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category listing not working on categories with spaces [not fixed]
for some reason the site bugs category and potentially other categories that have spaces in their names are not listing properly. Test URL: https://kruxor.com/category/code/site+bugs/ Probab..
using the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] to check referring pages
shows how you can display the contents of the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] tag in php to show referring pages i read in an article that this is stripped out of HTTPS requests, but it seems to still be wo..
replace singular variable assignment with an array loop and variable variables
I found this useful when passing in an array to a function, rather than assigning all the variables in the function manually from the array just loop through each item in the array and asign them that..
list_all_array an early stages of list all function that uses an array to pass in main variables
I think this is more neat than passing in individual variables into the list_all function, seems to work ok so far. Still in early stages of this listing function, more needs to be built into i..
How to Pass an Array as Props in React
If you need to pass larger amounts of information to a component you can pass in an array rather than just a single variable. More information on the join method on the array can be found here. Here..
how to join an array in javascript using the join method
This example shows how we can join an array into a string using the join method. Its a nice quick way to convert your array into a string with a delimiter such as , or ; Here we can see the test arr..
How to use default props in React
If you dont want to specify props every time you use an element, you can also specify defaults for these items. This can also be useful to remember which props are needed per component. This can be a..
add hero title to category listing page [not done]
add the hero title and background to the category listing page as a page title or category header. e.g: https://kruxor.com/category/code/react/
javascript basic test array and loop
Here is just a basic test array and a loop to show a basic loop through the test array. With the loop i use the length of the array as the max variable, so the loop stops when it hits the array..
log the console log output to a div
I do a lot of console logging so i thought it would be nice to be able to see this on my test pages. Apparently you can grab this quite easily with the following code. I had to modify this a b..
How to Override Default Props in React
The following code explains how you can override the default props in react. In this example the default of quantity is set to 0, so we can pass in quantity in the items to override its default..
How to Use PropTypes to Define Props in React
React allows you to define the types of props given to your components to make sure that invalid data is not sent as the prop to the element. To do this you can define propTypes. You can defin..
How to Access Props Using this.props in React
If you would like to access a class component prop within its self you can do this using the this keyword.
Using props with Stateless Functional Components in React
Here is an example of a Stateless Functional Component but i cant get the PropTypes working correctly in my demo, not sure what im doing wrong here, but the code seems to work in the compiler just not..
validate email address from string with jquery working function
Here is a working example of this post validate email address from string. This has very basic checking of an email address by checking that the string has an @ and a . in it. Note: this is still no..
generate random username function in php
a function that takes several random words and creates a user name from them. This will generate a user name with between one to three words and a prefix if prefix_show is set to true. usage generat..
add a divider to your dropdown nav toggles
good for seperating menu sections in the same dropdown item add this to your toggle <li><hr class="dropdown-divider"></li>
php post data back to a url with a function
this function uses curl to post back data to a url, this acts like a _POST form request from within a function. Function usage: $url the url to post the data back to e.g: $url = "https://kruxor.co..
php get file extension from a file name
this function returns the file extention, however if the file name has multiple . in it this will return a false value.
php return json header and content
sets the header to json and returns a simple json formatted array.
sqlite fetchArray into another array
was having an issue when trying to return a multi array using sqlite over multiple rows. Stack Overflow Inspiration I tried a few of these but it was not incrementing key, and also it was only..
load json data url with jquery
loads a api or json url or endpoint using jquery and console logs the result Tested working on my test json file, check the console and it should be there.
load json data url or api with javascript
this loads a target json url or api using raw javascript so no jquery required with this one then logs the data returned to the console.
write the contents of a url into a file with php
save the content of a url into a file with php using the following command. This grabs the $url and saves the content into the file my_file.html
Fix for PHP Warning Trying to get property '*name*' of non-object
i was getting this error when checking parts of an object that were sometimes set and sometimes they did not exist depending on the values. Warning / Error : Warning Trying to get property '*na..
javascript try catch example function
try catch is a good way to stop errors breaking your javascript. here is the example from the firefox mozilla with a basic try catch logging the error to your console, rather than just breaking all t..
add every value in the load_array array into the out for testing
quick foreach to add every variable and variable name into out and return it. good for testing.
using php parse_url function to remove the query string from a url
I recently had to remove the query string from a url, the bit after the ?key=1 or whatever is after the actual url. I initially thought i could just use a explode function on the ? which would ..
php function to remove the query string from a url
i was reusing this a few times manually and thought i would save my self a bit of time by just using the following function which returns the same full url, but removes the query string from it. ..
javascript random string to put on url for cache
I was having a bit of a cache issue with a external css file, so i thought i might fix this by appending a random query string to the file name. This should force the browser to recheck the file each ..
list all array json function list_all_array_json
I wrote this a while ago, and i always forget the complex functions i write so ill add it here. This loads all fields and then returns them as json.
youtube search api request function
This function requests a search from the youtube search api, and searches the text in the snippet for the seearch string. You can get your own API key for this from the google developers console. They..
php get file and save it
gets a file from a url and saves it to your local server
allow internal networking connection from virtual box vm
This will allows you to access a shared folder on a Windows 10 Virtual box from Windows 11. Probably also works with other windows versions, but only tested with the host OS beinf windows 11 and the V..
count total results from distinct sqlite
a query to count the total items found on a distinct query
button zoom effect with expanding background
Just playing around with zoom and background size effects on a promo button, if you change the background to 110% and then zoom to 1.1 you can see how the background appears to zoom out while the butt..
how to decode xml in php
how to decode xml into an array in php Here is a full example taking an xml string and converting it into a php array.
convert json string to a php array
takes a json string in php and converts it into a php array using the json_decode function.
how to embed google fonts icons
For some reason when i go to embed a google font icon, they dont seems to have any obvious way to actually use it, i can find the icons ok here. But then when i go and use it it links to a how to embe..
php export csv from string to browser download
exports an array to a csv string and returns the result in the browser
install cmatrix on mac m1
For some reason i thought the mac would have apt or apt-get to install packages, but apparently not. Here is how you can install cmatrix a matrix emulator or other unix type terminal apps on ma..
Add custom symbol to ul li list and align text items
Pick a symbol from here. Then you can copy and paste it into the following css to change the list symbol, for more unique looking list items. If the list items dont align correctly you will nee..
pi400 how to take a screen shot
This is actually built in, well if you have scrot installed anyway. Which it already was for me. Press Print Screen button and it saves it into your home folder.
Spam IP Database and delete button
The Background and Reason for the SPAM IP Database and Delete I actually wrote up half of this article and was still testing the function and lost the whole post, which will teach me for adding it st..
how to copy the folder path in finder
Moving from windows to mac is quite a shock, especially when you go from explorer which shows the file and folder path on every window in file explorer. Then we go to mac finder, which is nice, but h..
Console Tips and Tricks
Here are some quick commands for the console. Getting to the console in your browser Press F12 and Find the console tab. That little blue > there is the console. this is in brave or chrome, bu..
get php to validate its self with php check syntax
Did you know that php has a syntax checking function built into it? Well it does and this is how you can use it to check your php files for errors, rather than just running them and hoping for the be..
