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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Sorting objects by their property in PHP
10 Dec 2016 13:10:14
A few words on a basic technique of sorting objects by their common property in PHP programming language.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
28 Jan 2022 12:34:11
Recent
07 Jul 2017 22:48:43
Converting tree to correct HTML list in PHP
From time to time, when doing coding for the web or otherwise, you might come across a tree of data to be turned into a correct HTML list (what "correct" means in this context will be explained in a minute). In order to meet the requirement, you have to be able to ...
03 Jul 2017 13:58:12
Traversing trees in pre-order recursively in PHP
Code for traversing trees in pre-order in PHP Depth-first pre-order tree traversal Suppose, there is a tree like this: a / \ b c / \ \ d e f Traversing it in pre-order from left to right will result in visiting all the ...
29 May 2017 13:23:02
Extending WordPress custom menus
Suppose you have built a custom menu using WordPress GUI for your website. The menu contains a subset of links to posts and pages that your website has to offer. For example, it might not, and in fact it shouldn't, contain a link to a confirmation page, user gets redirected ...
25 May 2017 13:30:48
Non-destructive array extending in PHP
Insert an item into an array without overwriting another item. /* ArrayInsert::itemAt Description: non-destructive extending of PHP number-indexed array Author: Sylwester Wojnowski WWW: wojnowski.net.pl paremeters: $arr - number-indexed Array $k - index to ...
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