PHP Consultant: uploaded files land in the wrong directory, or

When the request is php consultant, we look at the live site first. The check we expect to matter is: uploaded files land in the wrong directory, or nowhere.

The failure we expect

• Uploaded files land in the wrong directory, or nowhere
• Warnings that used to be hidden and now stop the page
• The error log is full and nobody has read the first line that matters
• A cron script that works in the browser and fails on the command line

The pieces we open

We have been in PHP since 2000. The useful job is reading the error and the file that throws it, then telling you what has to change before anyone rewrites the site.

• Whether the page is dying in an include, a database call, or the mailer
• The first fatal error in the log, with the file and line
• The exact PHP version and the disabled functions
• A copy of the page before we edit it

After you call

Bring the URL, the host login if you have it, and the result you wanted. We look at that. A slide deck about the industry is not part of the job.

A consultant who will not name the broken page is selling a retainer. The first reply should say what we opened, what failed, and what the work is. You can stop there.

Computer Geek works from Toronto with clients in other cities. Distance does not change the check. Access to the host and a page that shows the problem does.

Call 905-426-1784. We look at the site and tell you what the work is before it starts. The service page for this is PHP help.