffic with a Reverse Proxy Nginx in front of an application server.WHAT IT DOESReceives requests, serves static files... Handling Uploads Safely in PHP Accepting files.WHAT TO VALIDATEThat a file was actually uploaded Its size Its type, determined... Helping Clients with WordPress Problems Most reseller clients run WordPress, and most of their problems are the same few.WHITE... Hidden Files and Why They Matter Files you cannot see by default.WHAT THEY AREFiles whose names begin with a full stop.The most... Hiding Configuration and Sensitive Files Files that must never be publicly reachable.WHAT MUST NOT BE PUBLICConfiguration files containing... Hiding Sensitive Files from Public Access Anything inside public_html is reachable by anyone who guesses the URL, whether or not you linked... Hosting a Static Site The simplest case.WHAT YOU NEEDHosting that serves files. Any plan.HOW TO PUBLISHUpload the files... How a PHP Request Is Handled The request lifecycle.WHAT HAPPENSA request arrives at the web server The server passes it to PHP... How to Buy a .com.ng Domain The standard Nigerian extension.WHY CHOOSE ITWidely understood by Nigerian customers as a local... How to Buy a .ng Domain The shorter Nigerian extension.WHAT IT ISThe top-level Nigerian extension, shorter than... How to Buy a Domain Without Hosting Registering a name only.WHEN THIS APPLIESSecuring a name before you build anything A defensive... How to Buy an SSL Certificate Ordering a certificate.FIRST, CONSIDER WHETHER YOU NEED ONEFree certificates through AutoSSL are... 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