Truncate a string in PHP
Occasionally you will get a string that is longer than what you designed for, this gets fixed by printing a set amount from the string and affixing … onto the…
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Why if === is faster than if == in PHP
PHP comparison operators have == as being equal and === as being identical. This means that == has to change or convert the type to check if it is equal….
Checking and changing system time in Ubuntu
Most of the time a freshly installed server will automatically set its timezone to be locally orientated, this can be easily changed for user preference. Finding your Ubuntu systems time…
MySQL true false type column
MySQL does not have a boolean column type, there is no way to systematically store true/false in a database. Except tinyint comes and saves the day. With tinyint using 1…
Creating an automated blog link Reddit submitter
Creating an automated system to submit my blog posts to my subreddit using PHP and the Reddit API. The idea is every couple of hours a check will be made…
PHP OOP class inheritance
A class that has inheritance in PHP OOP is one that obtains or gets all the properties and methods from its parent class. This is useful when you need to…
youtube-dl video data and formats into JSON file
Dumping details about a YouTube video and its available formats to download with youtube-dl into a JSON formatted file is a clever way to further utilize the great youtube-dl tool….
FFmpeg h264 & h265 preset crf comparison 2020 (finale)
This comprehensive FFmpeg encoding comparison includes H.264 and H.265 HEVC from the fastest preset ultrafast through to veryslow with CRF values from 20 to 30. The posts have been split…
FFmpeg h265 preset crf comparison 2020 pt3 (totals)
This comprehensive FFmpeg encoding comparison includes H.264 and H.265 HEVC from the fastest preset ultrafast through to veryslow with CRF values from 20 to 30. The posts will be split…
FFmpeg h265 preset crf comparison 2020 pt2 (graphs)
This comprehensive FFmpeg encoding comparison includes H.264 and H.265 HEVC from the fastest preset ultrafast through to veryslow with CRF values from 20 to 30. The posts will be split…