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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Developing for browser with mocha, chai and window node modules
04 Aug 2020 23:21:09
Developing and testing code for browser in node environment.
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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.
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
29 Jul 2023 17:05:58
Fixing No input file specified error in CodeIgniter 4
Get rid of No input file specified error in CodeIgniter 4.
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.
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.
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.
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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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