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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Database queries with bindings and Query Builder essentials in CodeIgniter 4
23 Jan 2022 01:25:58
Basics of fetching data from database using queries with bindings and Query Builder class in CodeIgniter 4
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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12 Oct 2021 00:05:56
How to get a single validation rule from model in CodeIgniter 4?
Here is a little bit on how to get a single validation rule from a model in CodeIgniter 4. Why would you want to do a thing like this? Well, sometimes you want to validate only a single piece of input data, like for example a customer order code. In Codeigniter 4 validation ...
06 Oct 2021 23:09:12
How to load module helper in CodeIgniter 4?
A few words on how to load a custom helper function defined in a Codeigniter 4 module. Suppose you have a bunch of modules living in modules directory of your Codeigniter 4 project. The modules directory is registered in App/Config/Autoload.php using $psr4 property as follows: ...
20 May 2021 17:49:23
Mapping associative array keys to variables with $$ in PHP
Have you ever tried to map an associative array to variables in such a way, that each newly initialized variable has a name which corresponds to a key in the array and is assigned a value which is found under the key in the array? If you can map array keys and values to ...
18 Mar 2021 20:02:19
Switching from Mcrypt to OpenSSL engine in Kohana application
Is there anyone who still develops with Kohana these days? I do not thinks so ... Hold on a second! I'm one of those dinosaurs! Actually, to be more strict on this, I'm maintaining a few web applications, that have been written using this, once having very good ...
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