By now, your WordPress blog or website should be GDPR compliant (the law came into affect today). WordPress 4.9.6 makes it easy for you to fulfil some of your GDPR obligations by providing owners with new tools.
Wildcard SSL Certificates with Let’s Encrypt
This tutorial shows you how to create a wildcard SSL certificate using Let’s Encrypt. Let’s Encrypt launched wildcard certificates in March 2018, so the process is relatively new.
Command Line, HTTPS, Let's Encrypt, Linux, Security, Server, SSLAWS SNS: Sending a SMS Message using the AWS PHP SDK
Amazon makes it really easy to send SMS messages worldwide using their SNS or Simple Notification Service. This tutorial shows you how you can send a SMS in less than 10 lines of code. This particular example uses composer to install the AWS SDK.
Amazon Web Services, PHP, SMS, TutorialLaravel 5.2: Triggering Password Resets Outside of PasswordController
In a recent project I’ve been building a Customer Service Portal where “agents” are allowed to perform certain actions on a user’s account. One of the required features was to send a password reset email to the user. Luckily, this feature is easy to implement thanks to Laravel’s built-in traits.
Laravel 5, Security, TutorialLaravel 5.x: Custom Password Reset Validation
Having a strong password policy for your application is a important security requirement for any application. This tutorial shows you how you can apply this to Larvel’s PasswordController, which handles password resets.
Input Sanitization, Laravel 5, Laravel 5.2, PHP, Security