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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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Installing WordPress language files automatically
20 May 2017 22:03:03
Installing language files (.mo) automatically in WordPress.
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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.

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.

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.

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.

28 Jan 2022 12:34:11

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.
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20 May 2017 22:03:03
Installing WordPress language files automatically
A script for installing WordPress language files automatically. Automated WordPress language files installation #! /usr/bin/env bash # Script: get_wp_lang_mp.sh # Description: download and save WordPress .mo file automatically # Author : Sylwester Wojnowski # WWW : ...

03 May 2017 14:04:47
Insertion Sort algorithm and sorting dates in PHP
An implementation of Insertion Sort algorithm and a word on sorting dates in PHP. Insertion Sort Algorithm /* Class: Shift - shift all items in array by one place to the right Author : Sylwester Wojnowski WWW : wojnowski.net.pl Parameters: $a array - ...

29 Apr 2017 16:41:28
Sorting UTF-8 strings in PHP
Sort UTF-8 strings in PHP. Sorting the easy way Set LC_COLLATE value with setlocale: setlocale(LC_COLLATE,language_teritory.codeset) As for concrete examples, correct LC_COLLATE value for content written in English language for Great Britain and encoded in UTF-8 is ...

20 Apr 2017 11:14:15
Secondary database query and shortcodes in Wordpress
Secondary database queries are queries that you do in Wordpress once the main, URL-based query has been performed. Typically, these extra queries are used to fetch data like featured or category post and embed it on in a section of a template file. Alternatively, the data goes ...
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