Web Developer Zone
Web Developer Zone is a code first section devoted to tools and techniques used in web development. Thematically, the main focus here is on PHP, Linux, BASH, JavaScript and a little bit of MySQL and Python.
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Env and BASH declare
11 Jan 2017 12:58:48
A few words on env command line utility and BASH declare and their uses.
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03 Aug 2020 00:39:31
Piping JSON object to PHP script
Article about how to pass data from a shell to a PHP script with a pipe on the command line or directly using PHP system function.
28 Jan 2022 12:34:11
21 Dec 2016 11:07:56
Genericons unicode values
List of Unicode code points for Genericons vector icon set and a BASH script that finds the codes.
06 Sep 2017 23:04:22
Mapping numeric score to feedback message in PHP
Article on mapping a numeric or percent score to a feedback message with code examples in PHP programming language.
18 Jul 2020 00:39:07
Transforming range of variable to 0 to 1 and custom ranges
Learn how to transform variable's range to [0,1] or a custom range.
14 Jul 2020 11:08:06
Recursively updating deeply nested arrays in PHP
An article on recursively updating deeply nested arrays using array_walk_recursive and custom nested array traversal function in PHP.
Recent
24 May 2024 11:51:01
There is no data to update error in CodeIgniter 4
Most of the time updating database table data via update method of a model for it simply works. You do it and you move on to the next thing on your list of problems to solve. However, from time to time you might get "There is no data to update" error while trying to ...
29 Jul 2023 17:05:58
Fixing No input file specified error in CodeIgniter 4
For some time there seems to be confussion regarding how to remove index.php file from URLs a CodeIgniter 4 PHP framework based application receives as its input without breaking functionality the application provides through controllers. Setting value of indexPage to an empty ...
15 Jul 2023 16:56:31
Get logged-in user username and groups with Python
When developing a desktop application for a Linux distribution in Python programming language often it is desirable to know username of a logged-in user and operating system group names the user belongs to. Obtaining these pieces of information requires a bit of knowledge of ...
07 Apr 2023 11:45:35
Error messages in Polish language for CodeIgniter 4 Validation class and use example
Error messages in Polish language for CodeIgniter 4 Validation class and use example have been using CodeIgniter 4 for a lot over the last year. Some stuff I have built with it, like blogs and websites, was for English-only speaking users, but there were also modules for web ...
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