An old mysql_ call on a server that only has mysqli or PDO

Php consulting starts with a real fault on the site you have. The usual one is this: an old mysql_ call on a server that only has mysqli or PDO.

What is usually wrong

• An old mysql_ call on a server that only has mysqli or PDO
• A white screen after the host changed the PHP version
• Uploaded files land in the wrong directory, or nowhere
• Warnings that used to be hidden and now stop the page

What we look at

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.

• The exact PHP version and the disabled functions
• A copy of the page before we edit it
• The difference between what the host changed and what the code expects
• File permissions on the directory the script writes to

How the job starts

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.

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.

Most of this work happens on the site you already have. You do not need to be in Toronto. The first step is still a look at the live page.

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.