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Posts in category: Tutorials

Tutorials | Bash

Generate PDF and Epub files using Pandoc

I write my books using Markdown. Using a tool called Pandoc you can convert Markdown files into PDF&...

24th Jun 2022 09:27 AM

Tutorials | Bash

My Termial Aliases

Aliases are a great way to be more efficient at using a terminal for common commands.

5th Jun 2022 08:44 AM

Tutorials | Laravel Framework

Testing dynamic file uploads with Laravel

When working with file uploads where the file name is generated, how do you know what the file name...

18th Mar 2022 03:17 PM

Laravel Framework | Tutorials

Using Laravel's withCount to count a sub query

When you need to could a sub query Laravel provides a useful withCount method that is perfect.

13th Sep 2021 06:34 AM

Laravel Livewire | Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel Livewire update dependent select menu's on change

Since Livewire is reactive, it's easy to hide or show select menu's based on whether another...

12th Sep 2021 09:14 AM

Tutorials | PHP & MySQL | API

Create Bitly short links with PHP

Bitly is a great tool for creating short links, in this post we will use their API to generate links...

11th Sep 2021 10:57 PM

PHPUnit | Tests | Laravel Framework | Tutorials

Testing Blade components in Laravel

Laravel provides a range of methods to test parts of the framework, one of which is called blade() w...

10th Sep 2021 08:43 PM

Tutorials | PHP & MySQL

How to rebuild search indexes on a table.

If you make server changes that could affect your indexes then you will need to rebuild your in...

8th Sep 2021 10:34 AM

Tutorials | HTML | Javascript

Filter FullCalendar and DataTables

This guide will provide an outline on integrating a set of input filters with an instance of FullCal...

7th Sep 2021 10:31 AM

Design | Tutorials | CSS

Push content to bottom of card

Want to make sure some card content is always at the bottom of their parent cards? Read on to see ho...

6th Sep 2021 10:25 AM

Tutorials | PHP & MySQL

Robust CSV export

This article will show you how to export data to a CSV format inside a PHP based project.

3rd Sep 2021 10:23 AM

Tutorials | PHP & MySQL

Format Xero dates from the API

Dates in Xero that are not already set to a datestring are in a format like Date(1518685950940+0000)

2nd Sep 2021 10:20 AM

Tutorials | Bash

Copy SSH key onto remote server

Setting up a new project or starting work on a project which is new to you? Read on to discover the...

1st Sep 2021 10:16 AM

Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Get the last day of the month from a date

To get the last day of the month use date('t')

31st Aug 2021 10:13 AM

PHPUnit | Tests | Tutorials | Bash

Run tests on commit

Run your tests every time you commit changes.

27th Aug 2021 10:05 AM

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