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
Watermarking images with ImageMagick and BASH
30 Oct 2017 21:11:08
Article on and a BASH script with examples of use for watermarking JPEG and PNG images with ImageMagick.
Popular
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.
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.
29 Jun 2018 19:38:09
Symmetric and asymmetric - key encryption with gpg and gpg-zip
Encrypting files and directories of files with public key and ciphers using GnuPG and gpg-zip.
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
23 Jan 2022 01:25:58
Database queries with bindings and Query Builder essentials in CodeIgniter 4
Basics of fetching data from database using queries with bindings and Query Builder class in CodeIgniter 4
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.
Recent
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 ...
28 Nov 2016 20:53:05
The most used Wordpress hooks
Some frequently used WordPress (4.6.1) hooks below. WordPress hooks array Hooks are stored in wp_filter array and can be accessed through $GLOBALS['wp_filter']. The list of the most used Wordpress hooks and callbacks attached to ...
28 Nov 2016 20:53:05
Find total of a column of numbers with BASH
Problem: Find total of numbers in a file. File 1: aaa:23 bb:2 ccc:98 . . . File 2: 23,aaa 2,bb 98,ccc . . . File 3: aaa,23,aaa ccc,2,bb bb,98,ccc . . . Function to find the total #!/usr/bin/env bash function sum_it_up(){ file="${1}" ...
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