PHP

PHP is a general-purpose scripting language especially suited to web development. It powers around 78% of all websites.

Alternative ways of doing the same things in Laravel

Updated 29th March 2022

Laravel Alternative

Laravel is a large framework, with contributions coming from almost 2000 developers worldwide. Over its 10 year journey, there have been additions to the framework to do the same thing, only shorter. In this post, I have highlighted some alternative ways of doing the same things in Laravel. How to get the authenticated users id

Laravel 419 page expired after login [SOLVED]

Updated 1st January 2024

Laravel 419 page expired

Laravel is the most popular PHP framework, dominating the space since 2014, and the chosen framework by many new PHP developers. Many new developers run into the same errors when first using the framework, the most common being a 419 Page Expired error on a form post.  What is Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)? Cross-site request

Pixel Tracking in PHP

Updated 16th August 2022

PHP

When creating email campaigns, it’s important to know how many recipients actually opened your email. This information can help you determine if your efforts are working or if it’s time to change your strategy. Most mail champaign tools such as Mailchimp and SendInBlue use a technique called Pixel Tracking. In this post, you will learn

[UPDATED 2022] Change PHP version on Ubuntu, Linux

Updated 23rd August 2022

PHP

In this post, I will show you how to switch PHP version on Ubuntu, Linux. If you are developing on Windows, follow this guide to set up Windows Sub System for Linux. What will be covered: Change PHP version for Apache2 Change PHP version for Nginx Change PHP CLI version In this example, we will

Laravel php artisan make:auth command not defined

Updated 11th August 2022

Laravel

Laravel 6.0 LTS came with a lot of changes to the framework, apart from moving the the new Semantic Versioning, Laravels famous php artisan make:auth command was dropped. php artisan make:auth Before the Laravel make:auth command would create all the Migrations, Models, Controllers and Routes needed to easily setup an authenticatable application in seconds. However,

The ULTIMATE guide to setup Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with Ubuntu, Apache2, MySQL and PHP

Updated 16th August 2022

Ubuntu

Windows is now good for development! Yes! All thanks to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). No more WAMP or Xampp, WSL can do everything you need. In this ultimate guide to setup Windows Subsystem for Linux with Ubuntu, Apache2, MySQL, and PHP we will cover: What is Windows Subsystem for Linux? Setting up Windows Subsystem

WordPress wp-admin redirects to HTTPS

Updated 18th May 2021

Does your WordPress wp-admin redirect to https rather than http? Below is a simple tutorial to stop this from happening. First, check the siteurl in the wp_options table within your database. Make sure the option_value is your site address with http:// not https://. If your siteurl is set as http:// the try the following. Open

Laravel – Specified key was too long Error

Updated 18th May 2021

With Laravel 5.4, some users may be hit with the Laravel Specified key was too long Error when migrating the database. This is because in the latest Laravel update, the developers made changes to the default database charset, making it utf8mb4. If your using MySQL 5.7.7 or higher, you won’t encounter this issue, however older versions of MySQL

Create a custom WordPress taxonomy for posts and pages

Updated 16th August 2022

Sometimes when building a website using WordPress, the standard taxonomies Categories and Tags just aren’t enough, and you need to create more. Let’s learn how to create our own custom WordPress taxonomy. WordPress has made creating your own taxonomy easy, and you can even add your custom taxonomies to pages too. To accomplish this we