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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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Non-destructive array extending in PHP
25 May 2017 13:30:48
Article on extending PHP arrays by one or array of pieces of data non-destructively .
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11 Jan 2022 00:42:58
Make sass watch and compile scss files in the background
Make sass command watch and compile scss files in the background.

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.

24 May 2024 11:51:01
There is no data to update error in CodeIgniter 4
Finding a solution to There is no data to update error in CodeIgniter 4.

10 Dec 2016 09:44:06
Setting home and siteurl dynamically in Wordpress
Article on how to leverage WordPress hooks to set home and site_url dynamically.

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.
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09 Sep 2017 21:07:45
Validating user input with functions in PHP
User input validation is one of the oldest and most frequently occurring problems in computer programming. It crops up regardless of programming language and at almost every project. If not dealt with skillfully, in particular when larger amount of user input is involved, it ...

06 Sep 2017 23:04:22
Mapping numeric score to feedback message in PHP
The other day I coded a sort of game in PHP programming language. One of it's features is a final score pop-up message, which consists of three parts. They are a number, a percent and a few words of a humoristic player performance feeback. The feedback is based upon the ...

30 Aug 2017 15:51:20
Traversing array from the middle in PHP
Traversing an array starting from the middle item in it is in many ways similar to traversing it from the beginning or the end. One small catch is such that, the middle item, or to be more accurate, the middle index of the array, has to be found before the rest of job can be ...

19 Aug 2017 14:24:59
Square pyramidal numbers and implementing them in PHP
Square pyramidal numbers and implementing them in PHP Imagine a couple of boxes standing on a table. In each of these boxes there is one or more balls. Boxes are sorted according to the number of balls they contain. When you look into these boxes, you notice, that in the first ...
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