Posts in category: Tutorials

PHP search string

PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

PHP search string

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

David Carr

Laravel Module routes list

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...

David Carr

Mask a .php page with Mod Rewrite

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...

David Carr

Formatting dates to use timezone

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...

David Carr

Laravel download base64 encoded files

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...

David Carr

strtotime Add Two Working Days

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.

David Carr

Crontab command to delete itself

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...

David Carr

Laravel download files from a route

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...

David Carr

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

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.

David Carr

Dealing with posting large number of checkboxes

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...

David Carr

Install Let’s Encrypt Free SSL Wildcard Certificate on ubuntu 18

Tutorials | Ubuntu | Development

Install Let’s Encrypt Free SSL Wildcard Certificate on ubuntu 18

If you want a quick solution for adding SSL/TLS to your website, then you should definitely go ahead...

Lakin Mohapatra

Essential Laravel Packages

Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Essential Laravel Packages

Laravel comes with a lot out the box, however, you'll often add third-party packages to add extr...

David Carr

Laravel accessing auth in Service Providers

Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel accessing auth in Service Providers

There are times being able to use Auth within service providers is really useful such as showing men...

David Carr

Laravel import large CSV file

Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel import large CSV file

I recently had to import a 30,000 line CSV file, in this post, I document how I tackled this ta...

David Carr

Laravel send multiple attachments to Mailables

Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel send multiple attachments to Mailables

In this post, I show you how to send multiple attachments to a mailable class.

David Carr

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