Setting your timezone for your PHP server
Having the right timezone on your web server can be crucial to ensure cron jobs, tasks and time related conversions are done right. To change and set your PHP timezone…
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Maths operators in PHP
Just like most languages you can use PHP to do Arithmetic equations like so: echo (10 / 2);//5 echo (10 + 2);//12 echo (10 * 2);//20 echo (10 – 2);//8…
Dont show errors in PHP
If you have ever been annoyed by errors in PHP and your web app or script still works add the following at the top of your PHP page to make…
PHP include, include_once, require and require_once
PHP include, include_once, require and require_once are all different ways to make a file load within another, they each do roughly the same thing but what are the differences and…
Simple currency convert with API PHP
A free way to get currency conversion rates within in an api callback is api.fixer.io https://api.fixer.io/latest?base=USD Returns {“base”:”USD”,”date”:”2017-11-20″,”rates”:{“AUD”:1.3235,”BGN”:1.6601,”BRL”:3.2585,”CAD”:1.2788,”CHF”:0.99109,”CNY”:6.634,”CZK”:21.703,”DKK”:6.3164,”GBP”:0.75494,”HKD”:7.8122,”HRK”:6.4212,”HUF”:265.21,”IDR”:13524.0,”ILS”:3.5139,”INR”:65.103,”JPY”:112.13,”KRW”:1095.9,”MXN”:18.97,”MYR”:4.1481,”NOK”:8.2589,”NZD”:1.4636,”PHP”:50.727,”PLN”:3.5915,”RON”:3.9482,”RUB”:59.542,”SEK”:8.453,”SGD”:1.3557,”THB”:32.77,”TRY”:3.9225,”ZAR”:14.055,”EUR”:0.84882}} Now its about simply using a json decode inside a function that…
Creating an image in PHP
You can do a lot with PHP and creating an image is one of them. You can add text or even other images onto your base image, here is how:…
Twitch api check if username is streaming in PHP
An easy way to check if a Twitch user is streaming in PHP can be done with the following function and PHP code: $streamer = ‘kyr_sp33dy’;//the streamers username function is_channel_live($channel)…
How to minify css and js
I’m all about web design minimalism, keeping it simple and small allowing for quick load times. Minifying CSS helps this movement. A minified CSS & JS file is simply removing…
Bootstrap vs Bulma
Bootstrap and Bulma share so many similarities, both open sourced CSS frameworks. Both are fully responsive and obviously open source. Bulma was created by Jeremy Thomas as an alternative to…
HTML inside a PHP file
HTML inside a PHP file is a common occurrence when building web applications, you can easily have a bootstrap page that uses PHP to show data. You can either echo…