Category: Code Snippets

Ajax requests with jQuery.post()

This is one of the reasons I still like jQuery. I’m sure all the new frameworks do similar stuff, but things like this are so simple with jQuery. Anyway, jQuery.post() is a shorthand Ajax function.

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Send PHP Email Using PHPMailer

PHPMailer is a popular open source, email-sending library used by applications like WordPress, Drupal, SugarCRM, Joomla and others. This tutorial will show you how to install PHPMailer, set up SMTP and send email in PHP using PHPMailer.

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PHP Add To and Remove Elements From an Array

In this tutorial, I’ll show you eight different ways to add to, remove from and insert elements to/from an array in PHP. PHP array functions used include: array(), array_push(), array_unshift(), array_pop(), array_shift(), array_slice(), count(), array_diff() and array_splice().

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What object-oriented programming is NOT

Object-oriented programming is MORE (much more) than knowing how to write a class. It’s about how you build your applications. I call it an “approach”… but it’s an approach *to application-building*.

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Output the last row inserted in MySQLi

MySQLi makes grabbing the last inserted row easy. After running your insert query, you can do this: $id = $mysqli->insert_id; Then, you can query for that row like this: $result = $mysqli->query(“SELECT * FROM table_name

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Connecting to MySQL with PDO

With MySQLi, it looks like this: $mysqli = new mysqli($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name); But, PDO is a bit different because it can interact 12 different types of databases: Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, Cubrid and several

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Simple input filtering in PHP

Here’s one I don’t see talked about much: $name = filter_input(INPUT_POST, ‘name’, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); What this does is grab the “name” element from your POST array and run it through the the filter: FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING… which removes

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PHP cURL Tutorial and Example

A simple PHP cURL tutorial and example. Learn how to use curl_init, curl_setopt, and curl_execute. Also learn how to POST data to a remote URL using cURL. Ready to learn even more PHP? Take my

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jQuery: Find An Anchor By Its HREF

jQuery selectors can be a bit tricky. :first-child, :last-child, nth-of-type, is it zero-based, why is it grabbing that element when I expected this one. Fun stuff. On a recent project, I needed to find an

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Grizzly Bear Rips Freelancer to Shreds. You Take His Job

[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms071-grizzly-bear-rips-freelancer-to-shreds-you-take-his-job” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] Here’s the big thing to get to succeed as a freelance web developer: If you and your buddy are hiking in the forest

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How to Send Mail Using PHP

In this PHP tutorial, you’ll learn how to send mail using PHP. Watch the tutorial below: Links mentioned in the video: How to Start a Blog in Less Than 15 Minutes Let me help publicize your blog

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Pure HTML and CSS Dropdown Menu

Pure HTML and CSS Dropdown Menu

Here’s how to create a pure HTML and CSS dropdown menu: Here’s the code I used in the video: If you get value from this code snippet, please consider sharing it with another developer or

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PHP Try Catch Error Handling

How do you PHP try catch blocks to efficiently handle errors? Here’s the answer: Here’s the code I used in the video: If you get value from this code snippet, please consider sharing it with

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