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.
Pick of the week
Mapping associative array keys to variables with $$ in PHP
20 May 2021 17:49:23
A neat trick to reduce amount of code needed to access data stored in PHP associative array.
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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.
01 Aug 2020 16:35:27
cURL over HTTPS - web mailbox authentication and data access
Using cURL over HTTP with TLS to access your web mailbox and collect data from it.
04 Aug 2020 23:21:09
Developing for browser with mocha, chai and window node modules
Developing and testing code for browser in node environment.
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.
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.
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
Recent
13 Apr 2017 09:56:52
Quicksort algorithm implementation in PHP
Quicksort algorithm implementation - as ugly as it gets. The quicksort algorithm implemetation in PHP /* Class: RecursiveSort - recursive sort algorithms container Methods: public static qsort($list, [$compare]) Description: sort items in $list ...
06 Apr 2017 17:48:19
Recursive bubble sort algorithm in PHP
A quick and recursive bubble sort script. /* Class: RecursiveSort - recursive sort algorithms container Author : Sylwester Wojnowski WWW : wojnowski.net.pl Methods: public static bubble($list, $compare) Description: sort items in $list ...
05 Apr 2017 10:53:55
Number of primes between two numbers
A script for finding all the primes there are between two given numbers. Primes class /* Class: Primes - find whether number is a prime or find all primes between a pair of numbers Author : Sylwester Wojnowski WWW : wojnowski.net.pl Methods: public ...
17 Mar 2017 13:36:30
Optimizing JPEG graphics files with ImageMagick
A script for optimizing JPGs with ImageMagick below. The script #!/usr/bin/env bash # script : optimize_jpegs.sh # description : optimize JPEG images in place # prerequisites : ImageMagick program suite installed on the system # Author : Sylwester Wojnowski # WWW : ...
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