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.
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.
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
29 Dec 2016 06:59:28
Find first image URL in WordPress post content
Find first image URL in the article with PHP. function find_first_image_src($post) { $matches = array(); preg_match_all('/<img.+src=[\'"]([^\'"]+)[\'"].*>/i', $post->post_content, $matches); return count($matches[1]) > 0 ? ...
21 Dec 2016 11:07:56
Genericons unicode values
A list of Genericons and their codes to be used in your CSS files. Here is how you use Genericons: .social-navigation a[href*="dropbox.com"]:before { font-family:"Genericons"; content: "\f225"; } Extracting genericons names and ...
10 Dec 2016 13:10:14
Sorting objects by their property in PHP
Sorting objects by their property.. Prepare some sample objects: $to_be_sorted = array(); $chars = 'abcdefg'; for($i = 0;$i< 3;$i++ ){ $random_number = rand(1,99); $to_be_sorted[] = (object) [ 'num' => $random_number, 'str' => ...
10 Dec 2016 09:44:06
Setting home and siteurl dynamically in Wordpress
Use wp_config.php or functions.php to set home and siteurl dynamically. Hard-coded constants In wp-config.php.: define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://<your.domain.here>/'); define('WP_HOME', 'http://<your.domain.here>/'); If these ...
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