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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Turning OOP class to graph for better code composition and understanding
28 Jul 2020 00:28:15
Article on perceiving OOP classes and objects based on them as graphs and advantages this approach yields.
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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.
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.
29 Jul 2023 17:05:58
Fixing No input file specified error in CodeIgniter 4
Get rid of No input file specified error in CodeIgniter 4.
20 May 2021 17:49:23
Mapping associative array keys to variables with $$ in PHP
A neat trick to reduce amount of code needed to access data stored in PHP associative array.
27 Jan 2022 12:25:32
Creating URL-safe slugs in CodeIgniter 4
Build URL-secure slugs using URL and Text helper functions in CodeIgniter4
07 Apr 2022 00:55:48
MongoDB mongod server fails to start after installation and solution
MongoDB server not starting after installation due to missing dependencies and how to solve this problem.
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17 Aug 2017 16:07:40
Comparing two arrays or objects with a function in PHP
In this article I look how to compare two ordinary arrays (or objects based on array). The problem can be solved fairly easily using a comparison function. It accepts two items, one from each the arrays and returns a result of the comparison. You combine these results and on the ...
12 Aug 2017 15:57:38
Formatting array of numbers recursively in PHP
If you have ever tried to obtain a formatted value in PHP, it is likely you did so with one of printf, sprintf of vsprintf functions. In general, these utilities accept a formatting string and one or more arguments. php.net has some good examples and descriptions on how they ...
28 Jul 2017 17:54:44
Recursive implementations of some Maths sequences and series in PHP
In this article I give a couple of PHP implementations of popular Maths sequences and series. Broadly, each piece of code given returns nth term of a sequence / series. Each of the implementations depends on linear recursion. Each of the functions a is a static methods of class ...
27 Jul 2017 13:49:31
Finding whether a UTF-8 encoded string is palindrome
When recently entertaining myself with recursion in PHP I have come across a problem which asked to find whether a given word was a character-unit palindrome or not. I guess, a word of explanation on character-unit palindromes is needed in this place now. Basically, they are ...
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