Could Google be excused for ignoring old content?
Would you rather read a “how to knit” guide from 2018 or from 2003? Does it matter how old the content is? Perhaps the answers rely on has techniques, theories…
Category: Development
Managing tags within a string with PHP
By tags I mean hashtags or “describers” often only just a single word but sometimes more. Handling them in PHP is different to most other variables as they’re often singular…
Upgrading to the Premier plan with VentraIP
Goodbye to my old plan its time for a new one. Its been over a year since getting a Freedom hosting plan at VentraIP instead of renewing it I went…
pipdig; dodgy WordPress developer caught out
If you develop themes, plugins, websites for paying customers there is obviously a strong notion that you don’t have malicious intent, that your code does what it’s described as doing…
The PHP Trim function
PHP trim() removes whitespace from the beginning and end of a string. It does not remove spaces during a string. The usage of trim() is very simple. This example shows…
Simple AFL ladder with PHP
Here is how to use an open API to display the AFL Ladder with PHP. The concept is simple; Call the ladder API, start a table and then in a…
PHP password hashing and verifying
Password hashing is to prevent easy password exploiting by not storing password in plaintext. Instead you store a hash and verify this against the login attempt. Imagine if a database…
Mass renaming images in PHP
Lets say you have a group of photos from a location, shoot or event. They will be named depending on the camera something like DC001984 or IMG_02891 something like that…
MySQL WHERE = OR =
How to do a MySQL WHERE query whilst filtering for multiple values from the different columns. An example being the need to SELECT data where name = value OR last_name …
Getting image exif data with PHP
Exif stands for Exchangable Image Format, it is the data and information that gets attached to digital images. From location, aperture, IOS, camera, lens, date time, image size + format…