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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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.
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.
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.
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
15 Jul 2023 16:56:31
Get logged-in user username and groups with Python
Getting username and system groups of logged-in user on a Linux-based operating system.
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01 Jan 2017 15:27:35
Updating WordPress database URLs - part 1
Update URLs in WordPress database. A word of caution Make sure you don't introduce changes on a live website and that you keep the original backup file till you're sure that new setup works as required. Before you run the script given belowmake sure you have user ...
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' => ...
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