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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Updating WordPress database URLs - part 2
03 Jan 2017 13:03:49
Second part of the series on the subject of replacing URLs in WordPress database.
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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30 Oct 2022 01:46:30
Setting variables with BASH and getting them in Python script
Over recent years I have been writing more and more automation and other scripts in Python. Many of them require input data which should be stored in an variable on the operating system, rather than somewhere else, before it is available to the Python program. Examples of ...
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 ...
SWWW
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