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PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Simpler filesize calculations

When working with file sizes in PHP you work with bytes, which often is not what you want. In most c...

7th Jun 2019 03:46 PM

PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

PHP search string

Here's a quick way to search for a word inside a string

1st Jun 2019 08:02 AM

Solving: Guzzle errors truncated

I'm a big fan of Guzzle it's great for making API calls. But when there is an error returned...

1st Jun 2019 06:27 AM

Tools | Development | Design

Need place holder images for a new design? Placeholder is perfect for the job

When prototyping a new layout its convenient to use placeholder images then it i...

26th May 2019 03:05 PM

Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel Module routes list

I build all my projects with modules. There are times it would be useful to see all routes but...

26th May 2019 12:20 PM

Htaccess | Tutorials

Mask a .php page with Mod Rewrite

Let's say you have a static website with various PHP files. These form the URL such as domains.c...

20th May 2019 02:57 PM

PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Formatting dates to use timezone

Working with dates can get complicated when you need a time to change depending on the time of year...

16th May 2019 04:20 PM

Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel download base64 encoded files

Laravel has the ability to stream files from disc and remove them as soon as they've been downlo...

10th Apr 2019 10:43 AM

PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

strtotime Add Two Working Days

There are times you want to add days to a date but only working days, so weekends are ignored.

12th Mar 2019 10:15 AM

Tutorials | Development

Crontab command to delete itself

I was asked today can you run a cronjob only once. My initial answer was no you cannot as the least...

24th Feb 2019 06:19 PM

Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel download files from a route

Laravel makes downloading a server file very easy, in this post I'm going to show a way to downl...

5th Feb 2019 07:26 AM

Demos | Blog | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Creating a blog from scratch with PHP - Part 9 Cover Image

In this part, we will add a cover photo to the blog posts.

4th Feb 2019 10:48 PM

Javascript | HTML | Tutorials

Dealing with posting large number of checkboxes

When you have a form with lots of checkboxes, you may hit a limit to how many you can post. I had th...

31st Jan 2019 08:51 AM

Export to CSV

Today I've released a new PHP package for exporting array data to a CSV file. Often data ne...

21st Dec 2018 12:18 AM

Announcing DC Casts

In the new year DC Casts will be launched, a video site for teaching web development.

18th Dec 2018 08:10 PM

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