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  • PHP: Tentative Return Types

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    Ralf
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    PHP 8.1 has introduced tentative return types. This can make older code spit out warnings like mad. Let’s examine what it means and how to deal with it.

  • October Review: TOTP in Horde

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    Ralf
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    I have been working on multiple things recently. Kronolith Web UI: Appointment Cancellation Bug Fix an annoying bug where internal user attendees get cancellation mails when an appointment is updated by the owner. This only seems to happen from the Web UI, not from CalDAV. I already analysed how this is happening. The fix is…