Github Boilerplate for New Repositories
Create a new repository on the command line echo “# github-new-repo-template” >> README.md git init git add README.md git commit -m “first commit” git branch
Software Development
How to redirect away from a Laravel Livewire page for confirmation and transfer data across
In the good old days website development was pretty straightforward – you posted to a new page and showed a confirmation message. Or maybe you
How to Laravel route with Get to a specific method in a class
Routing to a specific controller method in Laravel is fun but only if you know the syntax. Here it is: Route::get(‘/user’, [UserController::class, ‘index’]); Reference https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/routing#basic-routing
How to install a specific version of a composer package
This is the format: composer require vendor/package:version Reference https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40914114/how-to-install-a-specific-version-of-package-using-composer
PhpStorm Quick Tips
Recently I decided to switch my IDE from the amazing Visual Studio code back to PhpStorm which was my preferred IDE of choice for years.
Using CSS Selectors to hide button in Laravel Nova
Here are three handy routines that uses CSS to hide buttons in Laravel Nova. The use case is where you don’t want to use a
Visual Studio Code Tips and Tricks
Here are some of the most used key combinations and plugins we like for Visual Studio Code Collapse Outline <Ctrl> + <LeftArrow> will collapse the entire list
How to turn off SSL certificate validation when using PHP’s file_get_contents
Background At times you might want to avoid certificate checking when developing a PHP application and using file_get_contents. If file_get_contents can’t work the the certificate
How to turn off SSL certificate validation when using WordPress’s WP_Http API call
Background At times you might want to avoid certificate checking when developing a WordPress application. This could especially be true when you are developing on
The ultimate PHP debug logger
PHP debugging can involve outputting to a log file. Although modern frameworks like Laravel has this baked in, sometimes you just want something short and