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

Insertion Sort algorithm and sorting dates in PHP
03 May 2017 14:04:47
An article on sorting dates and times with insertion sort algorithm in PHP.
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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.

04 Feb 2022 22:19:19
Performing inner and outer SQL joins in CodeIgniter 4
Performing inner and outer SQL joins using prepared queries and Query Builder class in CodeIgniter 4.

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.

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.

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.

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

16 Sep 2022 13:43:59
SWWW - a fork in the road
As of today all the stuff related to what I do in terms of coding and web development can be found under a new address, which is swww.com.pl. What is going to happen wojnowski.net.pl then? You might ask. Well, I'am turning it into a website about my thoughts on life and its ...

18 Apr 2022 15:05:28
Vanilla JavaScript alternatives to jQuery functions
JQuery has conquered the frontend web development world since it was first released many years ago. Even today, in year 2022, the library, and libraries influenced by it, like $cash, still can be found across fronted code bases. However, even though it' been a slow ...

07 Apr 2022 00:55:48
MongoDB mongod server fails to start after installation and solution
Recently I had to install MongoDb on a machine running Debian/GNU Linux 10 Buster. I followed the official installation guide. The database installed without any problem. However when I checked the status of mongod service I noticed it had failed to start. Here is the ...

04 Feb 2022 22:19:19
Performing inner and outer SQL joins in CodeIgniter 4
In this post I look at how to perform inner and outer SQL joins using CodeIgniter 4 prepared queries and Query Builder class. I assume you know what SQL joins are and when to use them in MySQL. This article describes a specific situation. There are three tables, posts, galleries ...
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