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getcwd usage in php to get the current working directory for file includes

the builtin function getcwd in php gets the current working directory, this can then be used to include files or check the current working directory rather than manually adding the directory into your..

4:13 am, April 6, 2023
Windows Apps
windows robocopy /? help and usage

Reference for the windows robocopy command ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows ..

10:54 pm, November 15, 2022
javascript
Twitter Post Fetcher v18.0.4 - javascript twitter feed fetcher

A few queries showing how to get latest tweets and post likes using the Twitter Post Fetcher v18.0.4 script.

12:42 am, August 31, 2022
Apps
Robocopy Options /? help

My usual backup command is now robocopy source destination *.* /M robocopy d:\ f:\ *.* /M Update: actually scrap that, its /E not /M, i used to use the /MIR option, but as deleting files in the des..

1:34 am, June 21, 2022
css
set a css grid to auto to make it stack on mobile

to make a grid stack when the screen size gets smaller you need to set the grid items to auto when it gets to the desired screen size.  In this example once the screen size gets to 1024px or les..

1:51 am, May 12, 2022
javascript
share to twitter javascript button function open a new window

gets and encodes the current page url and opens a new window to share the link to twitter

5:23 am, May 4, 2022
javascript
Twitter Post Fetcher Script

Uses javascript to fetch a twitter feed from a user screen name. Totally stylable alternative to using the twitter embed code. Your Welcome... 

12:43 am, May 3, 2022
javascript
get the value from a textarea element

gets the value from the textarea and prints it to the console of the browser rather than using innerHTML you have to use value.

6:02 am, February 20, 2022
javascript
javascript get content from element

gets the content from a target element with javascript using its id sets the target with the content from element 1 using its innerHTML attribute

12:48 am, February 20, 2022
javascript
Auto Create HTML Code Snippets

make anything within a <code> tag into a nice looking code snippit with highlighting via prism. To get this code to make a snippit, you need to: Give an element a .make-snippet class and it's ..

4:17 am, February 14, 2022
javascript
loop to arr.length or array length

showing a simple loop that uses the length of the array to find the end of the loop. This just console logs each item in the array and stops the loop when it gets to the end of the array. 

1:33 am, January 18, 2022
javascript
get tomorrows date with javascript

Same as the get yesterdays date except with a +1 rather than a -1 let tomorrow = new Date(new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate()+1));  

11:03 pm, January 10, 2022
javascript
get yesterdays date with javascript

This gets todays date and minuses one day from it to be ... yesterday.  let yesterday = new Date(new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate()-1));console.log(yesterday); This format is the full da..

10:39 pm, January 10, 2022
php
php get file and save it

gets a file from a url and saves it to your local server

10:57 pm, November 4, 2021
javascript
get element by id and hide it

This example gets an element by its id and hides it by setting the css style value to display none 

5:24 am, October 15, 2021
javascript
get element by id with javascript

gets an element using its id using javascript

5:21 am, October 15, 2021
javascript
change the background color of an element with javascript

gets the element by its id and changes the background color style css value the following example: gets the element by its id "my_bg" changes the style.backgroundColor to #123456

4:03 am, September 18, 2021
javascript
twitter json feed testing

just testing using the Twitter Post Fetcher script, seems to be working well.

9:33 am, September 10, 2021
site documentation
moving the hits widget into the post header and footer

I wanted to make a smaller deal of the views page widget, i was adding it as a full widget and it does not need to be that huge so moving from widget area to the top of the post.  Move it down..

12:52 am, September 2, 2021
php
get the current working directory in php

gets the current working directory... in php

6:55 am, August 23, 2021
javascript
using clamp js to clamp lines of text

there is a css version of this as well but this version works in a greater range of browsers (i think) this one is not working for me... i think the overflow elipsis is still a better option than thi..

11:17 pm, June 22, 2021
site bugs
this is a weird one table underline appearing and dissapearing on mouse over

very strange that also reminds me that i have to get rid of these random searches idea: i was thinking of adding a more detailed hit system where it can record the month and also the year of the..

