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
Geocoding with HERE APIs and Vue.js
27 Feb 2020 20:06:39
Article on how to build a geocoding lookup application using HERE geocoder service API and Vue.js.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
28 Jan 2022 12:34:11
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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