Scraping LivestreamFails part 2
Part 1 here In part 1 the focus was on scraping and storing the data. Now let’s get into using the stored data to download the videos. What I needed…
Tag: PHP
Scraping LivestreamFails Part 1
I do not encourage web scraping nor will I post full code to do so, this was simply a challenge to myself and was documented as so. LivestreamFails the place…
See which website a user came from with PHP
Ever clicked a link and seen a spooky popup or mention of the website you just came from on the new page? This is done through HTTP_REFERER. $_SERVER[“HTTP_REFERER”] You can…
PHP if matching conditions statements
Here are some examples to filter through strings in PHP to meet conditions. PHP functions used during this tutorial are: substr, is_numeric, preg_replace, str_replace and trim. Assume possible strings could…
Bunny CDN storage API with PHP
Like all great services Bunny CDN has an API. Making use theoretically easier. The storage API allows you to upload files, delete files and list files/directories. I’m interested in the…
Visual if else statements with Dia
Displaying a coding statement or equation visually is a unique way to fully understand what the statement does. A good program for this is Dia, the free software that makes…
Sorting array’s in PHP
How to sort arrays and associative arrays in ascending and descending sort. To sort an array ascending use sort: $array = array(“Car”, “Animal”, “Book”); sort($array);//(“Animal”, “Book”, “Car”) Or with values…
Random image on page load with HTML and PHP
Here is a quick and very easy way to select and display a random image each time the page is loaded. Store the image links in an array and with…
PHP MySQL injection; What, how and avoid
MySQL injection is the method in which “hackers” can get unauthorized data or inject it. Good news is that its easy to fix, bad news is that PHP code with…
Caching a MySQL HTML table with PHP
MySQL and PHP, the perfect match right?! Well close enough, anyway displaying a table with data from a MySQL database is a common task for a web developer. It’s easily…