12:52 pm, June 21, 2021
javascript
ajax callback to delete with sweet alert confirmation to make it cool! 😎

I recently wanted to to an ajax call back on a list of items just to make it easier to move around the place, rather than it reloading the page every time. So i thought why not also use sweet alert on..

4:29 am, June 11, 2021
site documentation
Latest from Code Widget

What generates the Latest from Code Widget? Code PHP $widget_latest_list = $class->list_all(        $start = 0,        $max = 10,      &n..

6:18 am, June 9, 2021
php
counting the occurrence of words in a multidimensional array

array sorting example The array Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => Some [1] => great-looking [2] => special [3] => editio..

4:19 am, June 3, 2021
jquery
json load from jquery and loop through the results

this is the same as this post but i have added the object to an external test file. so rather than already having the object data on the page we have to load it somehow Note: you can test that the o..

6:48 am, May 25, 2021
css
css responsive max and min targets @media

showing how you can target elements within a max and min screen width demo:

1:39 am, May 7, 2021
jquery
add click event to multiple link items and load the link content into a target div ajax

this will get a group of links with existing href targets and load them dynamically with an ajax callback you will need to also include the full jquery script as the slim one does not include the aja..

3:51 am, March 9, 2021
html
easy twitter embed code

Just need to switch your twitter user name to show that feed here. Back when i used to use twitter, apparently. 

3:26 am, December 23, 2020
wordpress
wordpress get the current category id name and slug

This gets and displays the current category id in a wordpress blog post if you have the current id, if not you can leave the $post_id blank and it should see if there is a category loaded to the curre..

6:01 am, September 21, 2020
jquery
get the href value using jquery

this uses the jquery attr function to get the value of the href. this example targets the first a in the card div, so running the demo should alert you with https://kruxor.com Rather than using alert..

11:22 pm, May 7, 2020
wordpress
Add a post date to your custom wordpress post listing

this is an example using: get_the_date: this one gets the post date the_excerpt: which gets the .. excerpt or summary text from the post and get_the_post_thumbnail_url which gets the image from th..

5:49 am, May 4, 2020
wordpress
wordpress get page content to display on template page

gets the page content and displays it on a template, this must use the post loop as shown in the code.

11:11 pm, February 3, 2020
javascript
Get the documentURI with JS

This function gets the current document URI assigns it to the variable documentURI so it can be reused and shows it in the result area once you click on run function.

10:06 pm, January 28, 2020
javascript
Generate Random Whole Numbers within a Range

My testing for generating a random whole number within a range... 🤞 While the solution here works, it just loops until it gets a random number that is lower than the max, so not sure if this is th..

5:15 am, September 24, 2019
css
Making an image responsive using css

the following css will make an image display 100% its size and keep its aspect ratio if the screen size or element size gets smaller than the containing image. you should be able to drag the edge of t..

12:03 am, July 2, 2019
asp
asp classic get a url and display it

gets a url and displays it using XMLHTTP

12:08 am, March 20, 2019
php
PHP MySQL vs SQLite Count Items Function

I have been writing a few functions using sqlite and mysql. There are a couple of slight differences which can be seen in this count items_function.

3:40 am, February 25, 2019
js
flems embed in url

Flems.io is a single-file, embeddable Web sandbox. It keeps all its state in the URL, so just make your changes, copy the URL from the address bar, and send it wherever you please. Most popular link s..

6:20 am, August 31, 2018
js
digital clock with jquery

Just a simple digital jquery clock that updates every second. Also added the dropshadow animation, not sure why... ;) .digital-clock { font-size:80px; } .transition { transition..

6:20 am, August 31, 2018
css
css grid sidebar main content fluid layout with fallback

this is a continuation from the original post with added fallback for older browsers that do no support the grid elements yet. I have tested this fallback in IE11 and it seems to work well, if you wa..

6:20 am, August 31, 2018
css
css grid sidebar main content fluid layout

I was playing around with css grid the other day and i found a nice (and easy) way to do a standard left sidebar and fluid main content area. this is rather than floating the sidebar and then setting ..

6:20 am, August 31, 2018
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